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Una metodología para la gestión de proyectos
Moscoso, Philip; Ribera, JaumeTechnical Note PN-493Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementEsta nota técnica presenta una metodología de gestión de proyectos para directivos. La metodología se desarrolla a lo largo de las principales fases del ciclo de vida de un proyecto tipo y ha sido aplicada con éxito en numerosos casos prácticos. Complementamos la metodología con herramientas de utilidad en las diferentes fases del ciclo de vida y ofrecemos recomendaciones prácticas para implementar la metodología con éxito en las empresas....Starting at €8.20
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Roche: The Investment Decision Dilemma
Serrano, Alejandro; Kraiselburd, SantiagoCase P-1171-EFinance, Service and Operations ManagementIn 2015, Roche launched an internal improvement program aimed at reducing the cost of its products, with an emphasis on manufacturing costs. Paul de Wit, the group head in charge of product supply-chain management, was assigned the task of figuring out the appropriate production batch size for each product, with the help of two representatives from the financial and supply-chain management departments. They tested three different approaches on a ...Starting at €8.20
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Mercadona and the Challenge of 2020
Serrano, Alejandro; Girbal, AlbertCase P-1176-EService and Operations ManagementAfter various decades of uninterrupted growth, Mercadona was completing its expansion in Spain and Portugal. Faced with this situation, it was natural in which direction the company strategy should head. Should it continue its expansion process into other countries, such as Italy? If so, what impact would the recent change of model from "integrated suppliers" to "totalers" have on the process?Starting at €8.20
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Fiore di Zucca
Serrano, Alejandro; Calvo, EduardCase P-1183-EService and Operations ManagementFiore di Zucca was one of Italy's leading producers of bags of ready-to-eat precooked vegetables. Francesco Ferrati, the chief operating officer, reviewed the results of a new policy of producing goods without waiting to receive orders from customers. He was satisfied with the improvement in customer response time. However, the inventory had expanded so much that one of the warehouses of finished products had almost come to a standstill twice due...Starting at €8.20
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The Project Life Cycle: Planning
Ribera, JaumeTechnical Note PN-461-EService and Operations ManagementOne of the ways to study how projects are managed is by reviewing the different stages along the project life cycle. In this note we explore on of the most important stages, the planning of activities. In the project planning stage we use the definition of the project to develop the details of the different tasks that will have to be performed, and prepare an initial feasible schedule of resources and corresponding budget.Starting at €8.20
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Project Definition: Using the Logical Framework
Ribera, JaumeTechnical Note PN-504-EService and Operations ManagementThe document presents the basics of the Logical Framework Approach (LFA), a methodology to ensure that the most critical parts of a project are well defined before the project is planned or launched. It describes the four main blocks of the LFA and provides a checklist to ensure that the project is well defined before proceeding.Starting at €8.20
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Gestión de empresas de servicios
Ribera, JaumeTechnical Note PN-392Service and Operations ManagementDocumento sobre las peculiaridades de la gestión de operaciones de servicios. Tras revisar sus características, la nota revisa las modificaciones que deben hacerse a los conceptos tradicionales de calidad, procesos de mejora, aplicación de tecnología, gestión de la capacidad y gestión de las esperas cuando se aplican a entornos de prestación de servicios.Starting at €8.20
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El diseño de una garantía
Ribera, Jaume; Rosenmöller, MagdaTechnical Note PN-365Service and Operations ManagementSe describe un enfoque para el desarrollo de garantías en servicios. Se empieza definiendo los atributos de excelencia en el servicio ?para esto se presentan tres posibles métodos? y a continuación se dan una serie de indicaciones para la definición de la garantía, utilizando una clasificación de los atributos de excelencia en las dimensiones de control, habilidad e importancia. (Also available in English).Starting at €8.20
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Motores Rivero S. A. (MORSA)
Ribera, Jaume; Lago, AlejandroExercise PE-74Service and Operations ManagementEste ejercicio presenta las decisiones que debe tomar un directivo relacionadas con la gestión de inventarios de una pieza de motor. Es muy adecuado como introducción a la gestión de inventarios, ya que presenta diferentes situaciones en evolución y permite al profesor discutir el inventario de lotes y el de seguridad, así como el impacto de la incertidumbre en las existencias y en la disponibilidad de financiamiento a la hora de tomar decisiones...Starting at €8.20
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The Value of a Satisfied Customer
Ribera, Jaume; Rosenmöller, MagdaTechnical Note PN-368-EService and Operations ManagementKnowing the value of a customer is an important element in managing the service quality of an organization. By value of a customer we understand the net present value of the cash flows generated by this customer. Our experience shows that in those organizations where this value is known the personnel is more sensitive to losing customers and that these organizations launch many more initiatives to retain them, thus increasing the profitability of...Starting at €8.20