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- October 2015 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
Ozark Feed and Ag Corporation: The ERP Decision
By: Jan Hammond, Paul Kalmbach and Eric Bernstein
This case describes a medium-sized business that manufactures animal feed for commercial and companion animals. The company has been growing rapidly and is considering whether or not to implement an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Ozark currently uses an IT... View Details
Keywords: ERP Systems; Information Technology; Supply Chain Management; Growth Management; Performance Improvement; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Decision Choices and Conditions; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Information Technology Industry; Missouri; Oklahoma; Texas; Arkansas
Hammond, Jan, Paul Kalmbach, and Eric Bernstein. "Ozark Feed and Ag Corporation: The ERP Decision." Harvard Business School Case 616-019, October 2015. (Revised August 2018.)
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
than anyone else. The work affected us all, including Richard Tedlow, Tom McCraw, and myself. Al also set a work ethic that was an inspiration to any HBS faculty member. When I was at the University of Missouri in 1977, I went to the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
Max (Francis) Factor, Jr.
Taking over the family company after the death of his father in 1938, Factor is regarded as a pioneer in the cosmetics and makeup business. He transformed the company from a Hollywood makeup studio into a worldwide provider of name brand cosmetics, bringing the makeup... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
James E. Stowers, Jr.
Stowers developed a proprietary and revolutionary computer modeling technology to analyze stock performance of target companies. His modeling program along with additional investments in technology became the cornerstones for his phenomenally successful family of... View Details
Keywords: Finance
John G. Sperling
Sperling left a tenured faculty position at San Jose State University after failing to convince the institution to offer for-profit education programs for adults. Sperling launched the for-profit University of Phoenix in 1976 amidst great controversy and ridicule.... View Details
Keywords: Services
John D. Biggers
Biggers is recognized for strong labor-management relations. He was a key figure in bringing the Toledo Labor Peace Plan to nation-wide attention. In 1947, Biggers was head of one of the world’s largest manufacturers of flat glass with sales of $100 million and... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Howard J. Morgens
Morgens is credited with leading P&G through its most significant growth period. He introduced P&G Productions, funding the first television soap operas, as a means to promote P&G products. During his tenure, he introduced the Pampers, Downy, and Bounce... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
William H. Danforth
In 1894, Danforth opened a feed business in St. Louis. Over the next several years, Danforth’s Ralston Purina Company established mills in St. Louis and 32 other cities in the U.S. and Canada. Danforth created the famous Chow brand name, as well as the company’s... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Gerard Swope
Though GE was highly successful in the market for heavy electrical machinery and engineering systems, Swope was determined to diversify the company into “public” products. Swope steered GE towards smaller electronic appliances, giving the utility giant its first access... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Richard A. Bloch
Bloch and his brother, Henry, pioneered the franchise tax preparation business. H & R Block grew impressively throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Richard understood that the tax preparation business is a service industry, and along with his brother, instituted... View Details
Keywords: Services
Edgar M. Queeny
Queeny assumed control of his father John's company with just $12 million in assets, but under his leadership, Monsanto Chemical expanded into a leading chemical manufacturer. While Queeny was chairman, the company grew to have assets of $857 million in 1958, with 30... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
James C. Penney
Having worked his entire life in retail, Penney bought out his two business partners in 1907, forming the entity that would eventually become the J.C. Penney Company. Under Penney’s leadership the chain expanded rapidly throughout the U.S., eventually coming to have... View Details
Keywords: Retail
James O. McKinsey
McKinsey founded the largest management consulting firm in the world. His greatest contribution was focusing attention on budgeting as a major instrument of management. He asserted the need for continued education for future executives and foresaw the era of the... View Details
Keywords: Services
Ewing M. Kauffman
Using his middle name as his company’s name, Kauffman built a fledging pharmaceutical business initially housed in his basement into a $1 billion operation by the time he sold Marion Labs to Merrell Dow. Kauffman built his business by licensing products produced by... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Harold J. Hudson, Jr.
Hudson, as CEO of General Reinsurance, led the company in retaining its position as the largest distributor of wholesale insurance to the overall insurance industry. During his tenure, General Reinsurance posted some of the best market value growth rates of all major... View Details
Keywords: Finance
Hale Holden
Holden’s role as a railway spokesman was his most significant mark on the development of American business. An attorney by training, Holden was instrumental in successfully arguing railway rate cases on behalf of Chicago Burlington. He also represented the industry in... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
Paul C. Henshaw
A geologist by training, Henshaw was not immune to being on the frontline of mine exploration and development. Through his efforts, Homestake became an established provider of uranium. In addition, he personally was responsible for expanding Homestake’s mining... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
Robert E. Wood
Wood joined the retail business as a general manager at Montgomery Ward and Company, where he advocated the building of retail stores to capitalize on the growing importance of the automobile. After unsuccessfully battling over the concept with Ward’s president, Wood... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Thornton A. Wilson
Wilson took over the struggling Boeing Company during the recession of the early 1970s. A radical cost cutter, Wilson slashed two thirds of the work force and made the company profitable again. During his 17-year tenure, Wilson pushed Boeing to move into more... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
William W. Prince
Prince took over the estate of his adopted father upon his death and concentrated his efforts on improving Armour, one of Chicago Stock Yards' subsidiaries. When Prince took over Armour, its principal business, meatpacking, was not profitable, but through a series of... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco