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Perfect Planning
Laura Methot; Julie Barker-Merz; Carolina Aguilera; Steve JacobsArticle IVEY-9B16TB01-EService and Operations ManagementDefining a perfect day is a powerful way of getting employees focused so that they can achieve profoundly new performance. This article examines this simple, practical approach to improving performance and helping organizations clarify what needs to happen to prepare for sustained, long-term change. Companies that have succeeded with the perfect-day approach have taken four steps. First, leaders have aligned senior management around a definition ...Starting at €8.20
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Beware the Black Hole of Transformation
Brian McConnellArticle IVEY-9B16TC07-EService and Operations ManagementMost business transformation projects fail. Over the past 30 years, countless studies have shown that transformation program managers face the dangers of being sucked into a transformation trap, along with buckets of wasted money. Based on the author’s experience, programs continue to fail at an alarming rate because there are actually three problems that need to be addressed: unengaged leadership, weak governance, and misunderstanding change. Be...Starting at €8.20
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LYFEN: Building a Supply Chain to Create Competitive Advantage - Teaching Note
Haitao Yin; Ruiyu Zhu; P. Fraser JohnsonTeaching Note IVEY-8B19D007-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product 9B19D007.Starting at €0.00
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Six Sigma at Cintas Corporation
P. Fraser Johnson; Adam BortolussiCase IVEY-9B10D009-EService and Operations ManagementThe green belt specialist at the Cintas Torlake facility near Toronto had four days before he was to present his recommendations to the executive steering committee (ESC) for correcting the capacity problem in the mat department, which was causing product shortages and negatively affecting customer satisfaction. The case provides data that students can use to analyze the processes used at the company for cleaning and replacing mats for its approx...Starting at €8.20
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Singapore Post Ltd.: Recurrent Service Failures - Teaching Note
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 KwaTeaching Note IVEY-8B19D021-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product 9B19D021.Starting at €0.00
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Lajpal Tea: Black Gold at Stake-Supplier Selection
Alison Konrad; Abdul Rehman Shaikh; Asad Ali QaziCase IVEY-9B19D020-EService and Operations ManagementIn September 2014, the national logistics manager at Lajpal Tea Pvt. Limited (Lajpal Tea), a leading tea brand in Pakistan, received notice that one of his key logistics service providers would soon terminate his service contract for transportation servicStarting at €8.20
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Supply Chain Collaboration at JD.com
Yinan Qi; Paul W. Beamish; Xin Li; Ke GongCase IVEY-9B21D009-EService and Operations Management, StrategyAt the November 2019 Open Day conference, the vice-president of JD.com shared his understanding of the role that supplier collaboration played in an uncertain environment. Through 15 years of fast growth, JD.com had become the largest business-to-consumer platform in China with more than 30,000 suppliers. Using a boundless retail strategy, JD.com had to build a seamless channel from supplier to customer, which required a close look at how to coll...Starting at €8.20
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Medicom: Building A Resilient Supply Chain - Teaching Note
P. Fraser Johnson; Ramasastry ChandrasekharTeaching Note IVEY-8B21D011-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for product 9B21D011.Starting at €0.00
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Medicom: Building A Resilient Supply Chain
P. Fraser Johnson; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B21D011-EService and Operations Management, StrategyGuillaume Laverdure, chief operating officer at Medicom Group (Medicom), was evaluating a potential investment in a new facility that would manufacture melt-blown polypropylene (melt-blown PP), a key raw material for surgical and respirator masks. It wasStarting at €8.20
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HP Canada Co.: A Circular Supply Chain for Recycled Plastic - Teaching Note
Jury Gualandris; Deishin Lee; Cole BeattieTeaching Note IVEY-W25394-EService and Operations ManagementIt was June 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Frances Edmonds, head of sustainable impact at HP Canada Co., the Canadian subsidiary of HP Inc. (HP), was continuing HP’s decades-long pursuit of sustainable impact. HP was now committed to usiStarting at €0.00