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Distribution Strategy at Mango
Martínez de Albéniz, VictorCase OIT-33-EService and Operations ManagementAntonio Pascual, director of Supply Chain at Mango, was reviewing the initial supply chain indicators for 2021 and reflecting over the struggles of recent months. In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had triggered a global health crisis and caused a severe downturn that had been particularly difficult for fashion retailers, due to the forced closure of stores for many months. Fortunately, Mango had stood strong, with online sales growing signific...Starting at €8.20
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For the best experience, let data be your guide
Martínez de Albéniz, Victor; Abhishek Deshmane; Ali AouadArticle ART-3451-EService and Operations ManagementExperience providers, from retailers to cultural institutions, can boost user engagement by making the most of their data analytics. Follow these tips, based on experiments carried out in the Van Gogh Museum, to optimize engagement and satisfaction in your own business setting.Starting at €8.20
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Symington Family Estates
Martínez de Albéniz, Victor; Amorim, PedroCase P-1195-EService and Operations ManagementIt was the end of October 2018. Charles Symington was drinking a glass of Graham's 20 Year Old Port together with Rob Symington who had just joined the company after a successful entrepreneurial initiative. Rob would help steer the future of the family-owned business. Both were discussing what decisions to make in the upcoming months, regarding the vintage that had just ended. The quality of the wines to be produced with 2018's vintage was outsta...Starting at €8.20
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The Horse Meat Crisis
Martínez de Albéniz, Victor; Chaturvedi, AadhaarCase P-1126-EService and Operations Management"We are only at the beginning of our legal process. Comigel will end up in a lot of legal processes going forward, I imagine. Comigel is the villain." Jari Latvanen, Findus Nordic CEO. "Our company was fooled. We were victims." Erick Leharge, Comigel CEO. It was Monday, February 4 when Findus group received the results from the DNA test that they had commissioned to ascertain the composition of meat in the beef lasagna they were supplying to ...Starting at €8.20
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Queue Management: Methodology for Basic Queue Analysis
Lago, Alejandro; Martínez de Albéniz, VictorTechnical Note PN-441-EService and Operations ManagementThis technical note gives a brief account of the methodology for dealing with stochastic queue problems in an analytic way. It is intended to be a guide for the reader to follow the process step by step. This document complements technical note PN-427 which gives a more detailed description of queue phenomena.Starting at €8.20
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Bicing: Bike-Sharing in Barcelona
Martínez de Albéniz, VictorCase P-1164-EService and Operations ManagementMonday mornings were tough for Toni Roig. During the months of June and July, he had received phone calls from the mayor¿s office every other Monday. The topic was always the same: ¿Did you read the newspapers?¿ In the second summer since the introduction of the Barcelona bike-sharing system, Bicing, which was managed by his department at BSM, the week-end press carried dozens of readers¿ letters and opinion articles criticizing Bicing. This seem...Starting at €8.20
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Berlin Brandenburg International Airport
Teworte, Victoria; Martínez de Albéniz, VictorCase P-1142-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations Management, StrategyJust after German reunification in 1990, plans were made for a single, new airport to concentrate all the traffic of the new capital Berlin. Twenty-five years later, Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (BER) was still not operational. The project was amassing mistakes and had already seen four delays, due mainly to the fire detection system. At the end of December 2014, the Supervisory Board announced that the airport would finally open in t...Starting at €8.20
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Berlin Brandenburg International Airport - Teaching Note
Martínez de Albéniz, VictorTeaching Note PT-57-EService and Operations ManagementJust after German reunification in 1990, plans were made for a single, new airport to concentrate all the traffic of the new capital Berlin. Twenty-five years later, Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (BER) was still not operational. The project was amassing mistakes and had already seen four delays, due mainly to the fire detection system. At the end of December 2014, the Supervisory Board announced that the airport would finally open in t...Starting at €0.00
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Pizzas Dani
Martínez de Albéniz, Victor; Yankovic, NataliaExercise PE-76-EService and Operations ManagementYour cousin Dani and his friend Albert recently graduated from high school. They want to open a restaurant with an eye to funding their college education. They have identified a good place with some interesting feature on a corner near Dani's house. The location is close to a large school with both day and night classes, and there are only two other restaurants nearby, where Dani always sees long lines of customers, mostly students, but also poli...Starting at €8.20
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Omnichannel Strategy at Camper
Martínez de Albéniz, VictorCase P-1174-EService and Operations ManagementMiguel Fluxá, CEO of Camper, had just returned from a visit to a customer, who, in addition to selling Camper shoes, was delivering clothing from store to online customers. He found it to be an inspiring idea. Miguel rushed to see Sito Luis, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Camper, to ask him whether it would be possible to connect Camper.com orders to stock from the Camper store network worldwide. Sito replied that, in principle, it should be p...Starting at €8.20