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October 1981
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12 Dec 2019
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Industry Spotlight Series: Manufacturing Webinar

February 1986 (Revised March 1990)
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Copeland Corp.: Evolution of a Manufacturing Strategy--1975-82 (B)

By: David A. Garvin

In the (A) case, Copeland had to choose between focusing its Sidney plant by product line or by manufacturing process. Now that it has made that decision, a plant layout must be selected from two alternatives. View Details

Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Decisions; Product; Production; Design; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Ohio

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2012
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Is India's Manufacturing Sector Moving Away from Cities?

By: Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover Goswami and William R. Kerr

This paper investigates the urbanization of the Indian manufacturing sector by combining enterprise data from formal and informal sectors. We find that plants in the formal sector are moving away from urban and into rural locations, while the informal sector is moving... View Details

Keywords: Urban Development; Policy; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Geographic Location; Education; Infrastructure; Manufacturing Industry; India

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29 Nov 2012
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What is the State of the U.S. Manufacturing Sector?

17 Oct 2012
News

Manufacturing ‘Recovery’ Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be?

December 1987
Supplement

Hewlett-Packard: Manufacturing Productivity Division (D), Glossary

By: Benson P. Shapiro

Supplements the (A), (B), and (C) cases. A glossary of terms. View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

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August 1986 (Revised November 1992)
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Bethoney Manufacturing (A) and (B) (Condensed)

By: Michael Beer and Richard E. Walton

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

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June 2005 (Revised May 2006)
Case

Alex Montana at ESH Manufacturing Co.

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Michael Kernish

Alex Montana sat at his desk pondering the career decision before him. Alex was director of the North American division of ESH Manufacturing, a $4.6 billion, Cleveland-based company with operations on three continents. ESH's CEO had just offered Montana a promotion to... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Personal Development and Career; Work-Life Balance; Manufacturing Industry; Cleveland

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13 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Manufacturing

Career & Professional Development Renee Pappastratis – Recruiting Relations Manager As the Career & Professional Development Employer Relations team managing relationships with manufacturing companies, Kristen and Renee are here... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

19 Dec 2016
News

Make the US an Attractive Choice for Manufacturing

January–February 1994
Article

Beyond World-Class: The New Manufacturing Strategy

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

Keywords: Production; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry

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23 Mar 2016
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Gun Manufacturers Need to Lead Change

Keywords: gun control; leadership; government policy; Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing

September 2002
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Align Technology, Inc.: Matching Manufacturing Capacity to Sales Demand

By: H. Kent Bowen and Jonathan P Groberg

Align Technology is a four-year-old medical products company that has invented a new product requiring new manufacturing processes. Demand for the new product has grown more slowly than initial forecasts predicted, and the cost structure is preventing the company from... View Details