Supply Chain Management Cases

North West Company cases allow students to take inter-enterprise management approach in looking at the dilemma faced by the president and chief executive officer of the North-West (North West), food and general merchandise retailer operating primarily in Northern Canada. In early 2003, the North-West were negotiating a master agreement with the franchisor Giant Tiger Stores […]

North West Company cases allow students to take inter-enterprise management approach in looking at the dilemma faced by the president and chief executive officer of the North-West (North West), food and general merchandise retailer operating primarily in Northern Canada. In early 2003, the North-West were negotiating a master agreement with the franchisor Giant Tiger Stores […]

Lars Hallberg prepares for a meeting with the executive management of Sandvik Tooling, a world leader in metal cutting tools. The purpose of the meeting is to consider Coromant recycling concept (CRC), a global recycling program Coromant, the leading brand tool Sandvik. The fact is, the ability to assess the global recycling program, including its […]

In 2008, more than 750 million mobile phones were produced in China. A significant proportion (20 percent, or about 150 million units), these phones were made Shanzhai companies. These companies have been quickly adopted by a large percentage (about 10 percent) of the world market. This phenomenal growth was mainly due to the non-traditional approaches […]

Owens & Minor (O & M) services performed lean inventory for Virginia Mason (VM), as its alpha-vendor, but outdated pricing model industry has created perverse incentives, and could not capture the cost O & M’S. At O & M and VM created activity-based pricing model is called the total cost of the supply chain (TSCC), […]