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Motores Rivero S.A. (MORSA)
Ribera, Jaume; Lago, AlejandroExercise PE-74-EService and Operations ManagementThis exercise presents the decisions to be made by a manager related to the management of inventories of an engine part. It is well suited as an introduction to inventory management as it presents different evolving situations and allows the professor to discuss batch inventory, safety inventory, as well as the impacts of uncertainty in the values and the availability of financing in the final decisions.Starting at €8.20
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Famosa: Global Production Strategy - Exercise
Lago, AlejandroExercise PE-71-EService and Operations ManagementThis exercise complements the "Famosa. Global Production Strategy (A)" case. In 2003, Famosa, one of the ten largest toy manufacturers in the world, underwent a restructuring process that led it to move most of its production to China. Case (A) explains the company's new production strategy in detail and lays out questions and possible solutions that production management is weighing in order to reduce production risks and improve vendor managem...Starting at €8.20
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Netflix: from DVD-by-mail to streaming
Lago, Alejandro; Moscoso, Philip; Sastre Boquet, IsaacExercise PE-84-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementSince its foundation in 1997 Netflix has been a major success story. For the year 2020 the company expected to achieve revenues of around 25 billion dollars and 200 million customers in 190 countries. This exercise provides information on how Netflix's business models has developed over the years. The objective is to analyze the digital transformation of the streaming model and its sustainability going forward, as it faces competitors like Disney...Starting at €8.20
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Netflix: From "Clicks and Bricks" to Digital Movie Delivery
Lago, Alejandro; Moscoso, Philip; Sieber, SandraExercise PE-75-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementNetflix is a U.S. provider of on-demand Internet streaming media and flat rate DVD-by-mail services. The company experienced incredible success since its beginnings in 1997. During 2010, revenue jumped 29% to $2.16 billion, and stock price increased 219% to $175.70. It also added 8 million subscribers, bringing its total to over 20 million. In the summer of 2011 the company first announced the spin-off of its traditional DVD rental operations fro...Starting at €8.20