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Davis, Edward W.
Great Harvest Bread Company: Leveraging the Supply Chain for Competitive Advantage
Davis, Edward W.; Serna Molina, Julio
OM-1437 | Published March 18, 2011 | 27 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The foundation of the Great Harvest Bread Company is the "Freedom Franchise," within which its more than 200 franchisees enjoy an amount of autonomy unusual for franchise operations. CEO Mike Ferretti... Read More
Teek Automotive, Ltd.
Davis, Edward W.; Laseter, Timothy M.
OM-0863 | Published November 10, 2005 | 13 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Senior consultant Cecilia Marks must outline an initial sourcing strategy for the chassis systems division of Teek Automotive, Ltd. (Teek). In recent years, Teek has been refocusing its manufacturing ... Read More
Copeland Corporation: Manufacturing in China (Abridged)
Davis, Edward W.; Coviello, Paul
OM-1311 | Published June 28, 2005 | 19 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case describes the start-up of a new manufacturing facility in China that serves the China market, previously served by a field sales force and imported products. Its plant, which incorporates st... Read More
Autocar Accessories Company: The Pay-on-Scan Decision
OM-1098 | Published October 31, 2003 | 22 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In January 2003, AutoZone, the largest automotive aftermarket retailer in the United States, announced that all of its vendors would have to convert to a new "Pay-on-Scan" (POS) reimbursement program.... Read More
Chrysler Group Supplier Cost Reduction Program (A)
Davis, Edward W.; Trimmer, P.J.
OM-1064 | Published March 24, 2003 | 20 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Chrysler's innovative supplier cost reduction (SCORE) program had made over $7 billion in savings for Chrysler during the 1990s, but issues of program management are raised after the 1998 merger with ... Read More
Chrysler Group Supplier Cost Reduction Program (B)
Davis, Edward W.; Trimmer, P.J.
OM-1065 | Published March 24, 2003 | 12 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Describes Chrysler Automotive company's innovative SCORE (Supplier Cost Reduction) program, credited with over $7 billion in savings for Chrysler during the 1990s and raises issues of program manageme... Read More
Copeland Corporation: Manufacturing in China
OM-1019 | Published August 05, 2002 | 31 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Describes the startup of a new manufacturing facility in China, to serve the China market, previously served by a field sales force and imported products. Plant, which incorporates state-of-art manufa... Read More
Arvin Exhaust Thailand: Building An Asian Supply Base
Davis, Edward W.; Wehrenberg, John W.; Moore, Sandon
OM-0977 | Published March 29, 2001 | 27 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A U.S. automotive supplier follows a major customer to Asia, and forms a joint venture with a Thai company to build and operate a new manufacturing plant. Key parts are also sourced from the Thai part... Read More
ACE Quality Improvement Exercise (A)
OM-0996 | Published January 17, 2001 | 30 pages. Exercise
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is an exercise designed to illustrate application of several of the basic problem-solving tools of the ACE (Achieving Competitive Excellence) quality improvement system used at United Technologie... Read More
Carrier and GE Industrial Systems: A Supply Chain Partnership
Gibbons, Emily Jean; Davis, Edward W.
OM-0933 | Published October 24, 2000 | 17 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case deals with Carrier Corporation's management's efforts to create a strategic supply partnership with one of its major suppliers. Some issues covered include purchasing, supply chain managemen... Read More
Ford's E-Business Strategy
Allen, Brandt R.; Davis, Edward W.
BC-0145 | Published May 05, 2000 | 19 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is designed to facilitate a discussion and analysis of Ford Motor Company's e-commerce strategy in 1999-2000. It presents an independent analysis of costs and savings along the automobile-in... Read More
Inventory Flow Problems
Davis, Edward W.; Ellis, Jesse W.
OM-0832 | Published August 05, 1996 | 3 pages. Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
Designed to be used with the technical note "Inventory Flow Analysis" (OM-0835), this problem set provides practice in applying concepts described in the note. Consisting of seven problems constructed... Read More
Tastee Snax Cookie Company (A)
OM-0803 | Published August 05, 1996 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A regional producer of baked goods faces the challenge of developing and bringing to market as quickly as possible a new nonfat cookie. The project manager decides to use CPM (critical path method) to... Read More
Process-Mapping Exercise (B)
OM-0814 | Published August 02, 1996 | 2 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is the B case, which provides additional information on the situation described in "Process Mapping Exercise, (A)" by describing how further improvements in the account billing process can be ach... Read More
Process-Mapping Exercise (A)
Davis, Edward W.; Ellis, Jesse W.
OM-0757 | Published August 02, 1996 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The A case (see also the B case, OM-0814) puts the student in the role of a cost analyst for a divisional manufacturer of electronic communications equipment who has been assigned to a re-engineering ... Read More
Note on Material-Requirements Planning
Davis, Edward W.; Zarwell, Gail A.
OM-0816 | Published July 30, 1996 | 20 pages. Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This technical note covers the fundamental procedures of material-requirements planning (MRP). The note discusses concepts and provides sample calculations. It also discusses MRP II and such recent de... Read More
Brite Lite Switches, Inc.
Davis, Edward W.; Moein, Christopher
OM-0815 | Published July 01, 1996 | 12 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case deals with production and inventory planning in a "dependent-demand" environment. Students must choose and evaluate a master production schedule in the course of determining the net requirem... Read More
Cost Analysis For Sourcing Alternatives For Emerson Electric Company ACP Division
Davis, Edward W.; Freeland, James R.; Chhikara, J
OM-0823 | Published March 21, 1996 | 6 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This supplement to the case "Emerson Electric Company ACP Division: The Fan Subpack Sourcing Decision" (UVA-OM-0631) contains data from an Excel-spreadsheet model comprising a cost analysis of alterna... Read More
Thomson Consumer Electronics (A): Global Sourcing
Davis, Edward W.; Kamauff, John W. Jr.
OM-0775 | Published September 08, 1994 | 36 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
After the acquisition of the former GE/RCA consumer-electronics company, Thomson Consumer Electronics is dealing with issues about global-sourcing activities. At heart is the consolidation/centralizat... Read More
Megacard Corporation
Colley, John L.; Davis, Edward W.
OM-0740 | Published February 18, 1993 | 10 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case requires a decision on the possible consolidation of three Midwest business-travel centers. Significant cost savings in service representatives can be achieved by combining the front-end (bo... Read More
Emerson Electric Company ACP Division: The Fan Subpack Sourcing Decision
Davis, Edward W.; Paige, Keith L.
OM-0631 | Published April 10, 1988 | 20 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The consumer-products division of a multinational company is facing a decision on the sourcing of product components: whether to stay in Taiwan or switch to Mexico. See also the supplement to this cas... Read More
American Express Business Travel Department
Davis, Edward W.; Whetsel, John S. Jr.; Pommerening, W. E.
OM-0531 | Published April 10, 1985 | 11 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The business-travel department of American Express is facing rapid growth in demand but is plagued with overstaffing in some offices because of the broad distribution of client demand. Management's ch... Read More
Return-On-Investment And The Operations Manager
Davis, Edward W.; Martin, R. D.
OM-0521 | Published April 10, 1984 | 6 pages. Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note provides a brief history of the origins of return-on-investment measurement at Du Pont and its close link with operations management. The Du Pont chart approach to calculating return on asse... Read More