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Selección de proveedores en PepsiCo Europa
Serrano, Alejandro; Nadjia Gassner; Humberto Pardi; Girbal, AlbertCase P-1190Service and Operations ManagementEn 2018, PepsiCo se plantea incorporar a un nuevo proveedor de CO2 a su proceso de fabricación, en las plantas de Europa del Este. Dicho proveedor ofrece un precio muy competitivo. Sin embargo, los otros aspectos clave, como la fiabilidad, el nivel del servicio, etc., deberán estudiarse a fondo antes de tomar una decisión. Además, contar con un proveedor nuevo implicaría eliminar a uno de los ya existentes. ¿Cuál debería irse? La propuesta de Mig...Starting at €8.20
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HCM Hospital: Invest to Grow? - Teaching Note
Serrano, AlejandroTeaching Note PT-83-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes a decision faced by Rafael Hernández, CEO of HCM Group, who has to decide whether to make a case to the board of directors supporting the expansion of the premises of HCM Hospital. If the expansion goes ahead, an actionable plan should be presented, including new activities to be carried out by the hospital. If the plan is not supported or some external factor prevents its deployment, a plan B is needed to rationalize the way s...Starting at €0.00
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Glassy Lenses
Serrano, Alejandro; Sabrià, Frederic; Grandes, Mª JesúsCase P-1201Accounting and Control, Service and Operations ManagementGlassy Lenses, un fabricante de lentes oftálmicas, tiene una planta en Francia que puede seleccionar convenientemente a diario qué pedidos de los que le llegan va a asumir, pero los cuellos de botella pasan de una sección a otra, dificultando así la planificación y ejecución de la producción. Ayuda a la dirección de la fábrica a elegir correctamente entre las distintas familias de productos y, de ese modo, maximizar el beneficio.Starting at €8.20
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Suppliers Selection at Pepsico Europe (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Serrano, Alejandro; Nadjia Gassner; Humberto Pardi; Girbal Puig, AlbertCase P-1190-PBService and Operations ManagementIn 2018, Pepsico is considering adding a new supplier of CO2 to its manufacturing process in Eastern European plants. The new supplier offers a very competitive price, but other key aspects, such as reliability, service level, etc. should be carefully pondered before making a decision. Also, adding a new supplier implies removing one of the extant ones. Which one should be removed? The proposal made by Migdalski, head of purchasing in Eastern Eur...Starting at €8.20
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Roche: The Investment Decision Dilemma
Serrano, Alejandro; Kraiselburd, SantiagoCase P-1171-EFinance, Service and Operations ManagementIn 2015, Roche launched an internal improvement program aimed at reducing the cost of its products, with an emphasis on manufacturing costs. Paul de Wit, the group head in charge of product supply-chain management, was assigned the task of figuring out the appropriate production batch size for each product, with the help of two representatives from the financial and supply-chain management departments. They tested three different approaches on a ...Starting at €8.20
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Mercadona and the Challenge of 2020
Serrano, Alejandro; Girbal, AlbertCase P-1176-EService and Operations ManagementAfter various decades of uninterrupted growth, Mercadona was completing its expansion in Spain and Portugal. Faced with this situation, it was natural in which direction the company strategy should head. Should it continue its expansion process into other countries, such as Italy? If so, what impact would the recent change of model from "integrated suppliers" to "totalers" have on the process?Starting at €8.20
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Fiore di Zucca
Serrano, Alejandro; Calvo, EduardCase P-1183-EService and Operations ManagementFiore di Zucca was one of Italy's leading producers of bags of ready-to-eat precooked vegetables. Francesco Ferrati, the chief operating officer, reviewed the results of a new policy of producing goods without waiting to receive orders from customers. He was satisfied with the improvement in customer response time. However, the inventory had expanded so much that one of the warehouses of finished products had almost come to a standstill twice due...Starting at €8.20
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Costa Valente
Gómez Pajares, Alberto; Urrutia, Josu; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-72Entrepreneurship, StrategyA un empresario afincado en Barcelona y dedicado al sector textil (venta de camisetas a patrocinadores) se le presenta la oportunidad de comprar una pequeña compañía de fabricación de productos textiles en Guimarães (Portugal).Ha de decidir si asume o no dicho proyecto. El análisis que realiza incluye el estudio de la cadena de valor y de la posibilidad de externalizar una parte del negocio, así como el planteamiento de la integración en el negoc...Starting at €8.20
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Costa Valente
Gómez Pajares, Alberto; Urrutia, Josu; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-72-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA businessman based in Barcelona and dedicated to the textile sector (selling T-shirts to sponsors) is presented with the opportunity to buy a small textile manufacturing company in Guimarães, Portugal. He has to decide whether to take on this project or not. The analysis that he carries out includes a study of the value chain and of the possibility of outsourcing part of the business, as well as the approach the entrepreneur will take to integra...Starting at €8.20
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Chemises en Coton: From Distributor to Manufacturer
Urrutia, Josu; Gómez Pajares, Alberto; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-65-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyA Barcelona-based entrepreneur in the textile sector (providing T-shirts to promoters) is presented with the opportunity to take over a small textile manufacturing company located in Tangier, Morocco, and he has to decide whether to take the opportunity or not. The analysis includes the study of the value chain and whether any part of it can be outsourced, alignment with the entrepreneur's current business, and how the plan fits in with his lifes...Starting at €8.20