Operations & Logistics Management
Discover our Operations and Logistics Management case studies. The case studies are the work of internationally recognized authors from HEC Montréal and Wits Business School.
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Choosing Warehouse Automation Technologies at WIPTEC
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. The case is intended to be a decision-making exercise requiring students to use analytical reasoning to support their decisions in choosing technologies for a new distribution centre.
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Logistical Challenges of Preparing Surgical Materials for the Montreal University Health Centre
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. In summer 2019, administrators in the Procurement and logistics department (PLD) of the University of Montreal Health Centre (CHUM) were wondering about how to deal with an imminent surge in demand.
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Princess Auto
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. This two-part case looks at flowcasting at Princess Auto, going beyond a simple presentation.
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GLASS: Acquisition of an Integrated Operations Management System
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. The managers at GLASS, a manufacturer of wines and spirits, have given Jinny Beauregard the mandate to identify and implement actions to stabilize master production programmes following the implementation of an ERP system.
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Offshoring: Where Should KindyBis Make Its Socks?
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. This case presents a fictitious firm, KindyBis, which must decide whether or not to engage in offshoring, and if so, how.
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Biomethanation of Municipal Waste
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. A business model to shift away from landfilling is needed in order to set up the right business plan leading to a more sustainable municipal waste management sector.
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Sailing Rough Seas
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. This case is designed to demonstrate issues and problems in designing service systems and appropriate service performance measures.
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Bolloré Logistics Canada and the Use of Incoterms in International Marine Shipping
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. Bolloré Logistics Canada is an international freight forwarder based in Saint-Laurent, Quebec and part of the transportation and logistics division of the Bolloré Group, a conglomerate of French companies headed by Vincent Bolloré.
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The Municipality of Saint-Hyacinthe: The Purchase of a Public Address System
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. Mr. Chrystian Lemire, Procurement Director for the City of Saint-Hyacinthe, must decide on how to assess the needs for the purchase and installation of a sound system for a public building.
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The Municipality of Saint-Hyacinthe: The First Morning
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. A newly appointed procurement director receives a phone call from the Director of Public Works requesting Purchase Order numbers so that he can bypass the Procurement Department.
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Supply Contracts at SkiRetail
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. This case allows students to learn about the newsvendor model and supply contracts concepts.
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Tour Planning at Cirque du Soleil
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. Louise Murray, Vice-President of Tour Planning and Partnerships at Cirque du Soleil, has been informed that the company has received two unsolicited partnership proposals to present a show in Istanbul, Turkey. Both offers are serious and the projects are potentially interesting.
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GameAccess – Service Delivery System
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. The objective of this case is to learn sketching of process maps, the main drivers of a service delivery system, namely, service capacity network, service delivery channel and information and customization.
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Premiere Industries
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. The objective of this case is to elucidate the methods and techniques used in production planning and inventory control in a multi-echelon, multi-product setting.
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Eastern Medical Faculty Foundation: The Internal Medicine Call Centre Service
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. This case is about the management and analysis of a service capacity system in a call centre at a healthcare facility.
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