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Jay Bharat Spices Pvt. Ltd.: A Spicy Quandary
Shravan M Parsam, Amol S. Dhaigude, Sidhartha PadhiCase IVEY-W25298-EDecision Analysis, Service and Operations ManagementJay Bharat Spices Pvt. Ltd., a company located in Cuttack, India, was involved in the manufacturing and distribution of spices across India under the brand name Bharat Masala. The company specialized in producing basic spices such as turmeric powder, cumin powder, and chili powder. The senior management team had recently noticed a rise in demand for the spice garam masala in the East India market and asked the company’s vice-president of East Ind...Starting at €8.20
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Iloof: Expanding from Online to Offline Channels
Yi Liao; Jing Chen; Hubert Pun; Jun LiCase IVEY-9B20D014-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIloof Technology Co. Ltd. was a Chinese start-up high-technology company at the forefront of the smart water bottle market, one of the newest sectors in the reusable water bottle industry. Smart bottles or cups, also known as interactive water bottles, were technologically advanced devices that had wireless communication capabilities to connect with electronic devices, such as smart phones. They also helped record and optimize the user’s water in...Starting at €8.20
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Concentrix Corporation: Improving Customer Persistency for an Indian Insurance Company
Shylu John; Bhavin J. ShahCase IVEY-W25821-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementIn August 2017, Concentrix Corporation (CNX) partnered with Photon Life Insurance Company (PLI), a leading insurance provider in India, to support PLI's customer management service. On February 1, 2018, Mohit Khanna, global operations manager at CNX, undertook a promising task to improve PLI’S customer persistency at minimal operational cost. If all policyholders with an approaching due date were to be called, then the number of service agents re...Starting at €8.20
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GD Labs: Scaling Swab Testing During COVID-19
Bhavin J. Shah; Arvind ShroffCase IVEY-W28361-EDecision Analysis, Service and Operations ManagementIn early 2020, the rapid spread of COVID-19 across the world led the most highly affected countries, such as the United States and India, to focus on rapid testing and contact tracing to break the chain of transmission. By August 25, 2020, India had tested nearly 37 million cumulative COVID-19 samples as part of the government’s “Test, Track, Treat” initiative. The efficient allocation of collected swabs with saliva samples to appropriate testing...Starting at €8.20
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Canadian Orthodontics Practice: Bracing for Patients - Teaching Note
Janice Eliasson; Brent Snider; Peggy HedgesTeaching Note IVEY-W26091-EService and Operations Management, StrategyTeaching note for product W26090.Starting at €0.00
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Ka Shui: Digital Transformation
Chi Hung Ng; Yuen Wing Catherine Wong; Chun Ho Wu; Hoi Yan Lam; Chun Man Kwok; Yee Lok Yvonne LiCase IVEY-W25885-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn June 2021, the head of the information technology department at Ka Shui Group, a Hong Kong–based original equipment and original brand manufacturing company, was asked by the group’s chief executive officer to evaluate whether Ka Shui Group should discontinue the Industry 4.0 program it had been using as road map for digital transformation. Ka Shui Group had launched the program in 2016 with the goal of creating a cyber-physical, connected wor...Starting at €8.20
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Rain Industries Limited: Responding to Global Supply Chain Shifts
Kalyan C. Chejarla; Sourabh Bhattacharya; Vinay Kalakbandi; Shantanu BagchiCase IVEY-W25341-EService and Operations ManagementRain Industries Limited (Rain), through its wholly owned subsidiary Rain Carbon Inc., produced upcycled carbon products from the by-products of steel and petroleum and other industries. The demand- and supply-driven shifts and various sustainability initiatives by industries both downstream and upstream in Rain’s existing supply chain could prove to be disruptive, requiring strategizing and future-proofing. When the Government of India’s Ministry...Starting at €8.20
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Medstar Polymers: Considering Production-Function-Based Input Optimization
Monika Sharma; Zillur RahmanCase IVEY-W25582-EEconomics, Service and Operations ManagementOn March 23, 2021, Vineet Sharma, the sole owner of MedStar Polymers, India, a medical-grade latex glove manufacturing company, was considering the dilemma of how to scale up production to fulfill an unprecedented order during COVID-19. With demand for protective equipment outstripping global supply during the pandemic, an exceptional business growth and expansion opportunity for glove manufacturers had emerged. Several manufacturers had expanded...Starting at €8.20
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Evolko Systems: COVID-19 Pandemic and Business Model Pivot - Teaching Note
Vania Sakelaris; Bhagwati Prasad; Michele McGowan; Aishwarya Athanikar; Sheetal Sippy; Bhairavi TamhankarTeaching Note IVEY-W25232-EMarketing, Service and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product W25231.Starting at €0.00
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RideAlly Travels Pvt Ltd: Seeking Growth
Priyanka Laskar; Ashutosh SarkarCase IVEY-W32347-EService and Operations Management, StrategyRideAlly, a ride-hailing platform headquartered in Bangalore, India, catered to the business-to-consumer and business-to-business segments. It operated in Bangalore and Hyderabad. Hariprakash Agrawal, the chief executive officer and founder, needed to devise a plan to sustain the business in India’s highly competitive ride-hailing market. It was time to think about scaling up the business, which needed significant investment and the right strateg...Starting at €8.20