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Learning the Machine: Anovo Ibérica Introduces AI in Operations (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Zamora, Javier; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-207-PBInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementIn 2018, Anovo, a service provider for technology products, began studying the possibility of introducing AI to improve the efficiency of its operations. In 2020, it was already piloting its first implementation - a new automated diagnostics process that employed machine learning (ML) to optimize the company's smartphone repair business. So far, the results of the pilot had been encouraging: aftersales service was a low-margin business, which mad...Starting at €8.20
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Learning the Machine: Anovo Ibérica Introduces AI in Operations
Zamora, Javier; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-207-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementIn 2018, Anovo, a service provider for technology products, began studying the possibility of introducing AI to improve the efficiency of its operations. In 2020, it was already piloting its first implementation - a new automated diagnostics process that employed machine learning (ML) to optimize the company's smartphone repair business. So far, the results of the pilot had been encouraging: aftersales service was a low-margin business, which mad...Starting at €8.20
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SmartPik: Pikolin's Smart Mattress
Zamora, Javier; Tàpies, J.; Costa, Xavier; Vilet, Ana María; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-214-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementIn June 2017, Pikolin launched the SmartPik, its first smart mattress. The SmartPik was capable of measuring and analyzing sleep phases to improve sleep quality. The first tests had gone well, but Pikolin didn't know how consumers who for decades had bought conventional mattresses through a very traditional channel would react to a new product which, for the first time in the company's history, incorporated digital elements (hardware and software...Starting at €8.20
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Fastjet: Strategy and Expansion
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; James Spillane; Jocelyn Carabott; Cheryl Mok; Nicole WiebeCase IVEY-9B18D018-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIn 2012, Fastjet acquired Fly540, a low-cost airline with operations in Tanzania, Kenya, Angola, and Ghana, and began operating as a low-cost carrier with the goal to become the most successful pan-African low-cost airline. Since starting operations, FastStarting at €8.20
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Fastjet: Strategy and Expansion - Teaching Note
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; James Spillane; Jocelyn Carabott; Cheryl Mok; Nicole WiebeTeaching Note IVEY-8B18D018-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product 9B18D018.Starting at €0.00
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KUKA: Planning for the Future of Automation
Sachon, Marc; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase P-1162-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementThe case presents the main current developments in automation and industrial robotics through KUKA AG, one of the largest automation companies in the world. One of KUKA's customers - an automotive OEM - is looking to invest on automation as it expands its operations to meet growing demand, and the case opens up the debate on how should this company capture the opportunities - and prepare itself for the challenges - presented by the new generatio...Starting at €8.20
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Digital Competition in Fashion & Luxury Goods: YNAP versus Farfetch
Ferraro, Fabrizio; Baldo, Andrea; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SM-1656-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIn 2015, Federico Marchetti became CEO of the largest luxury online retailer in the world, after orchestrating the merger of Yoox Group with Net-a-Porter Group. Two years later, in 2017, the financial community was expecting him to deliver results. However, the new combined ?1.8 billion company was not growing as fast as it used to, and questions remained about the synergies that could be achieved between two companies with very different busines...Starting at €8.20
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Aciturri Aeronáutica: Additive Manufacturing in the Aerospace Industry
Sachon, Marc; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase P-1161-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementAciturri Aeronáutica is a Tier 1 aerospace supplier serving Airbus and Boeing which is now looking at implementing additive manufacturing in its processes. The case looks at the numerous opportunities presented by this new technology for aerospace companies and manufacturing in general, but also its challenges.Starting at €8.20
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Competencia digital en moda y lujo: YNAP frente a Farfetch
Ferraro, Fabrizio; Baldo, Andrea; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SM-1656Innovation and Change, Service and Operations Management, StrategyEn 2015 Federico Marchetti se convirtió en CEO del mayor distribuidor de lujo en línea del mundo tras orquestar la fusión del Yoox Group con el Net-a-Porter Group. Dos años después, en 2017, la comunidad financiera esperaba que hubiera conseguido resultados. Sin embargo, la nueva compañía surgida de la fusión, valorada en 1800 millones de euros, no crecía al ritmo esperado, y quedaban pendientes cuestiones sobre las sinergias que se podrían alcan...Starting at €8.20
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EOS: Growing the Business of Additive Manufacturing (AM)
Sachon, Marc; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase P-1160-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations Management, StrategyEOS has been a forerunner in the field of additive manufacturing (also called 3D printing) since it was founded in 1989. This technology promises to revolutionize manufacturing and, in the late 2010s, it is on the verge of becoming a viable manufacturing technology, providing game-changing advantages in many fields. EOS wants to be part of the growth of AM and wishes to become a facilitator of it. How can it grow the company to meet increased dem...Starting at €8.20