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Industrias Palex (B)
Ribera, Jaume; Zantinga J.Case P-807-EService and Operations ManagementFor abstract see Industrias Palex (A) for the posing of the problems. This case describes the application of a just-in-time (JIT) system to a line of medical products. In addition, it discusses the application of KIT and the reduction of time spent outside of the production line, especially buying and production planning.Starting at €5.74
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La puntual
Ribera, JaumeCase P-797Service and Operations ManagementDolors Esteve, descendiente en línea directa del señor Esteve, fundador de La Puntual -una mercería de solera en el barrio de la Ribera en Barcelona- se plantea cambiar las políticas de aprovisionamiento de "cintes de barret". Un nuevo proveedor le ofrece un descuento interesante, pero con un plazo de entrega mayor, aunque fiable. (Also available in English).Starting at €8.20
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Industrias Palex (A)
Ribera, Jaume; Zantinga J.Case P-805Service and Operations ManagementEvalúa la aplicación de un sistema just-in-time (JIT) a una línea de productos médicos. Temas a discutir incluyen: Lay-out, Kan-Ban's, Nivelación de la producción, Polivalencia de operarios y la aplicación de técnicas SMED.Starting at €8.20
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Strategic Purchasing in Haiti to Improve Health: Why pay for inputs when you can pay for results
Eichler R.; Savedoff B.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1043-EService and Operations ManagementHolding health institutions accountable for achieving explicitly defined results by linking payment to results can be a powerful strategy to improve health system performance. The Director of a USAID supported project that funds nongovernmental organizations in Haiti to provide basic health services used strategic purchasing to improve the effectiveness of primary health care by paying providers for results. These providers had been operating und...Starting at €8.20
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The Mexican Social Security Institute - Towards deconcentration of health service providers
Jané E.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1044-EService and Operations ManagementThree years ago, the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), a highly centralized and hierarchical organization, started to devolve powers to its service units, grouped in decentrally managed medical areas (AMGDs). It was a slow process until a project was set up to create the necessary tools to administer the new decentralized system. Dr. Martín is the head of one of the new medical areas. He and his bosses have made the necessary changes to ...Starting at €8.20
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El equipo de atención primaria de Tuixèn
Ribera, Jaume; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase P-785Service and Operations ManagementEl gerente del área de gestión 13 del ICS se plantea diversas alternativas para mejorar el servicio en el centro de atención primaria de Tuixen. Entre ellas se contempla la fijación de horarios para visitas, las citas concertadas, modificación de turnos y potenciar el papel de las enfermeras.Starting at €8.20
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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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Poma de Tuixent
Ribera, JaumeCase P-1187-EService and Operations ManagementPoma de Tuixent is a cooperative to process and pack apples harvested by its members. The production manager must assess whether the process has enough capacity to handle the year demand, and what actions to take before the harvest season starts otherwise.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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Hospital Sant Joan de Déu: From Charitable Hospital to Reference Hospital (A)
Ribera, Anna; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1156-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementIn early 2012, Barcelona's Hospital Sant Joan de Déu was considering how to update its strategic plan in order to deal with a crisis situation - with a reduction in both demand and public budgets - and to guarantee the center's survival, without this involving the loss of the advances achieved in previous years.Starting at €8.20