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Quirky: A Business Based on Making Invention Accessible
Marks M; Hoyt DCase SGSB-GS84-EService and Operations ManagementBen Kaufman founded Quirky in 2009 to enable anyone with a product idea to access an online network of people to help evaluate and improve the idea, and potentially bring it to market. By the end of 2012, Quirky was shipping 74 products, and had many more in development. Its products were sold in 35,000 stores worldwide. Each week, the company took three products into the research and development process, out of more than 1,000 submitted onlin...Starting at €8.20
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Kamaths Ourtimes Ice Creams: Eliminating the Bottleneck Effect
Amol Dhaigude; Debmallya Chatterjee; Saptarshi ChakrabartiCase IVEY-9B18D014-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementKamaths Ourtimes Ice Creams Pvt. Ltd., a company located in Mumbai, India, manufactured and distributed ice cream under the brand Natural Ice Cream. The company specialized in using natural flavours in its products, a fact that helped it carve a niche for itself among health-conscious customers. In April 2017, after witnessing great demand for its ice cream across the country, the company’s board of directors asked the director of operations to d...Starting at €8.20
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PCH International (B): Supply Chain Solutions Take Off - Teaching note
Lee H; Marks M; Hoyt DTeaching Note SGSB-GS61TN-EService and Operations ManagementThis is an update to GS-61, describing developments at the company through 2011, including a major acquisition, distribution in China, and an initiative to cultivate start-ups that might grow into future clients.Starting at €0.00
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Quirky: A Business Based on Making Invention Accessible - Teaching note
Marks M; Hoyt DTeaching Note SGSB-GS84TN-EService and Operations ManagementBen Kaufman founded Quirky in 2009 to enable anyone with a product idea to access an online network of people to help evaluate and improve the idea, and potentially bring it to market. By the end of 2012, Quirky was shipping 74 products, and had many more in development. Its products were sold in 35,000 stores worldwide. Each week, the company took three products into the research and development process, out of more than 1,000 submitted onlin...Starting at €0.00
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PCH International (B): Supply Chain Solutions Take Off
Lee H; Marks M; Hoyt DCase SGSB-GS61B-EService and Operations ManagementThis is an update to GS-61, describing developments at the company through 2011, including a major acquisition, distribution in China, and an initiative to cultivate start-ups that might grow into future clients.Starting at €5.74
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DHL Global Forwarding: Consolidation Program
Kedar P. Joshi; Debmallya ChatterjeeCase IVEY-9B17D005-EService and Operations Management, StrategyOn October 13, 2015, the regional director of DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) was reviewing reports in preparation for a team meeting in Bengaluru, India. DGF provided air and ocean freight forwarding services. In September, the regional director’s team had successfully rolled out a new consolidation program in three Indian cities: Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Chennai. While glancing through the respective consolidation teams’ reports, however, several ...Starting at €8.20
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Kamaths Ourtimes Ice Creams: Eliminating the Bottleneck Effect - Teaching Note
Amol Dhaigude; Debmallya Chatterjee; Saptarshi ChakrabartiTeaching Note IVEY-8B18D014-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product 9B18D014.Starting at €0.00
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Marico Ltd.: Distribution Network Optimization
Aishwarya sadasivan; Ashish Pingulkar; Debmallya ChatterjeeExercise IVEY-W25851-EDecision Analysis, Service and Operations ManagementOn July 1, 2020, the co-head of the logistics and planning department at Marico Ltd., based in India, was reviewing reports on various issues related to stock inventory and warehousing. After studying the reports, he found that both lost opportunity and warehousing costs for the company were high. Compounding the problem was the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which had added pressure to the company’s impending cost pressures. Initially, Marico Ltd. h...Starting at €8.20
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Marico Ltd.: Distribution Network Optimization - Teaching Note
Aishwarya sadasivan; Ashish Pingulkar; Debmallya ChatterjeeTeaching Note IVEY-W25852-EDecision Analysis, Service and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product W25851.Starting at €0.00