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In 2017, the World Food Programme decided to procure six amphibious all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) as a way to achieve ‘last-mile’ delivery to the most remote or disaster-hit areas on the planet. After two successful pilots, it is looking to incorporate ATVs into its disaster response operations as well as its ongoing development operations.
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Reference 6581
Published 20 May 2021
Topic Operations
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain
In 2017, the World Food Programme decided to procure six amphibious all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) as a way to achieve ‘last-mile’ delivery to the most remote or disaster-hit areas on the planet. After two successful pilots, it is looking to incorporate ATVs into its disaster response operations as well as its ongoing development operations.
The case describes the development of the German company, Continental Tires, subsidiary of automotive supplier Continental AG, the world’s most profitable tire-maker. The tires division is one of the few that has been able to grow its global market share while maintaining a high level of profitability.
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Reference 6293
Published 21 Apr 2017
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain
The case describes the development of the German company, Continental Tires, subsidiary of automotive supplier Continental AG, the world’s most profitable tire-maker. The tires division is one of the few that has been able to grow its global market share while maintaining a high level of profitability.
The case describes the development of the Japanese tire company, Bridgestone, leader of the global tire industry. The focus is on Bridgestone’s strategic challenges as it seeks to extend its global leadership while increasing its presence in China.
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Reference 6292
Published 21 Apr 2017
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain
The case describes the development of the Japanese tire company, Bridgestone, leader of the global tire industry. The focus is on Bridgestone’s strategic challenges as it seeks to extend its global leadership while increasing its presence in China.
The case describes the development of the South Korean tire company Hankook and its strategic challenges as it seeks to get into the ‘top five’ global tiremakers. Information on global industry dynamics, the segmentation of the market, industry economics and key competitors is provide by the case “Michelin in China in 2016”.
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Reference 6282
Published 27 Feb 2017
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain
The case describes the development of the South Korean tire company Hankook and its strategic challenges as it seeks to get into the ‘top five’ global tiremakers. Information on global industry dynamics, the segmentation of the market, industry economics and key competitors is provide by the case “Michelin in China in 2016”.
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.
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Reference 6280
Published 27 Feb 2017
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain
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.
The case describes the development of the Indian tire company Apollo Tyres, and its quest to become a global Top-10 tire company. While it is well-established in India and has a foothold in Europe, it struggles to develop in the US and China. The case describes the accomplishments and challenges of the company as it extends its global footprint.
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Reference 6270
Published 27 Feb 2017
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain
The case describes the development of the Indian tire company Apollo Tyres, and its quest to become a global Top-10 tire company. While it is well-established in India and has a foothold in Europe, it struggles to develop in the US and China. The case describes the accomplishments and challenges of the company as it extends its global footprint.
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).
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Reference 6266
Published 30 Jan 2017
Topic Operations
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain
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).
The case illustrates the challenging but successful journey of a cross-sector partnership that deploys pro bono resources from Agility, A.P. Moller Maersk, TNT Express and UPS to support the disaster response operations of the UN Logistics Cluster.
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Reference 5895
Published 29 Oct 2012
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain
The case illustrates the challenging but successful journey of a cross-sector partnership that deploys pro bono resources from Agility, A.P. Moller Maersk, TNT Express and UPS to support the disaster response operations of the UN Logistics Cluster.
Five years after the inception of the ‘Moving the World’ partnership between logistics provider TNT and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), its management team
launches an evaluation and renewal process to guide the partnership as it enters a new phase.
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Reference 5596
Published 27 Mar 2009
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain
Five years after the inception of the ‘Moving the World’ partnership between logistics provider TNT and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), its management team
launches an evaluation and renewal process to guide the partnership as it enters a new phase.
This case study serves to discuss a class of risk management strategies in supply chains.
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Reference 5563
Published 31 Jan 2009
Topic Operations
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain
This case study serves to discuss a class of risk management strategies in supply chains.
Fleet Management is the second largest spending in the humanitarian sector, preceded by staffing. Aware of the fact and concerned for the increased need for efficiency, a group of humanitarian professionals manage to raise awareness in their community and bring to the discussion table the members of the different organizations concerned.
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Reference 5361
Published 09 Jan 2006
Topic Operations
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Fleet Management is the second largest spending in the humanitarian sector, preceded by staffing. Aware of the fact and concerned for the increased need for efficiency, a group of humanitarian professionals manage to raise awareness in their community and bring to the discussion table the members of the different organizations concerned.
Based on a series of deployments (Mozambique-Sudan) the case narrates some of the lessons learned and challenges faced by the United Nations Joint Logistics Center (UNJLC) is using Information Management to reinforce and enact their mandate of interagency coordination in complex crises.
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Reference 5278
Published 05 Feb 2005
Topic Operations
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain, Non-Profit Organization Management
Based on a series of deployments (Mozambique-Sudan) the case narrates some of the lessons learned and challenges faced by the United Nations Joint Logistics Center (UNJLC) is using Information Management to reinforce and enact their mandate of interagency coordination in complex crises.