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Acesur - Nota del Instructor
Garrido Martinez, E.; Gómez González, C.Teaching Note IIST-PITN-187Service and Operations ManagementEste caso describe la historia de ACESUR, empresa dedicada, desde 1840, a la producción, envasado y comercialización de aceite de oliva, así como una larga tradición en el sector de los aceites vegetales. Una experiencia que la ha afianzado como líder en el sector del aceite de oliva y girasol en España, con exportaciones a cerca de un centenar de países de todo el mundo. En 2018, ante la volatilidad del precio en la materia prima y los requerimi...Starting at €0.00
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Publish or Protect? (Spanish version)
Shih, Willy; Chai, SenCase HBS-615S15Service and Operations ManagementShould they patent inventions coming out of their manufacturing process development work, should they keep them as trade secrets, or should they publish them so that they would go into the public domain and nobody else could patent them? They wish to preserve their freedom to practice, but they are very concerned about competitors' ability to benefit from LEGO Group's R&D investments or alternately interfere with its freedom to operate.Starting at €8.20
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The LEGO Group: Publish or Protect
Shih, Willy; Chai, SenCase HBS-613079-EService and Operations ManagementSenior managers at the LEGO Group are faced with a quandary: Should they patent inventions coming out of their manufacturing process development work, should they keep them as trade secrets, or should they publish them so that they would go into the public domain and nobody else could patent them? They wish to preserve their freedom to practice, but they are very concerned about competitors' ability to benefit from LEGO Group's R&D investments or...Starting at €8.20
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BGI: Data-driven Research
Shih, Willy; Chai, SenCase HBS-614056-EService and Operations ManagementBGI has the largest installed gene-sequencing capacity in the world, and to Zhang Gengyun, general manager of the Life Sciences Division, this represented an opportunity to apply his training as a plant breeder and his early career work as a biochemist to improving important parts of the world food supply. But his biggest challenge was in scaling up his organization to address the multitude of opportunities he wanted to address. Along with its ma...Starting at €8.20
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La Transformación Operativa de la fábrica de Nestlé de la Penilla. Nota del Instructor
Garrido Martinez, E.; Gómez González, C.Teaching Note IIST-PITN-167Service and Operations ManagementBajo la iniciativa corporativa Nestlé Continuous Excellence, la Fábrica de La Penilla había transformado su forma de trabajar en la línea de tabletas de chocolate. La mejora en eficiencia, flexibilidad y tiempo de respuesta eran evidentes, pero lo más importante había sido el cambio en la forma de trabajar y el cambio cultural que había supuesto la transformación. El caso describe el proceso de transformación y permite, por un lado, aprender de l...Starting at €0.00
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Acesur
Garrido Martinez, E.; Gómez González, C.Case IIST-PI-187Service and Operations ManagementEste caso describe la historia de ACESUR, empresa dedicada, desde 1840, a la producción, envasado y comercialización de aceite de oliva, así como una larga tradición en el sector de los aceites vegetales. Una experiencia que la ha afianzado como líder en el sector del aceite de oliva y girasol en España, con exportaciones a cerca de un centenar de países de todo el mundo. En 2018, ante la volatilidad del precio en la materia prima y los requerimi...Starting at €8.20
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La Transformación Operativa de la fábrica de Nestlé de la Penilla
Garrido Martinez, E.; Gómez González, C.Case IIST-PI-167Service and Operations ManagementBajo la iniciativa corporativa Nestlé Continuous Excellence, la Fábrica de La Penilla había transformado su forma de trabajar en la línea de tabletas de chocolate. La mejora en eficiencia, flexibilidad y tiempo de respuesta eran evidentes, pero lo más importante había sido el cambio en la forma de trabajar y el cambio cultural que había supuesto la transformación. El caso describe el proceso de transformación y permite, por un lado, aprender de l...Starting at €8.20
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Novozymes: Establishing the Cellulosic Ethanol Value Chain
Shih, Willy; Chai, SenCase HBS-614001-EService and Operations ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. As the world's largest producer of industrial enzymes, Novozymes had invested heavily for many years to bio-engineer enzymes that could break down cellulose into fermentable sugar. In 2010, the company had launched what it thought would become a breakthrough product for the conversion of crop residues from corn into fermentable sugars for the production of motor fuels. But t...Starting at €8.20
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Acesur. Strategic management of raw materials
Garrido Martinez, E.; Gómez González, C.Case IIST-PI-187-E-EService and Operations ManagementThis case describes the history of ACESUR, a company dedicated, since 1840, to the production, bottling and marketing of olive oil, as well as a long tradition in the vegetable oil sector. An experience that has consolidated it as a leader in the olive and sunflower oil sector in Spain, with exports to nearly one hundred countries around the world. In 2018, faced with the volatility of the price of the raw material and the requirements of the cus...Starting at €8.20
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Acesur - Teaching Note
Garrido Martinez, E.; Gómez González, C.Teaching Note IIST-PITN-187-E-EService and Operations ManagementThis case describes the history of ACESUR, a company dedicated, since 1840, to the production, bottling and marketing of olive oil, as well as a long tradition in the vegetable oil sector. An experience that has consolidated it as a leader in the olive and sunflower oil sector in Spain, with exports to nearly one hundred countries around the world. In 2018, faced with the volatility of the price of the raw material and the requirements of the cus...Starting at €0.00