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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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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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CoolIT Systems: Developing an Operations Strategy
P. Fraser Johnson; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B20D019-EService and Operations ManagementIn February 2020, the executive vice-president of Manufacturing and Supply Chain at CoolIT Systems (CoolIT), met with the company's chief executive officer (CEO) in their Calgary office. The company had recently developed a new range of products that provStarting at €8.20
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Infusion's Greenfield Subsidiary in Poland
Christopher Williams; Wendelien van Eerde; Danielle TheCase IVEY-9B12M076-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe president of Infusion Development Corporation was reviewing the progress of the new subsidiary the company had set up 15 months earlier in Krakow, Poland. The purpose of the subsidiary was to work with other Infusion offices around the world to provide innovative software development services to global clients. The investment, a big success, had grown in size from eight to forty staff in one year, and there were plans to double that by the en...Starting at €8.20
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St Helena: Landing a Future for a South Atlantic Island
Kirsty Joshua; Christopher WilliamsCase IVEY-9B18M034-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn October 2017, the first ever commercial flight landed on St Helena, one of the world's remotest islands. There had been delays building,certifying, and opening the airport due to unforeseen wind conditions. Now that weekly commercial flights had finally begun, how should the island's Economic Development Board approach the next phase of the long-term strategy to boost St Helena's economy through tourism?Starting at €8.20
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Xerox Innovation Group - From Products to Services
Christopher Williams; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B14M034-EStrategyThe world's leading documents company is in a transformation mode. From being a provider of cutting-edge technology products for decades, it is moving towards providing product-service combinations. As a person driving this enterprise-wide change, the head of Xerox Innovation Group (XIG) is facing two specific issues. How should XIG become more customer-centric? How should the company build new competencies to provide consistent services across d...Starting at €8.20
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Developing an International Growth Strategy at New York Fries
W. Glenn Rowe; Christopher Williams; Sharda PrashadCase IVEY-9B11M082-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyNew York Fries’ president and executive vice president were preparing for the next biannual meeting of domestic and international franchisees. They planned to provide an update on all aspect of corporate strategy and planning for the year ahead, but they only had a few days to formulate a new international growth strategy. The president and executive vice president were hesitant to expand into new territories partly due to poor experiences in Aus...Starting at €8.20
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Shelby Division 2012
Christopher Williams; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B14M126-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe vice-president and general manager for Michigan Plastic Inc.’s Shelby Division (Shelby) is faced with various options. Shelby specializes in thermoforming plastic gasoline tanks for global automotive companies such as General Motors, Ford and Toyota. The vice-president is looking at ways to restart growth at Shelby, a division that has been the subject of a turnaround effort from 2007 to 2010. In fact, the vice-president has committed to his ...Starting at €8.20