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Amazon.com: Supply Chain Management
P. Fraser Johnson; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B18D017-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementBy early 2018, Seattle-based Amazon.com Inc. (Amazon), one of the world’s most valuable companies and the largest online retailer in the world, had grown dramatically since its beginnings in 1994. The company that had started as an online bookseller now sStarting at €8.20
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Canaan Group: Port Metro Vancouver Container Trans-Load Service
P. Fraser JohnsonCase IVEY-9B16D009-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn January 2016, the president and chief executive officer of Canaan Group in Richmond, British Columbia, was evaluating plans for a proposed trans-loading facility, which would be located inland from Port Metro Vancouver. The trans-loading facility had the potential to simultaneously offer a lower-cost transportation alternative for exporters and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Lower Mainland. Despite the potential opportuni...Starting at €8.20
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Warehousing Strategy at Volkswagen Group Canada Inc. (VGCA)
P. Fraser Johnson; Adam BortolussiCase IVEY-9B12D002-EService and Operations ManagementThe director of warehousing and logistics at Volkswagen Group Canada (VGCA) had been tasked with analyzing the capacity of the Toronto parts distribution centre to support an aggressive growth plan that involved a series of new product launches and product facelifts. Expecting that expansion of the facility would be necessary, the director needed to determine the additional warehouse capacity required, when it would be needed by, and which expans...Starting at €8.20
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Framework for Risk Management
Froot, Kenneth A.; Scharfstein, David S.; Stein, Jeremy C.Article HBS-94604-EStrategyIn recent years, managers have become aware of how their companies can be buffeted by risks beyond their control. To insulate themselves from such risks, many companies are turning to the derivatives markets, taking advantage of instruments like forwards, futures, options, and swaps. Although heavily involved in risk management, most companies do not have clear goals underlying their hedging programs. Without such goals, using derivatives can be ...Starting at €8.20
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Oaktree and the Restructuring of CIT Group (B)
Ivashina, Victoria; Scharfstein, David S.Case HBS-214036-EFinanceThis supplement presents the actual terms of the rescue financing provided by a group of private investors to CIT. It is intended to be distributed at the end of the discussion of "Oaktree and the Restructuring of CIT Group (A)" (HBS No. 214-035) and can be used as background to reflect on the students' proposal of financing terms for the $3 billion rescue financing of CIT.Starting at €5.74
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Project Destiny
P. Fraser Johnson; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B19D005-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementThe president and chief executive officer of Romet Limited, was preparing for a project team meeting that would start at 1:00 p.m. that afternoon. It was Friday April 27, 2018, and he had just finalized the architectural design and layout for the company’s new plant. The lease for the current plant would expire at the end of that year, and he was reviewing the activities required to complete the facility relocation project. The plant relocation w...Starting at €8.20
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Nissan Canada Inc.
P. Fraser Johnson; Kyle HunterCase IVEY-9B07D018-EService and Operations Management, StrategyThe corporate manager of vehicle planning at Nissan Canada Inc. had been asked by the director of vehicle ordering for Nissan North America (NNA), to review the proposed vehicle ordering process as part of the new Integrated Customer Order Network (ICON). The ICON project would change Nissan's North American vehicle ordering process from a 'make-to-stock' into a 'make-to-order' environment which called for a significant process transformation for...Starting at €8.20
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Building Sustainable Distribution at Walmart Canada
Robert Klassen; P. Fraser Johnson; Asad ShafiqCase IVEY-9B13D010-EService and Operations Management, StrategyThe director of logistics at Walmart Canada, was developing plans for a new distribution centre in Alberta. Senior management had presented her with a challenge: why not build the most sustainable distribution centre in the world? Yet, much remained unclear about how to translate this challenge into specific actions, while keeping in mind corporate goals for sustainability. Her team now was exploring three options that promised to be significantl...Starting at €8.20
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Momentive Performance Materials, Inc., Teaching Note
Ivashina, Victoria; Scharfstein, David S.Teaching Note HBS-214057-EFinanceTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Teaching note for case 210081.Starting at €0.00
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Furniture Bank
P. Fraser Johnson; John S. Haywood-Farmer; Jean A. SalamatCase IVEY-9B10D006-EService and Operations ManagementFurniture Bank was an organization that collected and distributed donated, gently used furniture to those in need. After several years of tight financial circumstances, the interim executive director was relieved that the past year had provided relief via generation of record amounts of excess cash. He was preparing a report to be presented to the board of directors concerning his thoughts on what direction he thought the Furniture Bank should ta...Starting at €8.20