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November 1967 (Revised September 1982)
Case

Dennison Manufacturing Co. (C)

By: Howard H. Stevenson

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

June 1993 (Revised May 2004)
Teaching Note

Hilton Manufacturing Company TN

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

Teaching Note for (9-192-063). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

March 1972 (Revised January 1974)
Case

Richfield Manufacturing Co. (A)

By: Wickham Skinner and Richard P. Olsen

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

April 1986 (Revised March 1987)
Case

U.S. Competitiveness in Manufacturing

By: Norman A. Berg

Keywords: Competition; Trade; Business and Government Relations; Production; Manufacturing Industry

23 May 2016
News

The Biggest Challenges of Data-Driven Manufacturing

October 1993 (Revised November 1994)
Case

Michigan Manufacturing Corp.: The Pontiac Plant--1988

By: Clayton M. Christensen

Michigan Manufacturing is a broad-line maker of components for the automotive industry. It has developed a network of nine plants as its product line has grown. Newer, higher-volume products tend to be made in newer, focused, high-volume plants, while older product... View Details

Keywords: Cost Accounting; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Profit; Brands and Branding; Mission and Purpose; Networks; Auto Industry; Auto Industry

Educators

22 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries

Thanks to the pioneering success of Toyota, the concept of a "lean" operating system has been implemented in countless manufacturing companies and even adapted for industries as diverse as... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer

September 1993
Case

Manufacturing at ALZA: The Right Prescription? (A)

By: Dorothy A. Leonard

ALZA, a company specializing in drug delivery systems such as transdermal patches, considers manufacturing its own products. Until now, the company has conducted research and development on its patented system but has then licensed the technology to client-partner... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Technological Innovation; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Production; Research and Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Pharmaceutical Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry

August 1982 (Revised May 1983)
Case

Struthers and Williamson Manufacturing Co.

By: Howard H. Stevenson

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

October 1982 (Revised May 1983)
Case

Seneca Wire and Manufacturing Co.

By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

April 1990 (Revised December 1992)
Case

Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. (Abridged)

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

December 2006 (Revised January 2007)
Case

Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola and Nigeria's Manufacturing Sector

By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo, Foluke Otudeko and Mark Benson

Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola was an important contributor to Nigeria's manufacturing sector, creating a multimillion-dollar conglomerate including three factories, a retail franchise, a cattle ranch, a 5,000-acre plantation, a sawmill, and an exporting business before... View Details

Keywords: History; Business Conglomerates; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Success; Leadership Style; Business History; Market Entry and Exit; Personal Development and Career; Business Startups; Manufacturing Industry; Nigeria

February 2017
Case

GE Digital

By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson

Known for manufacturing industrial equipment, GE has decided to invest in software and analytics capabilities to become a digital industrial company. They have also created a software platform that they hope will power the Industrial Internet. GE executives forecasted... View Details

Keywords: GE; General Electric; Manufacturing; Industrial Internet; Wind Power; Digital Manufacturing; Renewable Energy; Energy; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Applications and Software; Growth and Development Strategy; Transformation; Green Technology Industry; Green Technology Industry; Green Technology Industry; North America

Educators

January 1996
Case

Biogen, Inc.: rBeta Interferon Manufacturing Process Development

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Biogen, Inc., a Cambridge, MA-based biotechnology company, is wrapping up a project to develop a new manufacturing process for a new drug product that will reposition the company from a purely research-oriented company to a fully integrated pharmaceutical manufacturing... View Details

Keywords: Learning; Technological Innovation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Projects; Research and Development; Corporate Strategy; Biotechnology Industry

Educators