Publications

June 1995
Teaching Note

Manufacturing Renaissance

By: G. P. Pisano and R. H. Hayes

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

August 1994 (Revised May 1995)
Case

Engineering Inspection & Insurance Company

Engineering Inspection & Insurance Co. (EIIC) is a small but highly successful company that offers machinery and boiler inspection and insurance services. After years of above-average growth and profits, both are retreating toward the industry average, policy delivery... View Details

Keywords: Service Operations; Business Strategy; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Insurance; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Insurance Industry; United States

Educators

April 1994 (Revised May 1995)
Case

Hylsa S.A. de C.V.

Keywords: Steel Industry

January–February 1994
Article

Beyond World-Class: The New Manufacturing Strategy

By: Robert H. Hayes and G. P. Pisano

Keywords: Production; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry

December 1993 (Revised March 1995)
Case

Medical Products Co.

In early 1990, the company is contemplating changes in its European plant network for producing hypodermic products, including the total production capacity to be provided, the number and location of plants over which to spread this capacity, and which products should... View Details

Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Decision Making; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost; Production; Performance Capacity; Performance Effectiveness; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Europe

Educators

July 1993 (Revised January 1994)
Case

Atlantic Circuits Corp.

Keywords: Electronics Industry

May 1993 (Revised January 1994)
Case

Cummins Engine Company, The: Starting Up "B" Crankshaft Manufacturing at the San Luis Potosi Plant

Cummins Engine Co. is starting up production of diesel engine crankshafts in its plant in central Mexico. This operation requires much tighter tolerances than any product previously produced at the plant, and the young (recent MBA) manager who is in charge of the... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Production; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Emerging Markets; Problems and Challenges; Industrial Products Industry; Mexico; Alabama

Educators

November 1992 (Revised May 1994)
Case

Intel-Ped (A)

November 1992 (Revised August 1993)
Supplement

Intel-Ped (B)

November 1992 (Revised December 1992)
Case

Deere & Co. (A): The Computer Aided Manufacturing Services Division - A Window to the World (Abridged)