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October 2006 (Revised January 2009)
Case

Vitreon Corporation: The Hyalite Project

By: Roy D. Shapiro

Considers decisions facing the leader of a manufacturing staff project team assigned to a plant where yields have deteriorated sharply. The process is complex: the plant organization is not cooperative, and there are deep disagreements about what is wrong and how to... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Production; Organizational Culture; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Conflict Management; Manufacturing Industry

September 2006
Exercise

"Shad" Process Flow Design (A)

By: Roy D. Shapiro

Provides detailed instructions to prepare for factory demonstration day. A rewritten version of an earlier exercise. View Details

August 2004
Teaching Note

Ellis Manufacturing Company (TN)

By: Roy D. Shapiro

Teaching Note to (9-682-103). View Details

Keywords: Construction Industry

January 2004
Article

From Supply Chain to Demand Chain: The Role of Lead Time Reduction in Improving Demand Chain Performance

By: Suzanne de Treville, Roy D. Shapiro and Ari-Pekka Hameri

Keywords: Supply Chain; Performance; Distribution

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October 2002 (Revised December 2003)
Case

eShip-4U

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Timothy M. Laseter

eShip is a small Israeli start-up with a potentially exciting new concept for the residential package-delivery value chain--the Automatic Delivery Machine (ADM). Much like today's ubiquitous ATMs, ADMs would allow consumers to have parcels delivered to a nearby ADM... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Business Model; Service Operations; Logistics; Corporate Strategy; Information Technology; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation; Saving; Innovation and Invention; Transportation Industry; Service Industry; Shipping Industry; Israel; United States

2001
Other Unpublished Work

E-Commerce and the Supply Chain: The Rhetoric and the Reality

Keywords: Supply Chain; Internet and the Web; Sales

2000
Book

From Logistics to Supply Chain Management

By: Claudio Ferrozzi and R. D. Shapiro

Keywords: Supply Chain Management

October 2000
Case

Procter & Gamble Italy: The Pringles Launch (A)

By: Roy D. Shapiro

Procter & Gamble's (P&G) Pringles potato chips have been a very successful brand. This case reviews the development and first launch in the United States, then in markets around the world. Italy is one of the last countries where Pringles will be launched. Should P&G... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Emerging Markets; Product Development; Adoption; Value Creation; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

October 1999 (Revised July 2004)
Teaching Note

Halloran Metals (TN)

By: Roy D. Shapiro

Teaching Note for (9-683-062). View Details

Keywords: Steel Industry; United States

July 1999
Background Note

Comments on Standard Times and the Division of Labor

By: Roy D. Shapiro

A brief note on the origins and uses of standard times in production process flow diagrams and on the benefits and drawbacks of division of labor. A rewritten version of two earlier notes. View Details

Keywords: Labor; Management Practices and Processes; Standards; Production

February 1999 (Revised September 2006)
Exercise

"Shad" Process Flow Design (B)

By: Roy D. Shapiro

Provides detailed instructions to prepare for factory demonstration day. A rewritten version of an earlier exercise. View Details

Keywords: Production

February 1999 (Revised June 2003)
Exercise

"Shad" Process Flow Design (C)

By: Roy D. Shapiro

Provides detailed instructions to prepare for factory demonstration day. A rewritten version of an earlier exercise. View Details

Keywords: Production

June 1998 (Revised January 2002)
Teaching Note

Baker Precision Instruments, Inc., TN

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Donald Rosenfield

Teaching Note for (9-687-052). View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development; Production; Decisions; Technology; Planning; Performance Capacity; Management; Manufacturing Industry

January 1997
Background Note

Simulation as a Decision Aid

By: Roy D. Shapiro

A brief introduction to simulation--what it is, why it's used, etc. Meant to set context for a first class on simulation. A rewritten version of an earlier note. View Details

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Decision Making

October 1996
Teaching Note

Global Iron Proposal (A) and (B), Teaching Note

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty

Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Manufacturing Industry

October 1996 (Revised March 2000)
Teaching Note

Intercon Japan TN

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty

Teaching Note for (9-688-056). View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Production; Business Subsidiaries; Conflict and Resolution; Supply Chain; Manufacturing Industry; Japan

October 1996
Teaching Note

Intercon Singapore, Teaching Note

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty

October 1996
Teaching Note

International Sourcing at Intercon TN

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty

Teaching Note for (9-688-055). View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Supply Chain; Selection and Staffing; Business Subsidiaries; Production; Manufacturing Industry; Japan

October 1996
Teaching Note

Liz Claiborne, Inc. and Ruentex Industries, Ltd. Case Series TN

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty

Teaching Note for (9-690-048), (9-690-049), and (9-690-050). View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Production; Cooperation; Supply Chain; Apparel and Accessories Industry

September 1996
Teaching Note

Kodak Business Imaging Systems Division, Teaching Note

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty

Teaching Note for (9-693-043). View Details

Keywords: Electronics Industry

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