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- June 1995
- Teaching Note
Logistics and Supply Channel Coordination, Course Overview Note
- June 1995 (Revised July 2006)
- Supplement
Barilla SpA (B)
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Production; Distribution; Sales; Demand and Consumers; Programs; Food and Beverage Industry; Italy
- June 1995 (Revised July 2006)
- Supplement
Barilla SpA (D): JITD Problem Resolution
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- June 1995
- Case
Polaroid Corporation: European Distribution System
By: Janice H. Hammond and Afroze A Mohammed
Describes distribution operations in Polaroid Europe. In the late 1980s, Polaroid senior management in the United States proposed moving from a system of 12 decentralized warehouses to a centralized distribution system in which all inventory for European retailers... View Details
- 1995
- Other Unpublished Work
Executive Summary of Preliminary Findings of the U.S. Apparel Industry
By: Janice H. Hammond, F.A. Abernathy, J.T. Dunlop and D. Weil
- 1995
- Working Paper
Channel Transformation: Improving Supply-chain Performance by Redesigning Channel Replenishment Processes
By: T. H. Clark and J. H. Hammond
- 01 Dec 1994
- Conference Presentation
Design and Scheduling of Apparel Manufacturing Systems with Both Slow and Quick Production Lines
By: J. H. Hammond, Z. B. Tang and F. H. Abernathy
- October 1994 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
Sport Obermeyer Ltd.
By: Janice H. Hammond and Ananth Raman
The case describes operations at a skiwear design and merchandising company and its supply partner. Introduces production planning for short-life-cycle products with uncertain demand and allows students to analyze a reduced version of the company's production planning... View Details
- June 1994 (Revised October 1999)
- Background Note
Beer Game, The: Board Version
The beer game is an exercise that demonstrates supply channel dynamics. Simulates the flow of material and information in a simplified channel of beer production and distribution, focusing on the linkages among a beer manufacturer, its distributors, a wholesaler, and a... View Details
- May 1994 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Barilla SpA (A)
Barilla SpA, an Italian manufacturer that sells to its retailers largely through third-party distributors, experienced widely fluctuating demand patterns from its distributors during the late 1980s. This case describes a proposal to address the problem by implementing... View Details
- May–June 1994
- Article
Making Supply Meet Demand in an Uncertain World
By: M. Fisher, J. Hammond, W. Obermeyer and A. Raman
Keywords: Supply and Industry
- February 1994
- Article
Accurate Response: The Key to Profiting from Quick Response
By: A. Raman, M. Fisher, J. Hammond and W. Obermeyer
Keywords: Profit
- August 1993
- Case
Applichem (A) (Abridged)
By: Janice H. Hammond and Gary P. Pisano
Applichem manufactures the same chemical product in four plants, each of which is located in a different country. The company has completed a major study comparing the productivity and performance of these plants. Using the data from the study, students must decide... View Details
- March 1993 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
IBM After-Sales Service
IBM has established a service delivery system to provide service and maintenance parts for its installed base of computers. The case outlines the competitive pressures IBM faces from alternative providers of maintenance services (e.g. other OEMs, third-party... View Details
- August 1992 (Revised July 2013)
- Case
ChemBright, Inc.
ChemBright is a small start-up company that manufactures private-label household chemicals. The company sells its products to grocery chains in the New England area. Its strategy is based on a significant logistics-based cost advantage. The primary case decisions are... View Details