The third edition of this highly successful case book has been expanded and updated to reflect the increasing reliance upon comprehensive case material in the teaching of operations management.The text begins with an introduction to analysing operations management cases. Each of the subsequent parts deals with a key area of operations management and begins with an expanded introduction, allowing the book to serve as a stand alone text for introductory operations management courses.
The third edition of this highly successful case book has been expanded and updated to reflect the increasing reliance upon comprehensive case material in the teaching of operations management.The text begins with an introduction to analysing operations management cases. Each of the subsequent parts deals with a key area of operations management and begins with an expanded introduction, allowing the book to serve as a stand alone text for introductory operations management courses.
Introduction to Operations Management Case
Analysis
PART I. Operations Management
Case 1. Birmingham
International Airport, Robert Johnston
Case 2. Hogsmeadow Garden Centre, Alan Betts
Case 3. A Day in the Life of Frederic Godé, Operations
Manager, BonPain, Orleans, France, Stuart Chambers
Case 4. Wace Burgess, Stuart Chambers and Tammy
Helander
Case 5. Concept Design Services, Stuart Chambers and Nigel
Slack
PART II. Operations Strategy
Case 6. New
Supply Chain Strategies at Old M&S, Alan Harrison and
Jane Pavitt
Case 7. The Norrkoping Plant (A), Nigel Slack
Case 8. The Norrkoping Plant (B), Nigel Slack
Case 9. Jossey Menswear - the Supply Chain Project, Nigel
Slack
Case 10. Indian Metals Corporation, Sara Mountney, Kenneth
Work and Stuart Chambers
PART III. Design
Case 11. Cadbury World: Ten Years of Improvements, Stuart
Chambers, Mark Robinson, and Adam Bates
Case 12. The Development of the Hovis Crusty White Loaf,
Adrian Watt and Stuart Chambers
Case 13. Campaign Planning for ‘Red Nose Day’, Alan Harrison
and Jane Pavitt
Case 14. Cartes sans Frontières, Alan Harrison
Case 15. The Reltex Project, Nigel Slack
Case 16. Benetton Group: The evolution of a network to face
global competition, Arnaldo Camuffo, Pietro Romano and Andrea
Vinelli
Case 17. Boys and Boden (A), Stuart Chambers
Case 18. Boys and Boden (B), Stuart Chambers
Case 19. Cadbury Ltd, Stuart Chambers
Case 20. RAC Motoring Services, Stuart Chambers
Case 21. Denby Constabulary, Andrew Greasley
PART IV. Planning and Control
Case 22. AEB Mortgage Services, Nigel Slack
Case 23. I’ll Phone You Back!, Roy Staughton and Stuart
Chambers
Case 24. Holly Farm, Stuart Chambers
Case 25. Ice House Toys, Graham Whittington and Stuart
Chambers
Case 26. Fresh Salads Ltd: The Iceberg Lettuce Harvest, Stuart
Chambers
Case 27. Mandexor Memory, Nigel Slack
Case 28. Peas, Stuart Chambers and Tammy Helander
Case 29. Thompson Telescopes Ltd, Alan Harrison
Case 30. WFA (Water for Africa), Robert Johnston
Case 31. Aylesbury Pressings, John Bicheno
Case 32. The Royal Navy: JIT Based Ship Spares Provisioning,
Alan Fowler
PART V. Supply Networking
Case 33. The SMART
Car and Smart Logistics, Remko van Hoek and Alan Harrison
Case 34. Chicken Run - the poultry supply chain, Stephan van
Dijk, Jack van der Vorst and Adrie Beulens
Case 35. Marsden Community Stores, Keith Moreton
Case 36. Supply Chain Relationships: Wheatco Ltd and Chemco
Ltd (A), Marie Koulikoff-Souviron, Alan Harrison and Jaques
Colin
Case 37. Supply Chain Relationships: Wheatco Ltd and Chemco
Ltd (B), Marie Koulikoff-Souviron, Alan Harrison and Jaques
Colin
Case 38. Supply Chain Redesign at Finnforest Corp, Paul
Chapman, Vinod Tayil and Alan Harrison
Case 39. e-Commerce in the NHS, Roxanne Sutton, Eric Jackson
and Christine Harland
Case 40. NHS Supplies - Supply for the National Health
Service:
Christine Harland, Roxanne Sutton, Terry Hunt
PART VI. Quality Planning and Control
Case
41. Smithy’s Brewery, Robert Johnston
Case 42. Executive Holloware, Kevan Scholes
Case 43. Valley District Council Cleansing Services, John
Bicheno and Alan Harrison
Case 44. Sun Products Company, Alan Harrison
Case 45. Fastflowers.com, Robert Johns
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