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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
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Location Dilemma: Winery & Vineyard
AUTHOR(S) : Prof. Anguja Agrawal, Dr. Seema Laddha and MS. Devi, SIES College of Management Studies, Navi MumbaiPUBLISHED DATE: 15/09/2020PUBLISHER: ET CASESCATEGORY: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASELETCASE ID: OM-2-0048; OM-2-0048ACASE LENGTH: 6 PagesDESCRIPTION:This case aids in understanding the approaches to choose the best location for any business facility among available location options. This case let can be used in Operations Management subject while teaching the topic of “Plant Location” in Semester I/II of MBA/PGDM program This case let aids in understanding the application of Factor Rating Method, break even analysis and Porter’s Diamond Model to take decision for location of any facility of a business. Employed as an operations ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Forecasting Demand for Flat Steel - A Study on A Steel Rolling Mill in India
AUTHOR(S) : Dr. Gunjan Malhotra, Assistant Professor, Decision Sciences and Operations Area, IMT GhaziabadPUBLISHED DATE: 25/01/2018PUBLISHER: IMT - GhaziabadCATEGORY: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASELETCASE ID: OM-2-0046, OM-2-0046ACASE LENGTH: 7 PagesDESCRIPTION:Singla Steel and Allied Industries (Singla Steel) was established 30 years ago near Chandigarh, Punjab, a Northern State of India. The company had been manufacturing steel flats and bars using hot rolling process mainly for agricultural implement sector in Punjab. The average production of flat steel bar was approximately 300 metric tonne (t) per month. According to Shivam Goyal (Goyal), business partner, the demand for flat steel products was volatile. To partly meet the variation in demand the company ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Effective Vendor Management: A Key to Success, A Case From Sajdhaj, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
AUTHOR(S) : Hari Shankar Shyam, HOD, Marketing Department, Sharda University and Dr. DeepikaUpadhyay, Assistant Professor, Christ University, BengaluruPUBLISHED DATE: 24/04/2017PUBLISHER: ET CasesCATEGORY: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASELETCASE ID: OM-2-0045, OM-2-0045ACASE LENGTH: 5 PagesDESCRIPTION:Sajdhaj, Marriage Decorator Pvt. Ltd. is a leading Décor organization in Indore. The group had redefined wedding décor in Central India and established unparalleled stance in the area. The major areas of décor expertise of Sajdhaj are creative décor concepts, décor structures, floral décor, lighting décor, fabric décor, crystal décor and thematic décor. For execution of its mega projects, Sajdhaj had multiple ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Zegema Retail: Space Planning
AUTHOR(S) : Abhilash G. Nambudiri, Rajagiri School of ManagementPUBLISHED DATE: 23/04/2017PUBLISHER: ET CasesCATEGORY: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: OM-1-0044, OM-1-0044ACASE LENGTH: 10 PagesDESCRIPTION:This case provides an opportunity for the participants to get hand-on experience designing a space plan and planogram for a medium sized modern retail outlet (360 to 540 square meters). This case details the practical difficulties encountered while attempting to do space planning in a modern retail outlet. Dilemma of space allocation between categories, logics & processes of creation of planograms, process of implementation of planograms, debates of standardizationvs customization ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Need and Challenges in Minimizing Wastes in a SME Automotive Firm: Case Study of Janus Auto*
AUTHOR(S) : Dr. Mridula Goel- Associate Professor, Yash Sharma- Bachelor of Engineering - BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa CampusPUBLISHED DATE: 24/03/2017PUBLISHER: ET Cases - FLAMECATEGORY: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: OM-1-0042, OM-1-0042ACASE LENGTH: 14 PagesDESCRIPTION:A company’s success in the market is often due to its efficient management of Supply Chain practices and logistics. International best practices like Just in Time and Lean Manufacturing have become integral in achieving profitability; their adoption in the automobile and automotive sectors is common. Standard guidelines are stipulated and large multinational companies in these sectors have the required resources to easily adopt and implement these systems. However, for many SMEs resources are ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
A Case Based Comparative Analysis of Project Management Leadership Styles
AUTHOR(S) : Dr. Arnab Banerjee, Principal Consultant, Enterprise Application Services – Oracle Supply Chain Competency, Infosys LtdPUBLISHED DATE: 22/03/2017PUBLISHER: ET CasesCATEGORY: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: OM-1-0043, OM-1-0043ACASE LENGTH: 15 PagesDESCRIPTION:The case study describes the Information Technology (IT) driven transformational project of Dream Driveline Corporation’s three plants in France, Sweden and Germany, from the perspective of project management. There are three stories – one about each of the three manufacturing plants –highlighting the individual project management styles of the plants’ project and-plant managers. The protagonist of the case is the Program Manager of the organization’s IT team, Dr. ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Energy Management in MSMEs: Operational Challenges & Opportunities*
AUTHOR(S) : Shounak Basak - Doctoral Candidate, IIM Calcutta, Sudhanshu Shekhar - Doctoral Candidate, IIM Calcutta, Kushal Saha - Doctoral Candidate, IIM CalcuttaPUBLISHED DATE: 15/02/2017PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMCCATEGORY: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: OM-1-0041, OM-1-0041ACASE LENGTH: 24 PagesDESCRIPTION:**IIM RAIPUR – ET CASES Award (GSMC 2017) - For Having Global Implications Energy management is an important part of sustainable and clean operations management. In the face of environmental degradation, the challenges of energy management and pollution control have assumed greater significance. With the coming in force of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change1, these issues will continue to receive increased focus. Business organizations will have to gear up to take into account environmental ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Sourcing Dilemma in Supply Chain: Does Signalling Help!
AUTHOR(S) : Tuhin Sengupta, Doctoral Student- IIM INDOREPUBLISHED DATE: 14/07/2016PUBLISHER: ET CasesCATEGORY: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASELETCASE ID: OM-2-0040, OM-2-0040ACASE LENGTH: 3 PagesDESCRIPTION:The rapid increase in international sourcing arrangements with the intention of forging certain cost and technological advantages have captured the interest of many academicians and supply chain analysts. Global Sourcing strategies have been thoroughly studied in the academic literature for the past decade. However, the increasing product complexity with its inherent product life cycle coupled with the accelerating technological advancement has increased the need to understand why such purchasing ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Digital Secretariat: Less Paper Office*
AUTHOR(S) : Aman Singh, A. M. Parial and Sumeet GuptaPUBLISHED DATE: 14/04/2016PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMCCATEGORY: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: OM-1-0028, OM-1-0028ACASE LENGTH: 16 PagesDESCRIPTION:The case depicts the Government of Chhattisgarh’s effort to implement Digital Secretariat, which maps the Government filing system. The Digital Secretariat was developed by the State’s IT wing CHiPS along with PWC as the implementation partner. Most Governments have remained unsuccessful in the implementation of paperless office because digitization alone is not sufficient. Digitization is the first step towards the journey. To get an ideal solution, digitization along with ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Reducing Waiting Times! An Effort to Centralize Campus Security
AUTHOR(S) : Arunava Ghosh, Doctoral Student, IIM Indore and Tuhin Sengupta, Doctoral Student, IIM IndorePUBLISHED DATE: 14/04/2016PUBLISHER: ET CasesCATEGORY: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASELETCASE ID: OM-2-0038, OM-2-0038ACASE LENGTH: 3 PagesDESCRIPTION:With the growth of the education sector as a potential entrepreneurial venture and coupled with the demand for engineering students for the past decade, India has seen a consistent rise in the number of engineering colleges across the country. Each engineering college, given its location, will have a specific set of endogenous as well as exogenous infrastructural constraints in terms of area of campus, number of entry/exit points in the campus, number of personnel employed for security and disciplinary ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Master Data Management – Implementation Challenges in a Large Manufacturing Industry*
AUTHOR(S) : Mr. Jitendra Pratap Singh Chauhan and R. SreenivasanPUBLISHED DATE: 14/04/2016PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMCCATEGORY: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: OM-1-0030, OM-1-0030ACASE LENGTH: 14 PagesDESCRIPTION:Master Data Management (MDM) is the focal point for large business organizations whose business is driven by information technology. Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), the flagship unit of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), is one such organization which embarked upon its ambitious ERP journey in April 2009. To complement the new IT initiative, a master data management program named Uniform Codification System (UCS) was initiated at SAIL which was akin to laying a new foundation for codification ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Indian Aviation Sector: Looking Beyond Profits!
AUTHOR(S) : Tuhin Sengupta, Doctoral Student, IIM Indore and Ankita Chhabra, Doctoral Student, IIM IndorePUBLISHED DATE: 13/04/2016PUBLISHER: ET CasesCATEGORY: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASELETCASE ID: OM-2-0039, OM-2-0039ACASE LENGTH: 7 PagesDESCRIPTION:India is one of the fastest growing aviation markets in the world. With the relaxation of FDI norms, many of the foreign players have entered the market in the past one decade. As of now, for the year 2015 private carriers accounted for around 81.6% share of the domestic aviation market. There has been a significant increase in domestic air traffic (growth of 20.34 % over the previous year). This increase has been due to many factors such as, increase in the purchasing power of the customers (emergence ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Akshaya Patra Model: Feeding Knowledge Hungry Children*
AUTHOR(S) : Dr.Nitin C Mali, YCSRD, Shivaji University, KolhapurPUBLISHED DATE: 23/02/2016PUBLISHER: ET Cases - FLAMECATEGORY: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: OM-1-0034, OM-1-0034ACASE LENGTH: 9 PagesDESCRIPTION:Akshaya Patra foundation started its mid-day meal programme in June 2000 by providing free mid-day meals to 1500 children in five government schools in Bangalore, Karnataka. Over past 14 years, the constant support from the Government of India, various State Governments and associated organisations enabled the programme to grow by leaps and bounds. Today, this organization feeds free mid-day meals to 1.4 million schoolchildren, in 10661 government schools and aided schools. Earlier, Akshaya Patra ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Managing the Rush!!! A Case of a Transport Department in a Management Institute*
AUTHOR(S) : Peeyush Pandey, Doctoral student - IIM Indore and Tuhin Sengupta, Doctoral Student - IIM IndorePUBLISHED DATE: 03/02/2016PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMCCATEGORY: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: OM-1-0037, OM-1-0037ACASE LENGTH: 9 PagesDESCRIPTION:India has witnessed a surge of management institutes in recent times. However, due to the obvious need for space, the locations of these institutions have been far off from the main city or town. This has increased the dependency of students on the institute vehicles commuting to and from the city. Managing these transportation facilities also poses a lot of challenges for the institute. Indore Management Institute, a premier management college of India realized that the operational cost incurred ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Idle Inventory*
AUTHOR(S) : Asst. Prof. Sanjiv Kumar, Department of Management Studies, G.H. Raisoni College of EngineeringPUBLISHED DATE: 03/02/2016PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMCCATEGORY: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASELETCASE ID: OM-2-0036, OM-2-0036ACASE LENGTH: 7 PagesDESCRIPTION:Ankit Construction, a well-known company in Nagpur Reality Industry, started its business way back in 1998 as a road contractor. When the business started growing and surplus funds started coming in the company diversified into real estate business in 2002. For the next 10 years they built small flat schemes and sold successfully. The only marketing communication used was the word-of-mouth campaign. After 2010, as the reality business at Nagpur started picking up Ankit Construction launched a large ...read moreSHOW DETAILS