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Just Baked Inventory Management

by Eric Svaan

Product Type: Exercise Publication Date: 01/2013 Product ID#: 1-429-318 Length: 10pages

What’s better than a Just Baked cupcake? Nothing really, especially when inventory decisions about the cupcakes are also so good that customers are satisfied, stores are profitable, and the company grows. This classroom exercise leads students through stepwise computations applying proven inventory management rules to make retail store stocking and material purchasing decisions effectively.

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BUSI 672-- Global Supply Chain Management (U. Maryland, Spring 2013)

by None Selected

Product Type: Case Publication Date: 01/2013 Product ID#: 1-429-315 Length: 46pages

This coursepack is for BUSI 672 - Global Supply Chain Management, taught by Professor Thomas Corsi at the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.

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Alexander & Thurston: Inventory Management

by Wallace Hopp

Product Type: Case Publication Date: 11/2012 Product ID#: 1-429-293 Length: 8pages

The president and CEO of A&T has expressed the opinion that there is too much spare-parts inventory in the system, both at the DC and in the field. He believes that, through better inventory management, inventory can be reduced from its present level while customer service is improved...

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Note on Linear Programming: A Brief Overview

by Roman Kapuscinski

Product Type: Conceptual Note Publication Date: 11/2012 Product ID#: 1-429-307 Length: 4pages

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Note on the Use of Solver in Excel

by Roman Kapuscinski

Product Type: Conceptual Note Publication Date: 11/2012 Product ID#: 1-429-308 Length: 10pages

Solver also allows for inclusion of various constraints (e.g., available budget, storage space, or maximum work-hours). By varying the values of input cells, we can see how the value of our objective function (say, profit) changes. Consequently, for small problems we can manually find the best values of input cells. For bigger problems, however, the manual search becomes quite tedious. Solver is very systematic and efficient in performing the search.

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Cisco - Supply Chain Risk Mgt (H1N1)

by Ravi Anupindi

Product Type: Case Publication Date: 07/2012 Product ID#: 1-428-881 Length: 32pages

Cisco's story will expose students to supply chain risk management (SCRM). Cisco's simulation of a flu outbreak in Asia will leave students with a better understanding of how to utilize SCRM programs.

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Oz TV

by Izak Duenyas

Product Type: Case Publication Date: 04/2012 Product ID#: 1-429-240 Length: 6pages

This year, television service provider Oz TV’s financial figures are troubling, despite steady demand. Is operational performance hurting financial performance? Oz customers rent a set-top box when they buy their programming package. Set-top boxes drive Oz’s key performance indicator: utilization. Students examine Oz’s box-return process in order to discover the link between financ...

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Supply Chain Risk Management at Cisco (VIDEO)

by Ravi Anupindi

Product Type: Audio/Video Publication Date: 09/2011 Product ID#: 1-429-193 Length: 0minutes

In this companion to the Cisco case regarding the company's response to the H1N1 virus threat, Professor Ravi Anupindi discusses Cisco' supply chain risk management program with Mr. Kevin Harrington, Vice President of Global Operations; Lance Solomon, Senior Manager in Cisco’s risk management group; and John O’Connor, Director of Supply Chain Management and their supply chain risk...

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Grainger

by Amitabh Sinha

Product Type: Case Publication Date: 12/2010 Product ID#: 1-429-084 Length: 17pages

Grainger is a distributor of MRO (maintenance, repair, and operations) equipment, based in the US. Most revenues were from the US in 2008, but Grainger was positioning itself to expand its limited global presence. Grainger was increasing the volume of private-label products, which offer higher margins and meet price points. These private label products were sourced primarily from...

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Managing the Value Chain

by Robert E. Kennedy

Product Type: Conceptual Note Publication Date: 12/2010 Product ID#: 1-429-011 Length: 8pages

This note explains the considerations involved in determining a firm’s vertical, horizontal, and geographic scope. It is organized into five sections: An introduction that presents important questions related to strategy formulation that managers face after mapping their firm's value chain; a second section that provides a brief introduction to Transactions Cost Economics, a framew...

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Ford Motor Company in the 1920s

by Robert E. Kennedy

Product Type: Case Publication Date: 12/2010 Product ID#: 1-429-003 Length: 4pages

This mini-case provides a concise description of Ford's early history, highlighting milestones like the debut of the Model T, the use of labor specialization, the first moving assembly line, the famous "$5 a day" plan for employee motivation, etc. The mini-case focuses on the challenges that Henry Ford faced (timing production activities, industrial shortages, price increases, etc.

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eChoupal - ITC, Ltd.

by C.K. Prahalad

Product Type: Case Publication Date: 12/2010 Product ID#: 1-429-150 Length: 33pages

In setting up rural farmer-entrepreneurs with Internet access, and using modern technology to accurately weigh farmers crops (and paying them promptly), ITC's eChoupal system is transforming India's agricultural supply chain, reducing systemic corruption and giving farmers both better prices for their crops and a sense of dignity and confidence in being connected to the rest of the...

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Selling Health

by C.K. Prahalad

Product Type: Case Publication Date: 12/2010 Product ID#: 1-429-156 Length: 27pages

Around the world, 2.2 million people die from diarrheal disease every year. Children are especially at risk - one child dies every 30 seconds. India alone contributes thirty percent of the world's diarrheal deaths. By teaching and demonstrating the benefits of handwashing through both UN and branded programs that reach into the villages, Hindustan Lever Ltd. is reducing infectious...

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EMRI

by C.K. Prahalad, M.S. Krishnan

Product Type: Case Publication Date: 11/2010 Product ID#: 1-428-917 Length: 19pages

Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI) is a pioneer and leader in emergency management in India. The EMRI ecosystem integrates resources such as ambulances, EMTs, call center operators, physicians, a network of hospitals, and IT systems with cutting-edge research to save lives. EMRI has been extremely successful in delivering consistent high-quality services at the lowe...

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Variability, Buffers and Inventory

by William Lovejoy

Product Type: Conceptual Note Publication Date: 05/2010 Product ID#: 1-429-081 Length: 12pages

Most production systems are faced with the problem of variability. Customer demand for finished products may vary over time, as may the availability of raw materials and the processing capacity at various stages in the system. This note will discuss some of the types of variability, the consequences of variability, the role of inventory in systems with variability, and possible res...

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Capacity Management Note

by William Lovejoy

Product Type: Conceptual Note Publication Date: 05/2010 Product ID#: 1-429-082 Length: 8pages

Production capacity can be defined as the maximum rate at which a productive system can convert inputs into outputs. Capacity is typically measured as output per unit of time, that is, as a throughput rate (e.g., tons per hour). Measuring capacity is simplest for a single machine making a single standard product. Most productive systems, however, consist of an assemblage of people...

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Dell Inc.'s Production System

by Scott A. Moore

Product Type: Mini-Case Publication Date: 01/2010 Product ID#: 1-429-017 Length: 8pages

This mini-case details the history of Dell and its made-to-order production system. From a simple computer assembly and delivery company, Dell grew to dominate the PC industry by leveraging information and focusing on efficiency throughout the supply chain. However, changes in consumer tastes and supplier cost structure led to the decline of Dell’s performance in 2005. What happene...

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Remanufacturing at Cummins, Inc.

by Brian Talbot, Xiuli Chao

Product Type: Case Publication Date: 11/2009 Product ID#: 1-428-798 Length: 18pages

Cummins is one of the world’s largest manufacturers and remanufacturers of diesel engines. This case focuses on their largest remanufacturing business, which is based in the U.S. and Mexico. The competitive landscape for this industry is described along with a fairly detailed look at Cummins’ forward and reverse supply chains and their remanufacturing operations.

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Creative Calligraphy Invitations

by Izak Duenyas

Product Type: Exercise Publication Date: 11/2009 Product ID#: 1-428-837 Length: 4pages

You and your roommate are launching a calligraphy business out of your two-bedroom apartment. Will this business be profitable? That is the question students evaluate with “Creative Calligraphy Invitations (CCI).” CCI creates one-of-a-kind handwritten invitations, which are in high demand for weddings, holidays, parties, and corporate functions. Calligraphy requires special talent,...

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Boeing: The Fight for Fasteners

by Ravi Anupindi

Product Type: Case Publication Date: 11/2009 Product ID#: 1-428-787 Length: 26pages

Boeing originally was scheduled to deliver the Dreamliner to airline customers in mid-2008. However, after five announced delays over two years, the company was forced to postpone the first test flight. One driver for the delay was an industry-wide shortage of aerospace fasteners, the hardware that held the aircraft together. Engineers at Boeing never could have imagined that faste...

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Lean Process Improvements at Cleveland Clinic

by Izak Duenyas

Product Type: Case Publication Date: 05/2009 Product ID#: 1-428-795 Length: 18pages

This case study teaches students about lean process improvement projects at the Cleveland Clinic, one of the world's leading hospital systems. The majority of the case focuses on one lean improvement project and leads the student step-by-step through the Kaizen events, and the tools, approaches and outcomes of the project. The case study ends with two short mini-cases on additional...

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Maritime Transportation

by Ravi Anupindi

Product Type: Conceptual Note Publication Date: 01/2009 Product ID#: 1-428-712 Length: 30pages

This conceptual note is focused on one of the most important aspects of international trade and commerce – maritime transportation. The majority of global trade, in fact more than 90 percent of world trade in terms of tonnage, travels by sea. From raw materials to finished consumer goods, this system is vital to the world economy. This note outlines the key aspects, players, and ch...

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Capacity Mgt. at St. Mary's Hospital

by Izak Duenyas

Product Type: Case Publication Date: 11/2008 Product ID#: 1-428-724 Length: 12pages

This case explores the capacity management challenges facing the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at St. Mary's Hospital. Recent increases in the number of patients have led to a demand for beds that exceeds the supply, especially at certain times of the week. This has resulted in a number of problems, including increasing costs for the hospital.