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Ebola: Managing to Save Lives
IESE InsightArticle ART-2676-EService and Operations ManagementA year after the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa in March 2014, health-care experts are cautiously optimistic that the epidemic appears to be slowing. Although the outlook is brighter than a year ago when the first case was detected in Guinea, there is still a long way to go and many lessons to be learned in managing a crisis of this scale, related to institutional shortfalls, international coordination, engagement with local stakeholders and, m...Starting at €8.20
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Upcycling in the Circular Economy: The Novetex Upcycling Spinning Mill in Hong Kong
Lee, Hau; Keh, Edwin; Tang, Christopher S.Case SGSB-GS93-EService and Operations ManagementNovetex, one of the world’s largest single-site spinners, was celebrating the opening of its new spinning mill in 2018. The Hong Kong-based company had spent four decades expanding its operations, and its main factory was in Zhuhai, in southern China. But this new facility would be in Hong Kong, and would produce yarn from waste material in Hong Kong’s textile and apparel industry. This case looks at Novetex’s commitment to environmental sustain...Starting at €8.20
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Strategic Decisions in Locating a New Assembly and Test Plant (A) (Spanish version)
Alcacer, Juan; Herman, KerryCase HBS-716S16Service and Operations ManagementIn mid-2005, Intel is examining its options for where to locate its next assembly and test plant. On its short list of potential sites includes locations in China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam. Each country has its own unique benefits and risks related to infrastructure, governance, education, business culture, intellectual property protection, labor markets, experience working with Western firms, and tax breaks and other incentives. Intel's Gene...Starting at €8.20
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Singapore Airlines (A) (Spanish Version)
Hart, Christopher W.L.; Lytle, Lucy N.Case HBS-604S05Service and Operations ManagementLa nueva competencia ha dado lugar a dudas acerca de la excelente reputación de Singapore Airlines para servicios en vuelo. La clave para mantener o mejorar el servicio es la actitud y aptitud de los tripulantes de cabina. La compañía ahora descubre que puede haber problemas en este grupo. Esta es una versión reescrita de los casos anteriores por D. D. Wyckoff.Starting at €8.20
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Eagle Services Asia
Edward D. ArnheiterCase IVEY-9B07D019-EService and Operations Management, StrategyThis case chronicles the creation and transformation of a Singaporean joint venture, Eagle Services Asia (ESA). It describes some early start-up problems, including a forced shutdown by the Civilian Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). The resulting shakeup of the ESA management team provides a fresh start and an opportunity to reinvigorate the company using lean management principles. Managerial decisions play a key role in ESA's success, tog...Starting at €8.20
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EU Holidays
Yew Hoong Wong; Singfat ChuCase IVEY-9B13E003-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyThe profit margin for the travel agency industry in Singapore, which mostly offered travel packages to Asia and Europe, was very thin. An up-and-coming travel agency faced the dilemma of offering maximum customer satisfaction while keeping its operating cost (e.g., fees for its tour guides) low. Rather than simply assigning travel guides to tours by trial and error, a director of the travel agency decided to use an optimization template. This cas...Starting at €8.20
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Li & Fung 2006
McFarlan, F. Warren; Kirby, William C.; Manty, Tracy YuenCase HBS-307077-EService and Operations ManagementDescribes the opportunities and strategy facing one of the most innovative global supply-chain companies, and the strategy it has chosen to deal with the expanding demand for its services. Li & Fung links thousands of factories in India, China, and elsewhere to nearly a thousand large retailers, primarily in the U.S. and Europe. It basically does the supply-chain job faster and more accurately with the aid of a sophisticated information system th...Starting at €8.20
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Purchasing Consortium for the BMS Industry in Singapore
Mei Qi; Siew Hwa OngCase IVEY-9B12D014-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategySince November 2011, the director and chief scientist for Acumen Research Laboratories (ARL) had been conferring with Spring Singapore — a government agency devoted to the city-state’s economic growth — on ways to improve the current procurement practices of the biomedical science (BMS) industry in Singapore. As a senior chief scientist and the founder of ARL, she saw and experienced tremendous purchasing inefficiency and quality problems in the ...Starting at €8.20
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Dr. Mak Lap Ming
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Josephine ChiuCase IVEY-9B11D017-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyDr. Mak Lap Ming, an obstetrician and gynecologist who operated two clinics in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, was contemplating retirement. Now that his own child was financially independent and thus relieved some of the pressure on Mak, he was wondering if it made financial sense to retire soon. He also wondered what the immediate consequences of retirement would be and if semi-retirement was a viable option. To that end, he could work with a partner and ...Starting at €8.20
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Singapore Post Ltd.: Recurrent Service Failures
Thompson S.H. Teo; Jitao Chen; Felicia, Li Peng Lim; Yu Zhen Goh; Qian Bing Lim; Pei Yi Lee; Shi Khin Tan; Vanessa Jia Hui KwaCase IVEY-9B19D021-EService and Operations Management, StrategyFor 160 years, Singapore Post had been one of Singapore’s main postal service providers, delivering trusted and reliable postal services to homes and businesses. However, in 2019, Singapore Post was plagued by recent service lapses and operational problemStarting at €8.20