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Harmon Foods, Inc. (Spanish version)
Whiston, William B.Case HBS-112S09EntrepreneurshipPrediction and shipment has been a scheduling and budgetary problem. Multiple regression is suggested as a solution. Evaluation of regression coefficients leads to better understanding of trend, seasonality, and promotion effectiveness.Starting at €8.20
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American Chemical Corp. (Spanish version)
Fruhan, William E.; Goldsberry, John P.Case HBS-210S22FinanceA large chemical manufacturer divests a plant that is acquired by a small specialty chemicals manufacturer. The acquisition decision is viewed from the vantage point of the small specialty chemicals manufacturer.Starting at €8.20
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Hank Kolb, Director, Quality Assurance (Spanish version)
Leonard, Frank S.Case HBS-609S11Service and Operations ManagementDesigned to introduce the systemic nature of product quality and the complexity of quality problems. Uses a new director, quality assurance, and the discovery of a quality problem. The new director has to decide if it is a real problem, what to do about it, and how to go about orienting an organization toward a better quality attitude.Starting at €8.20
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Kristen's Cookie Co. (A) (Spanish version)
Bohn, Roger E.Case HBS-602S20Service and Operations ManagementThe student is starting his or her own business, baking make-to-order cookies. Basic times of each operation are laid out and the student is asked to determine the consequences for the operating system. Serves as an exercise and review of concepts such as capacity, bottlenecks, and throughput times. Students should be able to make several useful suggestions for improving the system. The case ends with a series of open-ended questions.Starting at €8.20
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Peter Browning and Continental White Cap (A) (Spanish version)
Jick, Todd D.; Gentile, MaryCase HBS-405S05Leadership and People ManagementPresents a new divisional vice president's entry into a well-established and still successful manufacturing organization which is nevertheless facing an impending competitive crisis. Demonstrates his challenge and his efforts, under pressure from corporate headquarters, to convince his staff that the crisis is real and to make changes in the organization's family culture and practice, in order to better position them to face the onslaught of pric...Starting at €8.20
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John Deere Component Works (A) (Spanish version)
Kaplan, Robert S.; March, ArtemisCase HBS-115S03Accounting and ControlThe division has recognized the inadequacies of its existing, traditional cost system for estimating product costs. Describes the innovative activity-based system that was developed to more accurately trace overhead costs to individual products. Provides students with the opportunity to critique a standard cost system and to assess the characteristics of the proposed system that traces costs to production activities.Starting at €8.20
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From Concept to Production (A) (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; Field, Lee C.; Simpson, JanetCase HBS-606S20Service and Operations ManagementDescribes the evolution of the Boeing 767 from the conception of the project to the start of manufacturing. Shows how the company manages an enormously complex and risky project and introduces students to a variety of estimating and management tools. The decision issue involves the shift from three-person to two-person cockpits and whether rework should be done in-line (without removing planes from the flow of production) or off-line (after initi...Starting at €8.20
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Texas Instruments: Cost of Quality (A) (Spanish version)
Kaplan, Robert S.; Ittner, Christopher D.Case HBS-119S19Accounting and ControlTexas Instruments implements a Cost of Quality (COQ) system as part of a company-wide "Total Quality Thrust." After several years of operation, group management questions whether or not the COQ system should be updated to make it more useful in identifying areas for quality improvement. The case documents the current system and asks students to analyze the role it played in the quality control process and areas in which it could be improved.Starting at €8.20
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Merton Truck Co. (Spanish version)
Dhebar, AnirudhCase HBS-109S12Economicsa company manufactures two models of trucks in four manufacturing departments; it must determine the "optimal" production mix given information on selling price, production costs, and manufacturing capacity requirements.Starting at €8.20
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Texas Instruments: Cost of Quality (B) (Spanish version)
Kaplan, Robert S.; Ittner, Christopher D.Case HBS-119S20Accounting and ControlA division questions whether to retain, modify, or abandon its cost of quality system now that more direct measures of quality have been adopted. Discusses the role of quality cost measurement in a mature quality management system.Starting at €5.74