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Supply Chain Strategy at TCL Multimedia
Yinan Qi; Stephan VachonCase IVEY-9B15D015-EService and Operations Management, StrategyThe chief executive officer of TCL Multimedia, a global TV manufacturer based in China, looked at the company’s first-half financial results with some concern. The results did not meet his expectations, and the company had lost market shares, both in China and internationally. Although he was confident that the new, recently adopted corporate strategy would enable a better future positioning of the company, he knew that without the appropriate su...Starting at €8.20
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Longxi Machinery Works - Quality Improvement (C) (Spanish version)
Robert Klassen; Larry Li; Tom GleaveCase IVEY-9A98DS03Service and Operations Management, StrategyEl grupo del control de calidad ha puesto varias contramedidas en ejecucion, y se han supervisado y se han divulgado los resultados. Un examen final es necesario determinar si este tipo de problema es probable repetirse, y donde mejora adicional se puede llevar a cabo en los sistemas de calidad de la compania. Este caso se disena para ser utilizado conjuntamente con (A) el caso, 9A98D001 y (B) el caso, 9A98D002.Starting at €5.74
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Hongxuan Agriculture: Innovations in the Value Chain
Yingying Wang; Shuting Li; Ning Su; Xiangfeng ChenCase IVEY-9B19D009-EService and Operations ManagementIn June 2018, the president of Hongxuan Agriculture Group (Hongxuan), which operated in the Chinese egg industry, was aware that an ongoing trade dispute between China and the United States might affect both his industry and future financing for his compaStarting at €8.20
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Goodbaby Group: The Upfront Warehouse Decision
Huan Zheng; Yuanzheng Ma; Du Chen; Stephan VachonCase IVEY-9B20D018-EService and Operations Management, StrategyJinrun Li, chief operating officer for Goodbaby Group (Goodbaby), had to make a decision about opening a new store in a high-end mall in Shanghai, China. Goodbaby was going to manage the store for one of its clients, who had its own specifications for theStarting at €8.20
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Carestream Health Inc.: When Disruption Hits a Lean Supply Chain
Stephan Vachon; Zhiduan Xu; De GaoCase IVEY-9B19D023-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn October 2014, Carestream Health Inc. (Xiamen) (CHX) was faced with a supply chain disruption caused by a labour dispute involving most of the ports on the west coast of the United States. The work-to-rule strike was having a considerable impact on theStarting at €8.20
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Los puntos negros de la nueva Ruta de la Seda
Ribera Segura, Jaume; Castillo, CristinaArticle ART-2081Service and Operations ManagementEn los últimos meses se ha acentuado el fenómeno de la relocalización desde China. Aunque habitualmente se apunta al encarecimiento de la mano de obra y otros factores de producción como la principal causa de esta tendencia, lo cierto es que una parte del margen se pierde debido a las ineficiencias en los distintos eslabones de la cadena de suministro entre China y Europa. Un estudio realizado por CEIBS analiza el papel de cada agente de la caden...Starting at €8.20
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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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IESE Insight. Número 11. Cuarto trimestre 2011
IESE InsightMagazine REV-25Economics, Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyExisten mejores caminos para gestionar la carrera profesional que los que hemos seguido hasta ahora. Douglas T. Hall y Elana R. Feldman (Universidad de Boston) animan a las empresas a que ayuden a los empleados a alcanzar sus sueños y encuentren un significado a su vida personal y profesional. La profesora del IESE Mireia Las Heras describe varios recursos con los que impulsar el desarrollo profesional y personal en nuestras empresas: flexibilida...Starting at €22.00
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Longxi Machinery Works ) Quality Improvement (A) (Spanish version)
Robert Klassen; Larry Li; Tom GleaveCase IVEY-9A98DS01Service and Operations Management, StrategyEl ingeniero auxiliar en el departamento termal del tratamiento de una empresa propiedad del gobierno en China ha recibido la aprobacion para la formacion de un nuevo grupo del control de calidad para reducir el alto indice del defecto de una parte critica. El concepto total de la calidad se presenta dentro del contexto de un problema especifico de la calidad, a el cual anima a estudiantes determinan el sistema de calidad de la compania y aplican...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