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Raz, Gal
NaanDan and Jain: Leave This World Better Than You Found It
OM-1547 | Published December 07, 2016 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
India-based firm, Jain Irrigation Systems (Jain Irrigation), and its acquisition of NaanDan Irrigation Systems (NaanDan) offers an opportunity to explore supply chain sourcing and coordination as well... Read More
The Beer Game (SIMULATION)
Weiss, Elliott N. Raz, Gal Goldberg, Rebecca
OM-1521 | Published August 11, 2016 | 1 pages Simulation
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Beer Game is a competitive supply chain simulation that improves on the learning outcomes of the classic Beer Game developed at MIT. Students still assume one of four supply chain positions, but i... Read More
Eastman Tritan Product Development and Launch
Raz, Gal Kraft, Tim Elias, Allison Hutchison-Krupat, Jeremy
OM-1540 | Published July 31, 2015 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2007, Eastman Chemical (Eastman), a global specialty chemicals company based in Kingsport, Tennessee, was set to launch Tritan, Eastman’s latest specialty plastic. The development team was excited ... Read More
Chevy Volt: Pricing and Capacity Decisions in Response to Government Incentives for the Electric Vehicle Industry
Raz, Gal Ovchinnikov, Anton S. Elias, Allison
OM-1519 | Published August 15, 2014 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
At the end of 2013, executives from General Motors (GM) must make decisions about what production capacity and price to allocate to the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle considering the costs of supply ... Read More
Picante Mexican Grill: A New Delhi Experience
Raz, Gal Weiss, Elliott N. Venkatesan, Rajkumar Bodily, Samuel E. Yemen, Gerry
OM-1520 | Published August 15, 2014 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Modeled loosely after the American restaurant chain Chipotle, Picante Mexican Grill seeks to offer fresh and healthy vegetarian fast-food options. The owners of this start-up chain in Gurgaon, India, ... Read More
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc., in China: Transferring Knowledge (A) and (B) (Abridged)
Raz, Gal Davidson, Martin N. Yemen, Gerry
OM-1500 | Published July 17, 2013 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This version condenses the two parts of "K&S Industries Inc. in China: Transferring Knowledge (A) and (B)" into a single-use case. Suitable for the MBA, EMBA, GEMBA, and executive education programs, ... Read More
Eastman Tritan
Raz, Gal Kraft, Tim Elias, Allison
OM-1494 | Published April 05, 2013 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is used in Darden's Supply-Chain Operations elective. The field-based case gives supply-chain educators the ability to teach the newsvendor model with pricing under a capacity constraint usi... Read More
Uncle Coco's Magic Shop: A Negotiation Exercise
OM-1457 | Published November 07, 2011 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A toy retailer plans to order a new product from an untested supplier for the winter holiday season. This exercise provides an opportunity for students to construct a model to determine optimal order ... Read More
Managing Inventories: The Newsvendor Model
OM-1456 | Published November 04, 2011 | 5 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note uses the traditional newsvendor model to present strategies for inventory management when demand is uncertain. Methods for determining the critical ratio of overage and underage costs and th... Read More
Supply Chain Coordination and Contracts
OM-1442 | Published May 31, 2011 Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note addresses the dynamics of supply chains as they affect profits--how profits may be both maximized overall and equitably distributed across the supply chain. Influences of pricing and stockin... Read More
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc., in China: Transferring Knowledge (A)
OM-1410 | Published August 30, 2010 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
While much of the work on outsourcing to China focuses on the low cost and its tradeoffs, this case examines in depth the interaction between human capital and a firm's cost and capabilities. Suitable... Read More
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc., in China: Transferring Knowledge (B)
OM-1411 | Published August 30, 2010 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
While much of the work on outsourcing to China focuses on the low cost and its tradeoffs, this case examines in depth the interaction between human capital and a firm's cost and capabilities. Suitable... Read More
Sandvik Coromant Recycling Concept
OM-1407 | Published March 01, 2010 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Lars Hallberg is preparing for a meeting with the executive management of Sandvik Tooling, a world leader in metal cutting tools. The purpose of the meeting is to review the Coromant Recycling Concept... Read More
Introduction to Supply Chain Management
OM-1370 | Published January 12, 2008 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note provides an introduction to supply chain management. The note examines the fundamentals of supply chain management and provides a framework for choosing the right supply chain to fit the pro... Read More
Passover in Costa Rica
OM-1372 | Published January 12, 2008 | 2 pages Exercise
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this exercise students examine a supply chain coordination problem in the context of a two-level supply chain with a retailer and a supplier. Then students are asked to find the optimal supply cha... Read More
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.: Designing a Supply Chain Network
Yemen, Gerry Raz, Gal Davidson, Martin N.
OM-1406 | Published | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Supply chain network design choices and the challenges in implementing and understanding how alternatives influence firm performance are key management skills that can be applied to the case of a glob... Read More