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Great Valley Root
Weiss, Elliott N.Case DARDEN-OM-1509-EService and Operations ManagementThe production supervisor of a global equipment supplier is facing two problems on the factory floor: excess overtime on the assembly line and unacceptable manufacturing lead times through the entire production process. After calculating the capacity and throughput time of the existing system, students must determine the best alternatives to realize the dual goals of 50% reduction in overtime and 50% reduction in throughput time.Starting at €8.20
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Judy Gent-Inventory
Haskins, Mark E.Case DARDEN-C-2352-EAccounting and ControlThis case is used at the Darden School of Business in the inventory module of the "Financial Reporting" course elective, but it would also work well at the advanced undergraduate level. Through five phases, students first become familiar with core terminology and concepts before examining various situations-from what to make of an annual report footnote disclosure and balancing the pros and cons of using LIFO versus FIFO cost flow assumption to e...Starting at €8.20
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Toffee Inc.: Demand Planning for Chocolate Bars
Jitendra R. SharmaCase IVEY-9B15D003-EService and Operations Management, StrategyThe inventory manager of sales and distribution for Toffee Inc., a confectionery company, had just concluded a meeting with all relevant personnel. The meeting had not been entirely positive. The words of the production manager still echoed in his ears: “If the ingredient inventory is not re-examined and re-worked to the firm’s advantage then [soon] the final products based on these ingredients will cease to yield the kind of profits that the fir...Starting at €8.20
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Peyton Enterprises
Demers, Elizabeth A.; Simko, Paul J.Case DARDEN-C-2365-EAccounting and ControlThis case provides a context wherein a variety of financial accounting issues can be discussed, particularly those related to the multi-period dependence of accounting accruals. A less direct but nonetheless important issue relates to earnings management and ends up being a central theme of the case. The case focuses on three basic accounting topics-LIFO inventory reserves, the allowance for doubtful accounts, and depreciation policies and assump...Starting at €8.20
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Hubway (A): Bike Sharing in Boston
Gomez-Ibanez, Jose; Johnston, TrevorCase HBS-KS1180-EIn the summer of 2014, Alta Bicycle Share, Inc had just won its second contract to operate the Hubway bike sharing system in the cities of Boston, Brookline, Cambridge and Somerville in Eastern Massachusetts. Emily Stapleton, Hubway's General Manager, was engaged in conversations with project managers from each of the four client municipalities about when and where to expand the system. Expansion was on the agenda because Hubway was widely percei...Starting at €8.20
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Hubway (B): Note on the Critical Fractile
Gomez-Ibanez, JoseCase HBS-KS1181-ESupplement to case KS1180. In the summer of 2014, Alta Bicycle Share, Inc had just won its second contract to operate the Hubway bike sharing system in the cities of Boston, Brookline, Cambridge and Somerville in Eastern Massachusetts. Emily Stapleton, Hubway's General Manager, was engaged in conversations with project managers from each of the four client municipalities about when and where to expand the system. Expansion was on the agenda becau...Starting at €5.74
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Hubway: Bike Sharing in Boston, Teaching Note
Gomez-Ibanez, JoseTeaching Note HBS-KS1182-ETeaching Note for cases KS1180 and KS1181.Starting at €0.00
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Upper Canada Insurance (Spanish version)
David WoodCase IVEY-9B10DS012Service and Operations ManagementDeborah McDonald of Upper Canada Insurance (Upper Canada) was reviewing several pieces of data she and her team had spent the last month collecting. McDonald and her team had been asked to address the inefficiencies in the life insurance application process, largely due to the high numbers of applicants withdrawing from the system (known as wastage) in the midst of the process. Upper Canada had determined that the most common reason for clients a...Starting at €8.20
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Outsourcing, Near-sourcing, and Supply Chain Flexibility in the Apparel Industry (B)
Ovchinnikov, Anton S.; Pyshkov, AlexanderCase DARDEN-QA-0855-EDecision AnalysisTimm Veizenburg is an entrepreneur who is reviving his family’s tradition of dress-shirt making. He realizes that an issue that initially looked like a markdown management problem may, in fact, be rooted in procurement. Operating in the modern data-rich environment, Timm asks an associate to prepare data about one product line, and together they examine the company’s current procurement practice, where the production is outsourced to supply chain...Starting at €5.74
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Outsourcing, Near-sourcing, and Supply Chain Flexibility in the Apparel Industry (A)
Ovchinnikov, Anton S.; Pyshkov, AlexanderCase DARDEN-QA-0854-EDecision AnalysisTimm Veizenburg is an entrepreneur who is reviving his family’s tradition of dress-shirt making. He realizes that an issue that initially looked like a markdown management problem may, in fact, be rooted in procurement. Operating in the modern data-rich environment, Timm asks an associate to prepare data about one product line, and together they examine the company’s current procurement practice, where the production is outsourced to supply chain...Starting at €8.20