Journal of Operations Management 20 (2002) 419–433 Effective case research in operations management: a process perspective I. Stuart∗ ‚ D. McCutcheon‚ R. Handfield‚ R. McLachlin‚ D. Samson Faculty of Business‚ University of Victoria‚ P.O. Box 1700‚ Victoria‚ BC‚ Canada V8W 2Y2 Received 8 August 2001; received in revised form 26 October 2001; accepted 11 March 2002 Abstract Despite many calls for case-based operations management research‚ the successful publication rate of such articles
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to absorb everything I hear and learn. The best part was meeting all my teachers and hear what I will be learning from them. This week I discovered a lot about myself‚ too. I realized that I’m a different person now‚ that everything ive been through in my life has been to get this moment with another mentality‚ the mindset that I come to learn‚ that I have to focus on myself and not other people‚ that this is not a game and I have to work very hard to get where I want to be‚ etc. I also learned
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What Went Wrong With Forzani’s Group Managing a company is not the easiest thing to do. That being said‚ there are many factors in helping your company grow. Over the years a company will ‘evolve’ so to say‚ and will not be the same as it was 10‚ 20 maybe 50 years ago. Lately‚ Forzani Group Ltd. Has not has been doing as well as it was in the past. ‘Not so long ago‚ this Calgary-based company was considered an unrivalled league leader‚ with more than 390 stores nationwide‚ and
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Organization:Federal Express Federal Express is the world’s largest express transportation company‚providing fast and reliable services for important documents ‚packages‚and freight.It’s success was gave the credit to the use of Operations Research. Operations Research modeling was a way of life for Federal Express‚there were three famous Model planning system‚one is origin-destination flow model which worked out a 26-city system that make FedEx’s first success.This model and the planning
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Stakeholders are individuals‚ groups of people or organizations that have direct and indirect involvement/interest with your proposed project and hence they can have positive or negative influence on the project. There are different types of stakeholders: (1) Stakeholders: Individuals or organizations who may directly or indirectly‚ positively or negatively affect or be affected by the activities of a proposed intervention package. (2) Beneficiaries: Those who are benefited from the project either
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each country has a certain image and a multifaceted structure. First studies on country image in the literature belong to the 1930s and 1940s (Katz and Braly‚ 1933; Klingberg‚ 1941). On those years‚ several researches were done on impacts of social psychological processes‚ economic‚ cultural and political events on country image. But in these years‚ national perceptions and prototypes are of particular importance (Katz and Braly‚ 1933; 1943; Klinberg‚1941). Nagashima (1970) considers country image
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179 19 SCHEMA REFINEMENT AND NORMAL FORMS 189 20 PHYSICAL DATABASE DESIGN AND TUNING 204 21 SECURITY 215 PREFACE It is not every question that deserves an answer. Publius Syrus‚ 42 B.C. I hope that most of the questions in this book deserve an answer. The set of questions is unusually extensive‚ and is designed to reinforce and deepen students’ understanding of the concepts covered in each chapter. There is a strong emphasis on quantitative and problem-solving type exercises
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Operation Bagration: The “Unknown” D-Day At the Tehran Conference‚ the first World War II conference amongst the Big Three: the Soviet Union‚ the United States‚ and the United Kingdom the final plan to defeat Nazi Germany was agreed upon in unison. As promised at the Tehran Conference at the end of 1943‚ as the United States revealed the date for their Western offense‚ the Red Army began planning a powerful offensive to coincide with it. Operation Bagration‚ the main summer offensive of 1944
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Case Analysis 3 Barilla SpA MGT 371 Section 2 – Team 6 What is the impact of fluctuating demand on operations? Because of the way Barilla’s manufacturing process works‚ demand fluctuations have a significant impact on the company’s operations. Tight heat and humidity specifications in factory tunnel kilns require very specific sequences of pasta production‚ which means Barilla has limited flexibility in ramping up (or ramping down) the production of pastas experiencing unexpected demand levels
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Corey Minnie‚ Isaac Samek‚ and Sam Tvedt Operations Analysis of Interview We interviewed Brian Rose who has been a store director for more than twenty years. He has been around many HyVees‚ and seen how they run‚ and what is necessary to the successful operation and management of a HyVee store. Background and History of HyVee In 1930 Charles Hyde and David Vrendenburg opened a small store in Baconsfield‚ Iowa. Their goal was to provide “good merchandise‚ appreciative service and low prices”
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