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      • July 1990 (Revised October 1997)
      • Case

      Siemens Electric Motor Works (A) (Abridged)

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      Explores how a cost system can help support a firm's decision to change strategies. In the process, the students are introduced to a simple activity-based cost system. Siemens Electric Motor Works found itself facing an increasingly competitive environment and so made... View Details
      Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Cost Accounting; Cost; Adoption; Cost vs Benefits; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Production; Business Strategy; Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Siemens Electric Motor Works (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 191-006, July 1990. (Revised October 1997.)
      • 1990
      • Chapter

      Cost of Product and Process Complexity

      By: S. Datar, R. Banker, S. Kekre and T. Mukhopadhyay
      Keywords: Complexity; Cost; Product Development; Business Processes
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      Datar, S., R. Banker, S. Kekre, and T. Mukhopadhyay. "Cost of Product and Process Complexity." Chap. 9 in Measures for Manufacturing Excellence, edited by Robert S. Kaplan, 269–290. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1990.
      • March 1990 (Revised June 1993)
      • Case

      Analog Devices, Inc.: The Half-Life System

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      The company has committed to major improvements in quality, cost, and on-time delivery performance. Despite strong senior management support, however, the actual rate of improvement was disappointing until a new measurement philosophy was introduced. The new approach... View Details
      Keywords: Quality; Performance Improvement; Earnings Management; Financial Reporting; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Productivity; Business or Company Management; Cost Management; Measurement and Metrics; Management Teams; Semiconductor Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Analog Devices, Inc.: The Half-Life System." Harvard Business School Case 190-061, March 1990. (Revised June 1993.)
      • March 1990 (Revised October 1999)
      • Case

      Mary Kay Cosmetics: Sales Force Incentives (A)

      By: Robert L. Simons and Hilary Weston
      Describes the incentive system by which Mary Kay Cosmetics motivates the sales force of 200,000 independent agents who comprise the firm's only distribution channel. Illustrates the powerful effect on sales-force behavior that results when creative types of employee... View Details
      Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Cost Management; Salesforce Management; Distribution Channels; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; United States
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      Simons, Robert L., and Hilary Weston. "Mary Kay Cosmetics: Sales Force Incentives (A)." Harvard Business School Case 190-103, March 1990. (Revised October 1999.)
      • February 1990 (Revised April 1991)
      • Background Note

      Quick Response in the Apparel Industry

      By: Janice H. Hammond
      It has been estimated that the U.S. apparel industry wastes over $25 billion annually due to inefficient practices, long lead times, and insufficient coordination between channel partners. In response to intense competition from off-shore producers, the industry has... View Details
      Keywords: Information; Distribution Channels; Performance Efficiency; Partners and Partnerships; Adaptation; Business Strategy; System; Technology; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States
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      Hammond, Janice H. "Quick Response in the Apparel Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 690-038, February 1990. (Revised April 1991.)
      • February 1990 (Revised July 1990)
      • Case

      Internal Revenue Service: Automated Collection System

      By: Nitin Nohria
      Describes how the IRS's collection operations changed from a largely manual system (COF) to an automated system (ACS). A central aspect of ACS was the electronic scheduling and maintaining of work. While with ACS the IRS accomplished significant improvements in the... View Details
      Keywords: Sovereign Finance; Revenue; Information Technology; Taxation; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Human Resources; Public Administration Industry; United States
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      Nohria, Nitin. "Internal Revenue Service: Automated Collection System." Harvard Business School Case 490-042, February 1990. (Revised July 1990.)
      • February 1990 (Revised March 1990)
      • Case

      Quantum Semiconductor, Inc.

      By: Janice H. Hammond and Roy D. Shapiro
      Quantum is faced with a difficult ethical dilemma--industry studies provide evidence that chemicals used in semiconductor manufacturing may cause women working in fabrication cleanrooms to suffer a higher likelihood of spontaneous abortions. The possibility of other... View Details
      Keywords: Safety; Prejudice and Bias; Law; Equality and Inequality; Cost; Production; Ethics; Health; Gender; Semiconductor Industry
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      Hammond, Janice H., and Roy D. Shapiro. "Quantum Semiconductor, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 690-059, February 1990. (Revised March 1990.)
      • January 1990 (Revised February 1990)
      • Teaching Note

      Sedalia Revisited, Teaching Note

      By: Roy D. Shapiro
      Teaching Note for (9-687-004). View Details
      Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Design; Quality; System; Employees; Framework; Competition; Production; Strategy
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      Shapiro, Roy D. "Sedalia Revisited, Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 690-024, January 1990. (Revised February 1990.)
      • January 1990 (Revised February 1990)
      • Case

      MSA: The Software Company--Planning the AMAPs Product Line

      By: Robert J. Dolan
      MSA has commissioned a major market research study to assess demand potential for a computer software system designed for aerospace and defense contractors. Students must evaluate the results of the study (including a conjoint analysis) to assess whether MSA should... View Details
      Keywords: Product; Marketing; Mathematical Methods; Software
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      Dolan, Robert J. "MSA: The Software Company--Planning the AMAPs Product Line." Harvard Business School Case 590-069, January 1990. (Revised February 1990.)
      • October 1989 (Revised June 1993)
      • Case

      Texas Eastman Co.

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      The company as part of a commitment to Total Quality Management has installed a computer system that accumulates 30,000 observations on its processes every 2-4 hours. Operating people have found the monthly summaries of financial performance not too useful in this... View Details
      Keywords: Quality; Information Technology; Reports; Business or Company Management
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Texas Eastman Co." Harvard Business School Case 190-039, October 1989. (Revised June 1993.)
      • May 1989
      • Teaching Note

      Tektronix: Portable Instruments Division (B), Teaching Note

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      Teaching Note for (9-188-143). View Details
      Keywords: Production; Cost Management; System; Product; Resource Allocation; Management Practices and Processes; Electronics Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Tektronix: Portable Instruments Division (B), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 189-055, May 1989.
      • April 1989 (Revised March 1990)
      • Case

      Burlington Northern (B)

      By: Janice H. Hammond
      Describes the experiences of a seasoned Burlington Northern (BN) sales representative after the introduction of ShipSmart, a decision support system developed by the BN to help its employees and customers analyze logistics problems. After a brief description of a... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Expansion; Rail Transportation; Logistics; Distribution Channels; Truck Transportation; Innovation and Invention; Sales; Rail Industry; United States
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      Hammond, Janice H. "Burlington Northern (B)." Harvard Business School Case 689-083, April 1989. (Revised March 1990.)
      • April 1989
      • Case

      Norton Auto Supply

      By: Janice H. Hammond
      Describes a multiechelon distribution system for the distribution of automobile spare parts. An analyst has been hired by the Norton Auto Supply Co. to improve the company's inventory planning and control techniques. Includes demand, cost, weight, and supplier lead... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Operations; Distribution Channels; Management Practices and Processes; Management; Strategy; Industrial Products Industry; Auto Industry
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      Hammond, Janice H. "Norton Auto Supply." Harvard Business School Case 689-084, April 1989.
      • February 1989
      • Case

      Reorder Point Based Inventory Control Systems

      By: Janice H. Hammond
      Keywords: Logistics; Management
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      Hammond, Janice H. "Reorder Point Based Inventory Control Systems." Harvard Business School Case 689-026, February 1989.
      • 1989
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      Going to Market: Distribution Systems for Industrial Products

      By: E. Raymond Corey, Frank V. Cespedes and V. Kasturi Rangan
      Keywords: Distribution; Industrial Products Industry
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      Corey, E. Raymond, Frank V. Cespedes, and V. Kasturi Rangan. Going to Market: Distribution Systems for Industrial Products. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1989.
      • winter 1989
      • Article

      Split-Awards Procurement and Innovation

      By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
      In many procurement settings, it is possible for a buyer to split a production award between suppliers. In this article, we develop a model of split-award procurement auctions in which the split choice is endogenous. We characterize the set of equilibrium bids and... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Cost; Supply Chain; Investment; Balance and Stability
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      Anton, James J., and Dennis A. Yao. "Split-Awards Procurement and Innovation." RAND Journal of Economics 20, no. 4 (winter 1989): 538–552. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
      • September 1988 (Revised September 1993)
      • Case

      Mrs. Fields Cookies

      By: James I. Cash Jr.
      Mrs. Fields Cookies is a small company selling freshly baked goods through privately owned specialty stores (each store sells only Mrs. Fields products). The company has about 8,000 employees worldwide and less than 150 information systems people for a unique leverage... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Information Management; Organizational Structure; Customer Relationship Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Networks; Internet and the Web; Food and Beverage Industry; Information Technology Industry
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      Cash, James I., Jr. "Mrs. Fields Cookies." Harvard Business School Case 189-056, September 1988. (Revised September 1993.)
      • September 1988 (Revised June 1993)
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      Ring Medical

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan
      Describes the progress of a new product launch (HCS-100, a hospital communication system). Ring Medical has sold only five systems in six months against an annual target of 30. There is a lack of agreement internally on how the new product effort should be organized.... View Details
      Keywords: Conferences; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Distribution Channels; Performance
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Ring Medical." Harvard Business School Case 589-046, September 1988. (Revised June 1993.)
      • July 1987 (Revised October 1995)
      • Case

      Phillips 66: Controlling a Company Through Crisis

      By: Lynda M. Applegate
      The downstream operations subsidiary of a major U.S. petroleum company is faced with major restructuring decisions and responds by developing an Executive Information System (EIS) which allows for increased responsiveness, wider span of control, and higher levels of... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Information Management; Governance Controls; Organizational Design; Crisis Management; Communication; Management Teams; Growth Management; Mining Industry; Energy Industry; United States
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      Applegate, Lynda M. "Phillips 66: Controlling a Company Through Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 189-006, July 1987. (Revised October 1995.)
      • May 1987 (Revised November 1998)
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      John Deere Component Works (A)

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      The division has recognized the inadequacies of its existing, traditional cost system for estimating product costs. Describes the innovative activity-based system that was developed to more accurately trace overhead costs to individual products. Provides students with... View Details
      Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Cost Accounting; Cost Management; Cost vs Benefits; Production; Budgets and Budgeting; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Consumer Products Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "John Deere Component Works (A)." Harvard Business School Case 187-107, May 1987. (Revised November 1998.)
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