Agility is often mentioned but seldom defined or clearly illustrated. This case discusses UNICEF’s response to the sudden disruption of its aid supply chain to Yemen after the bombing started in 2015. It illustrates how a forwarding hub was quickly established in Djibouti and dhow vessels were used to reach small Yemeni ports from there.

Agility is often mentioned but seldom defined or clearly illustrated. This case discusses UNICEF’s response to the sudden disruption of its aid supply chain to Yemen after the bombing started in 2015. It illustrates how a forwarding hub was quickly established in Djibouti and dhow vessels were used to reach small Yemeni ports from there.

The case focuses on the strategic challenges of Michelin as it seeks to regain global leadership of the tire industry, covering strategy and performance of the company since Jean-Dominique Sénard became CEO in 2012. It describes the dynamics of the global tire industry, the segmentation of the tire market and the main competitors. Michelin’s challenges in China are given particular attention.

Decentralized supply chains - with a greater number of hubs and depot locations – are designed to be more responsive to disasters around the globe by getting primary relief items such as food, water and medicines to beneficiaries quickly. This case explores the centralized vs. decentralized tradeoff for the secondary support supply chain of an international humanitarian organization (IHO).

In October 1990, the Boeing Company announced that it was launching a new aircraft model, the 777. The task for students in this case is to evaluate the 777 against a financial standard. The students must estimate a weighted average cost of capital (WACC) with which to evaluate the project IRRs.