...Chandan Vichoray; Anant Deogaonkar; Rupesh Pais; Sunita Dhote Research methodology One of the major reasons of layout-related difficulties faced by manufacturing industries is non-value-adding and redundant work. Plant layout study aims at economic production with larger volumes and variety...

... Code CSS 11: Strategy. Malay Krishna can be contacted at: malay.krishna@spjimr.org © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Strategy Country of origin effects Productivity Strategic management/planning Land economy The case...

...Somnath Chakrabarti; Nripendra Kumar; Anupam Upadhyay Subject area Strategy. Study level/applicability The case can primarily be used for a Strategic Management course for teaching the revival strategies for financially weak plants. The case highlights the need to shift from a product...

... version of these Teaching Notes is available: Download teaching note as PDF operations management planning productivity queuing service industries, management of Services The Business Travel Department of American Express is facing rapid growth in demand; yet...

...Edward W. Davis; John L. Colley This case requires a decision on the possible consolidation of three Midwest business-travel centers. Significant cost savings in service representatives can be achieved by combining the front-end (booking) operations. The sensitivity of cost to service-productivity...

... that emphasizes a narrower range of products. Based on data collected by Sugar and Spice, the question is whether its position is at risk. The case focuses on Sugar and Spice and the defensibility of its position using its current operating system. The issue requires students to compare the competitive...

... vice president of thyssenkrupp Steel's production operations and one of his production managers notice that over the span of ten years the production facility regularly did not meet its planned production volumes. They set out to determine the drivers for the deviations from planned production figures...

...Jitendra Sharma Subject area Operations management. Study level/applicability This case can be used in a core course in production and operation management; process management and courses like design and planning of operations at the graduate level, preferably during or after the basic...