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Re:Build Manufacturing—Reimagining the Conglomerate
Laseter, Timothy M.; Sesia, AldoCase DARDEN-OM-1757Service and Operations ManagementIn October 2021, Miles Arnone, CEO of Re:Build Manufacturing (Re:Build), was thinking about Re:Build’s next acquisition. Arnone contemplated the pros and cons of each of three candidate companies as he prepared for a discussion with his colleagues. His asStarting at €8.20
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Re:Build Manufacturing—Reimagining the Conglomerate
Laseter, Timothy M.; Sesia, AldoCase DARDEN-OM-1757-EService and Operations ManagementIn October 2021, Miles Arnone, CEO of Re:Build Manufacturing (Re:Build), was thinking about Re:Build’s next acquisition. Arnone contemplated the pros and cons of each of three candidate companies and anticipated discussing with his colleagues the resultsStarting at €8.20
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Three Notch’d: Economies of Scale in Brewing
Laseter, Timothy M.; Morris, JackCase DARDEN-OM-1750-EService and Operations ManagementIn August 2021, George Kastendike, CEO of Three Notch’d Brewery (Three Notch’d) in Charlottesville, Virginia, laid down the phone as he finished a conference call with two of his early investors. In the eight years since Three Notch’d was founded, the company had performed well and opened multiple facilities both in and outside of Charlottesville. The brewery had also emerged as a well-known regional player whose products could be purchased at gr...Starting at €8.20
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Sarak Wholesale: Wishing for Control
Laseter, Timothy M.Case DARDEN-OM-1570-EService and Operations ManagementThe owner of a Cape Town, South Africa–based business, Sarak Wholesale Supplies, struggles to manage his cash flow and get his inventory under control (Sarak Wholesale has no formal order-cycle process). To improve the level of service Sarak Wholesale provided to its clients, he would need to formalize its ordering procedures.Starting at €8.20
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Grayson Wholesale: Wishing for Control
Laseter, Timothy M.Case DARDEN-OM-1590-EService and Operations ManagementThe owner of a Cape Town, South Africa-based business, Grayson Wholesale Supplies, struggles to manage his cash flow and get his inventory under control (Grayson Wholesale has no formal order-cycle process). To improve the level of service Grayson Wholesale provided to its clients, he would need to formalize its ordering procedures.Starting at €8.20
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Dollar Tree Logistics - Teaching Note
Laseter, Timothy M.Teaching Note DARDEN-OM-1180TN-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product OM-1180Starting at €0.00
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RelayFoods.com
Laseter, Timothy M.Case DARDEN-OM-1431-EService and Operations ManagementIn less than two years, the founders’ innovative model for addressing last-mile challenges in an online grocery retailing operation was working. Although still consuming cash, the three-month-old pilot expansion to another city was experiencing three-digit monthly sales growth. To date, the company had followed a philosophy of low-cost experimentation, as it explored terrain that had been inhospitable to its predecessors. But now Relay needed to ...Starting at €8.20
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Cybersecurity: Managerial Basics
Laseter, Timothy M.; Johnson, M. Eric; Sesia, AldoTechnical Note DARDEN-OM-1807-EService and Operations ManagementThis note introduces cybersecurity what it is, why it is needed, and current practices and solutions. While the broad issue of information security is a concern for governments and individuals, this note focuses on internet-related risks facing private-sector enterprises. Cybersecurity is, or should be, front and center in the minds of leaders at companies that are adopting and applying digital technologies to transform how their companies operat...Starting at €8.20
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Is Governance the Key to the Metaverse?
Laseter, Timothy M.Case DARDEN-OM-1777-EService and Operations ManagementBridget Lively, an information technology consultant, was intrigued by new ideas involving potential applications of “markets” to societal problems. An avid Wikipedia editor and previously very active in developing Linux open-source software, Lively imagined applying market principles to a metaverse in such a way that it would be decentralized, open, inclusive, and democratic. As her head spun with the possibilities and challenges of creating a t...Starting at €8.20
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Corning Incorporated: Accelerating 160 Years of Innovation
Laseter, Timothy M.Case DARDEN-OM-1510-EService and Operations ManagementLess than six months into his new role as innovation officer for Corning Incorporated (Corning), Marty Curran was worried. Corning had just announced an across-the-board restructuring in anticipation of revenue and margin pressures in multiple segments. Corning’s R&D budget clearly contained languishing projects that needed to be disbanded, but its portfolio undoubtedly also contained some blockbuster businesses that would allow the Fortune 500 c...Starting at €8.20