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Carestream Health Inc.: When Disruption Hits a Lean Supply Chain
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Reference: IVEY-9B19D023-E
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Year: 2014
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Number of pages: 6
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Geographic Setting: China
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Publication Date: Dec 11, 2019
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Fecha de edición: Dec 11, 2019
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Source: Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Type of Document: Case
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Industry Setting: Manufacturing;
Description
In October 2014, Carestream Health Inc. (Xiamen) (CHX) was faced with a supply chain disruption caused by a labour dispute involving most of the ports on the west coast of the United States. The work-to-rule strike was having a considerable impact on the
Learning Objective
This case is suitable for use in undergraduate- and graduate-level courses on operations management (lean management module) or supply chain management. After working through the case and assignment questions, students will be able to ·understand the re