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CRP Products
David Wood; Robert KlassenCase IVEY-9B11D015-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Service and Operations ManagementBruce Ballantyne had recently joined C.R.P. Products (CRP), a furniture manufacturer in Stratford, Ontario, to help review the company’s operations and assess what changes were necessary to keep up with demand. Although it was early 2011 and the peak season was still four months away, Ballantyne knew that he would have to determine what equipment was needed over the next three weeks to ensure it was delivered and installed before the peak season....Starting at €8.20
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Chandpur Enterprises Limited, Paper Division
Weiss, Elliott N.; Mittal, AkshayCase DARDEN-OM-1438-EService and Operations ManagementOne month after joining the family business -- a recycled paper manufacturer in Chandpur, India -- a recent graduate must confront an arcane inventory ordering process that has led to both a stock-out and an overstock within six months of each other. This disguised case requires that students cope with the variable nature of a supply chain for recovered waste paper in addition to logistic and projection concerns.Starting at €8.20
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Living Lean: Donna Johnson and the Bottlenecks
Weiss, Elliott N.; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-OM-1449-EService and Operations ManagementThis case is part of the "Living Lean" series, which presents accessible, everyday scenarios for a Lean process-improvement journey. In this episode on bottlenecks, an entrepreneurial stay-at-home mom contends with the limits of her own productivity and a shared laundry facility.Starting at €8.20
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What's the Deal with LivingSocial
Norton, Michael I.; Wathieu, Luc; Sigman, Betsy Page; Bertini, MarcoCase HBS-512065-EMarketingTim O'Shaughnessy, the 29-year-old CEO of LivingSocial, is growing a revolutionary worldwide business of "daily deals"-in which retailers offer a heavily-discounted product or service available for purchase for brief (often 24-hour) windows. The case explores the complicated sharing of risks and rewards between LivingSocial, participating retailers, and customers, focusing on the return on investment in both the short- and longer-term for LivingS...Starting at €8.20
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What's the Deal with LivingSocial? (Spanish version)
Norton, Michael I.; Wathieu, Luc; Sigman, Betsy Page; Bertini, MarcoCase HBS-519S22MarketingTim O'Shaughnessy, the 29-year-old CEO of LivingSocial, is growing a revolutionary worldwide business of "daily deals"-in which retailers offer a heavily-discounted product or service available for purchase for brief (often 24-hour) windows. The case explores the complicated sharing of risks and rewards between LivingSocial, participating retailers, and customers, focusing on the return on investment in both the short- and longer-term for LivingS...Starting at €8.20
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BBC Pvt. Ltd. and Working Capital Challenges
Nimisha Kapoor; Sandeep GoelCase IVEY-9B12N026-EFinance, StrategyBBC Pvt. Ltd. (BBC), a chemical manufacturing company, was in urgent need of funds in order to secure an important contract. BBC was able to manufacture a product that involved low investment in the form of fixed assets. Although the product was of an inferior quality due to its cost-effective production, the company was able to pass on that cost advantage to its end customers, enabling BBC to maintain its position in the market. In addition, the...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Inventory: Intuition-Generating Problems
Weiss, Elliott N.Case DARDEN-OM-1487-EService and Operations ManagementThis problem set introduces the concepts of order quantities and inventory tradeoffs, enabling students to develop intuition around the basic costs involved in inventory thinking. This can be used with the note “Managing Inventories: Fundamentals,” UVA-OM-1397.Starting at €8.20
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Continuous Review Inventory Systems: Practice Problems
Weiss, Elliott N.Case DARDEN-OM-1489-EService and Operations ManagementA problem set to review the concepts of continuous review inventory systems. These problems can be assigned for additional practice in calculating order quantities, inventories, and relevant costs. This can be used with the notes "Managing Inventories: Determining Order Quantity" (UVA-OM-1395) and "Managing Inventories: The Reorder Point System" (UVA-OM-1394).Starting at €8.20
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Adam Burke and PBM Plastics: Message in a Bottle
Yemen, Gerry; Weiss, Elliott N.Case DARDEN-OM-1491-EService and Operations ManagementThis case is used in Darden's EMBA and Global EMBA programs. It works well in courses dealing with turnaround specialists or change management. With a cross-disciplinary perspective, this field-based case uses the experience of a company with a supplier that fails to meet its production commitment to set the stage for an analysis of supplier power, human capital, operational effectiveness, and leadership. It offers a discussion around the intera...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Inventory, Teaching Note
Hammond, Janice H.Teaching Note HBS-8017-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for Product #8016.Starting at €0.00