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A Project Management Methodology
Moscoso, Philip; Ribera, JaumeTechnical Note PN-493-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementThis technical note presents a project management methodology for managers. The methodology is applied over the course of the main phases of the project life cycle and has been used successfully in many real-life projects. It is accompanied by tools that can be used in different phases of the project life cycle, as well as practical recommendations on how to implement the methodology successfully in companies.Starting at €8.20
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Ongoing Challenges and Opportunitiesi n Supply Chain and Operations: Surviving the Coronavirus Crisis
Ribera, JaumeTechnical Note PN-507-EService and Operations ManagementThe note reviews the five steps of crisis management as applied to an important supply chain disruption, like the one created by the coronavirus. We offer tools to be used in the prevention, detection, survival, recovery, and competing again. In going through the crisis life cycle we discuss key issues of supply chain and operations, such as inventory management, lean principles, operations strategy, globalization, etc.Starting at €8.20
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Enbos
Bol, J.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1060-EService and Operations ManagementEnbos was the successor to a state-owned Dutch energy company that was partly privatized in 1994, although the state continued to control energy prices and the geographic market to which it could be supplied. From 2003 the energy sector would be wholly privatized and companies would have to compete for customers. The leader of the software implementation and development project at Enbos organizes and supervises the team whose job is to deal with ...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon: Balancing Customer Centricity with Employee Engagement
Tatge, Larisa; Lago, Alejandro; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1165-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementAmazon defines itself as the most customer-centered company in the world and explains its growth in various sectors as a way to offer more value to its customers. "Our vision is to be earth's most customer-centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online," according to Amazon's mission statement. This case presents how Amazon has grown quickly, and how it aims to balance this rapi...Starting at €8.20
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Petróleos del Mediterráneo, S. A.: Systems Department
Ribera, JaumeCase P-1074-EService and Operations ManagementThis case presents the situation in the information systems department of a small gasoline supply company, which receives a large number of requests for projects and has a hard time prioritizing, planning and controlling them. The departmental manager decides to create a projects office to help him manage the project flows and to put the department in order. The case offers a snapshot of the department's situation, with the list of outstanding pr...Starting at €8.20
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Large-Scale Government Contracting of NGOs to Extend Basic Health Services to Poor Populations in Guatemala
Nieves I.; La Forgia G. M.; Ribera, Jaume; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1006-EService and Operations ManagementThe case discusses the situation of the Basic Services Coverage Extension Program (PECSB) in Guatemala at the beginning of 2000. During its three years of existence, the program has proven to be successful in persuading a large number of NGOs to work with the government in extending health services coverage to poor native populations living in rural areas. The new government is wondering whether the existing "agreements" should be upgraded to con...Starting at €8.20
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Martian Rocket Products
Serrano, Alejandro; Ribera, JaumeCase OIT-36-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes the situation faced by MRP, a manufacturer of parts for the aerospace industry. Mamagers have to decide how many parts of each component should be ordered from the suppliers.Starting at €8.20
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Amazon: Balancing Customer Centricity with Employee Engagement (Portuguese version, Portugal)
Tatge, Larisa; Lago, Alejandro; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1165-PPInnovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementAmazon defines itself as the most customer-centered company in the world and explains its growth in various sectors as a way to offer more value to its customers. "Our vision is to be earth's most customer-centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online," according to Amazon's mission statement. This case presents how Amazon has grown quickly, and how it aims to balance this rapi...Starting at €8.20
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Poma de Tuixent - Teaching Note
Ribera, JaumeTeaching Note PT-79-EService and Operations ManagementThe TN provides guides to instructors using the Poma de Tuixent case, which is useful to discuss the identification of a process bottleneck and the actions that can be taken to adjust the capacity and demand on a processStarting at €0.00
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Service Company Management
Ribera, JaumeTechnical Note PN-392-EService and Operations ManagementThis technical note examines the particular features of service operation management. After identifying the main characteristics of this field, the note considers the modifications that have to be made to the traditional concepts of quality, improvement processes, technology application and wait-management when applied to service provision contexts.Starting at €8.20