Cases for Teaching and Learning
The following table list the cases addressed in the textbook. It is indicated whether the case is part of the hardcopy or if it is part of the free available additional material contained in this website (indicated by "x" in the WWW-column).
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Chapter 1 - Basics of Supply Chain and Operations Management
No.
| Case
| Country / Region
| Focus
| Chapter
| Hard Copy
| WWW
|
1.
| Santa Clause
| Worldwide
| Overview SCOM issues
| 1
| x
|
|
Chapter 2 - Examples from Different Industries, Services and Continents
No.
| Case
| Country / Region
| Focus
| Chapter
| Hard Copy
| WWW
|
2
| Chocolate SC
| Ivory Coast
| Overview SCOM issues
| 2
| x
|
|
3
| Nike
| U.S. / Asia
| Outsourcing / Global Sourcing
| 2
| x
|
|
4
| Dangote Cement
| Nigeria
| Integrated Supply Chain and Operations
| 2
| x
|
|
5
| REWE
| Germany
| Distribution operations and facility location
| 2
| x
|
|
6
| Food Supply Chain
| Australia
| Resilient supply chain
| 2
|
| x
|
7
| Maquet
| Germany
| Operations in plant engineering
| 2
|
| x
|
8
| Starbucks
| U.S.
| SCOM in restaurants
| 2
| x
|
|
9
| Airport Madrid
| Spain
| Airlines Operations
| 2
|
| x
|
10
| Logistics Disaster Relief
| Worldwide
| Operations and supply chains in humanitarian logistics
| 2
| x
|
|
11
| Smart Hospital
| South Korea
| Operations and supply chains in services
| 2
| x
|
|
12
| Car2Go
| Germany
| Operations in services
| 2
| x
|
|
13
| Fab.com
| U.S.
| E-Commerce supply chain
| 2
| x
|
|
14
| Tesco Virtual Store
| South Korea
| m-Commerce supply chain
| 2
| x
|
|
15
| Toyota
| Japan
| Supply Chain Disaster Management
| 2
| x
|
|
16
| Organic Valley
| U.S.
| Bio Supply Chain
| 2
|
| x
|
17
| Wal-Mart
| U.S.
| RFID in distribution networks
| 2
|
| x
|
Chapter 3 - Processes, Systems, and Models
No.
| Case
| Country / Region
| Focus
| Chapter
| Hard Copy
| WWW
|
18
| AirSupply | Germany/France | e-Collaboration | 3 | X
|
|
19
| Barnes & Noble | U.S. | Business intelligence for SCM | 3 |
| x |
20
| Vestas | Denmark | Data mining for OpMgt | 3 |
| x |
21
| Macy’s Inc | U.S. | Big Data and RFID in Retail | 3 |
| x |
22
| Harley Davidson | U.S. | IT-based supplier collaboration | 3 | X |
|
23
| Hamni | South Korea | SC in Pharms / RFID | 3 |
| x |
24
| Ford | U.S. | Supply chain risk management | 3 | X
| |
25
| Domino’s Pizza UK | UK | M-Commerce | 3 | X
|
|
26
| Supply Chain Simulation with AnyLogistix | Europe | Supply Chain Simulation | 3 |
| x |
Chapter 4 - Operations and Supply Chain Strategy
No.
| Case
| Country / Region
| Focus
| Chapter
| Hard Copy
| WWW
|
27 | Agile Supply Chain | Mexico | SC strategy | 4 | x |
|
28
| Mercadona | Spain | Sustainable supply chain | 4 | x |
|
29 | Zara - Uniqlo - Primark | Spain - Japan - Ireland | SC Strategy | 4 | x |
|
30
| Coca-Cola | U.S. | Sustainable SC | 4 | x |
|
31 | IKEA | Sweden | SC strategy | 4 | x |
|
32 | Eroski-Henkel | Spain | CPFR | 4 |
| x |
33
| BER airport | Germany | Centralized vs decentralized supply | 4 |
| x |
34 | SupplyOn | Germany | Vendor-Managed Inventory | 4 | x |
|
35 | Nissan | Japan | Resilience Supply Chain | 4 |
| x |
Chapter 5 - Sourcing Strategy
No.
| Case
| Country / Region
| Focus
| Chapter
| Hard Copy
| WWW
|
36
| Volkswagen Saxony | Germany | JIT/JIS | 5 | x |
|
37 | Apple | U.S. | Global Sourcing | 5 | x |
|
38 | Louis Vuitton | France | Global Sourcing | 5 | x |
|
39
| Global Supply Chain Simulation with AnyLogistix | Global | Global Sourcing | 5 | x |
|
Chapter 6 - Production Strategy
No.
| Case
| Country / Region
| Focus
| Chapter
| Hard Copy
| WWW
|
40
| AirSupply
| Germany/France
| ETO Production strategy + Demand planning
| 6
| x
|
|
41 | Toyota | Japan/U.S.
| Production strategy
| 6
| x
|
|
42 | DELL vs. Lenovo | U.S. - China
| Production strategy
| 6
| x
|
|
43 | Asian Paints | India
| Production strategy
| 6
| x
|
|
44 | BMW | Germany
| Production strategy
| 6
| x
|
|
45 | IKEA | Sweden
| Production strategy
| 6
| x
|
|
46 | Xilinx | U.S.
| Production strategy
| 6
| x
|
|
47 | Kellogg | U.S.
| Production strategy
| 6
| x
|
|
48 | myFab.com | France
| Production strategy failed
| 6
|
| X |
Chapter 7 - Facility Location Planning and Network Design
No.
| Case
| Country / Region
| Focus
| Chapter
| Hard Copy
| WWW
|
49
| OTLG
| Germany
| Facility Location / Distribution Network
| 7
| X
|
|
50
| Machinery cluster in Russia
| Russia
| Facility location
| 7
|
| X
|
51
| PowerPong Sports
| China
| Facility location
| 7
| X
|
|
52
| Niedersachsen Park
| Germany
| Facility location
| 7
| X
|
|
Chapter 8 - Distribution and Transportation Network Design
No.
| Case
| Country / Region
| Focus
| Chapter
| Hard Copy
| WWW
|
53
| Deichmann
| Germany-China
| Intermodal transportation
| 8
| X
|
|
54
| ALDI vs Homeplus
| Germany / South Korea
| Distribution Network Design
| 8
| X
|
|
55
| Bavarian Wood
| Germany
| Distribution planning
| 8
| X
|
|
56
| Seven Eleven Japan
| Japan
| Distribution network design
| 8
| X
|
|
57
| Eldorado
| Russia
| Distribution network design
| 8
|
| X
|
58
| Tomato trade
| Spain-Germany
| Distribution network design
| 8
|
| X
|
59
| Organic Food Transportation
| Brazil
| Distribution network design
| 8
|
| X
|
60
| Distribution network simulation and optimization in with AnyLogistix
| U.S.
| Distribution network design
| 8
|
| X
|
Chapter 9 - Factory Planning and Process Design
No.
| Case
| Country / Region
| Focus
| Chapter
| Hard Copy
| WWW
|
61
| Toyota
| Japan
| TPS / Kaizen / Lean Mgt
| 9
| X
| X
|
62
| Tesla
| U.S.
| Factory planning
| 9
| X
|
|
63
| Industry 4.0
| Germany
| Factory planning
| 9
| X
|
|
64
| Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG
| Germany
| Factory planning
| 9
| X
|
|
Chapter 10 - Layout Planning
No.
| Case
| Country / Region
| Focus
| Chapter
| Hard Copy
| WWW
|
65
| BMW Leipzig
| Germany
| Layout planning
| 10
| X
| |
66
| Cardinal Health
| U.S.
| Warehouse Layout planning
| 10
| X
| |
67
| OTLG
| Germany
| Warehouse Layout planning
| 10
| X
| |
68
| REWE
| Germany
| Warehouse Layout planning
| 10
| X
| |
69
| Knorr Bremse
| Germany
| Layout planning
| 10
| X
| |
Chapter 11 - Demand Forecasting
No.
| Case
| Country / Region
| Focus
| Chapter
| Hard Copy
| WWW
|
70
| Impact of Oil Prices on Supply Chains in Steel Industry
| Worldwide
| Demand forecasting / Linear Programming
| 11
|
| X
|
71 | Forecasting at Walt Disney
| U.S.
| Demand forecasting
| 11
| X
|
|
72
| Sport Obermeyer
| Austria
| Demand forecasting
| 11
| X
|
|
Chapter 12 - Production and Material Requirements Planning
No.
| Case
| Country / Region
| Focus
| Chapter
| Hard Copy
| WWW
|
73 | SIBUR
| Russia
| Sales and Operations Planning
| 12
| X
|
|
74 | Game “Sales and Operations Planning”
|
| Sales and Operations Planning
| 12
|
| X
|
Chapter 13 - Inventory Management
No.
| Case
| Country / Region
| Focus
| Chapter
| Hard Copy
| WWW
|
75
| Daily Maersk
| Asia-Europe
| Safety stock reduction through daily shipments
| 13 | X
|
|
76
| SupplyOn
| Germany
| VMI
| 13 |
| X
|
77
| LCD monitors in Taiwan
| Taiwan
| ATP-CTP
| 13 |
| X |
78
| Papa John's Pizza
| U.S.
| Inventory Management
| 13 |
| X |
79
| VMI/CPFR
| Germany
| Inventory Management
| 13 |
| X |
80
| Amazon
| UK
| Inventory Management
| 13 | X |
|
81
| Volkswagen
| Germany
| Inventory Management
| 13 | X |
|
82
| DELL
| U.S.
| Inventory Management
| 13 | X |
|
Chapter 14 - Routing and Scheduling
No.
| Case
| Country / Region
| Focus
| Chapter
| Hard Copy
| WWW
|
83 | Red Sea Bus Travel
| Egypt
| Vehicle Routing
| 14
| X
|
|
84 | UPS
| U.S.
| Vehicle Routing
| 14
| X
|
|
85 | Dabbawalla Network
| India
| Vehicle Routing
| 14
|
| X
|