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In 2001 Veropoulos Spar, a 770 million Euro retailer in Greece and the Balkan region, intiated the implementation of a new Internet enabled collaborative ordering IT system with 3 suppliers: P&G, Unilever, and Elgeka. Two years later the project failed and had to stop. The CEO is now evaluating a new proposal for re-starting the initiative.
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Reference 5306
Published 09 Jan 2005
Topic Operations
Region Europe
Industry Retail
In 2001 Veropoulos Spar, a 770 million Euro retailer in Greece and the Balkan region, intiated the implementation of a new Internet enabled collaborative ordering IT system with 3 suppliers: P&G, Unilever, and Elgeka. Two years later the project failed and had to stop. The CEO is now evaluating a new proposal for re-starting the initiative.
KCC had just successfully completed a large IT system to support its Financials and HR, a major success for an organization that until 2001 was paralyzed by the mountain of IT tasks and targets ahead, spending £43 million annually on IT without clear returns. How did they achieve this?
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Reference 5174
Published 01 Jan 2003
Topic Operations
Region Europe
Industry Government Administration
KCC had just successfully completed a large IT system to support its Financials and HR, a major success for an organization that until 2001 was paralyzed by the mountain of IT tasks and targets ahead, spending £43 million annually on IT without clear returns. How did they achieve this?
In 2000, under increasing competitive pressure from other major UK retailers J. Sainsbury’s Supermarkets embarked on a radical transformation of its supply chain. The case study describes the challenges involved in rejuvenating the firm’s supply chain infrastructure, systems, processes, and skill sets as part of an “all-or-nothing” strategy to regain a leadership position in the marketplace.
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Reference 5166
Published 01 Oct 2003
Topic Operations
Region Europe
In 2000, under increasing competitive pressure from other major UK retailers J. Sainsbury’s Supermarkets embarked on a radical transformation of its supply chain. The case study describes the challenges involved in rejuvenating the firm’s supply chain infrastructure, systems, processes, and skill sets as part of an “all-or-nothing” strategy to regain a leadership position in the marketplace.
The case describes the development of a radically new product within a large automobile company.
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Reference 5086
Published 01 Sep 2005
Topic Operations
Region Europe
The case describes the development of a radically new product within a large automobile company.
The case describes a complete, radical three-dimensional concurrent engineering design of the system for the Baby Jaguar production at Halewood (UK). It shows how product, supply chain and process design are integrated to provide a lean solution. A companion case focuses on the managerial, people and organisational issues of the change process.
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Reference 4941
Published 02 Jul 2002
Topic Operations
Region Europe
Industry Automotive, Logistics and Supply Chain
The case describes a complete, radical three-dimensional concurrent engineering design of the system for the Baby Jaguar production at Halewood (UK). It shows how product, supply chain and process design are integrated to provide a lean solution. A companion case focuses on the managerial, people and organisational issues of the change process.
IACo. is an aerospace company developing UAVs (Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles). The case describes the project of developing a bid for a large contract under severe time pressure. The case discusses project planning for rapid time-to-market.
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Reference 4885
Published 05 Jan 2000
Topic Operations
Region Europe
IACo. is an aerospace company developing UAVs (Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles). The case describes the project of developing a bid for a large contract under severe time pressure. The case discusses project planning for rapid time-to-market.
The case describes the development of a new analgesic (painkiller) drug for the German subsidiary of a large Swiss pharmaceutical company. Development was successfully completed by a dedicated unit, and the drug gained a large market share quickly after launch.
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Reference 4661
Published 01 Dec 1997
Topic Operations
Region Europe
The case describes the development of a new analgesic (painkiller) drug for the German subsidiary of a large Swiss pharmaceutical company. Development was successfully completed by a dedicated unit, and the drug gained a large market share quickly after launch.
This case focuses on the emergence of electronic commerce and its business and organizational impact on trading partners. It presents CitiusNet, the first European business-to-business electronic platform offering multi-sectorial, on-line access to products and services.
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Reference 4552
Published 06 Jan 1996
Topic Operations
Region Europe
Industry Information Services
This case focuses on the emergence of electronic commerce and its business and organizational impact on trading partners. It presents CitiusNet, the first European business-to-business electronic platform offering multi-sectorial, on-line access to products and services.
Customer services within Friends Provident, the 6th largest life insurance company in the U.K., was traditionally organised along function lines with deep mistrust between the back office and the front office (branches). However, since 1989, under the leadership of Roger Hallet, Friends Provident has made significant innovations in its structures and processes for servicing customers.
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Reference 4295
Published 01 Jan 1994
Topic Operations
Region Europe
Customer services within Friends Provident, the 6th largest life insurance company in the U.K., was traditionally organised along function lines with deep mistrust between the back office and the front office (branches). However, since 1989, under the leadership of Roger Hallet, Friends Provident has made significant innovations in its structures and processes for servicing customers.
This case study illustrates how Brun Passot, a small French company specializing in the distribution of office supplies, developed a set of telepurchasing applications to differentiate customer service, shorten lead-time and reduce management costs.
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Reference 4221
Published 01 Jan 1993
Topic Operations
Region Europe
Industry Printing, Business Supplies and Equipment
This case study illustrates how Brun Passot, a small French company specializing in the distribution of office supplies, developed a set of telepurchasing applications to differentiate customer service, shorten lead-time and reduce management costs.
Stratex is a European multi-national company facing some common, but challenging problems in the management of the information systems (IS) function. This case describes the tensions and challenges faced by John Gates, the new CIO of Stratex while trying to effectively use IS to further the business success of the organization.
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Reference 287
Published 01 Jan 1993
Topic Operations
Region Europe
Stratex is a European multi-national company facing some common, but challenging problems in the management of the information systems (IS) function. This case describes the tensions and challenges faced by John Gates, the new CIO of Stratex while trying to effectively use IS to further the business success of the organization.