April 2012

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The newest cases from the Ivey case collection are available for review. View New Cases for more details on cases registered in your discipline.

Warehousing Strategy at Volkswagen Group Canada Inc. (VGCA)

The director of warehousing and logistics at Volkswagen Group Canada (VGCA) had been tasked with analyzing the capacity of the Toronto parts distribution center to support an aggressive growth plan that involved a series of new product launches and product facelifts. Expecting that expansion of the facility would be necessary, the director needed to establish the additional warehouse capacity required, when it would be needed by and which expansion option made the most sense. The case provides an opportunity to explore issues involving capacity analysis in a supply chain context. Students are expected to use data provided in the case to evaluate alternatives and develop appropriate recommendations. It also provides students the opportunity to gain insights into the automotive industry and the operational challenges companies face related to aftersales parts warehousing and distribution. This case was written for an undergraduate or MBA supply chain or operations class dealing with capacity analysis in a logistics setting. The context is relevant to both the service and manufacturing sectors.

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Image Pipeline Services: Weighing the Buyout Offer

The president of Pipeline Imaging Systems, is taking a step back from the past few weeks where he has spent virtually all his waking time working on his new business. The president has launched a new pipeline service to compete in Edmonton’s oil sands industry. A few months after he started his business, he controls virtually the entire market, but competitors will be encroaching on his turf. One has offered to purchase his buiness and the president wants to weigh his options before agreeing to sell or continuing to compete. There are several topics that can be discussed with this case: How has Image Pipeline come to dominate its market in Alberta? What is your assessment of Daniel Martindale's prospects for the next year? What should Martindale do about the offer in front of him?

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DHL Supply Chain

The degradation of the environment has led many governments and customers to pressurize businesses to make their operations more nature-friendly. The case illustrates an effective example of corporate social responsibility. Specifically, it demonstrates how a small increase in a supply chain budget can drastically reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emission in the transportation of LCD TVs from their manufacturing bases to a distribution centre. The case highlights optimization concepts within the contemporary objective of minimizing carbon dioxide emission. Students get to design (or complete) a medium-sized optimization template using the SOLVER tool. The difficulty level should be within the capabilities of undergraduates and MBA students enrolled in analytics courses.

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Authors of Learning with Cases, Teaching with Cases and Writing Cases won the Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method award presented by the European Case Clearing House during the 2012 annual case award ceremony.

Carol Stephenson, Dean of the Richard Ivey School said, “The award of Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method gives worthy recognition to three remarkable individuals who have dedicated so much of their lives to teaching people worldwide how to get the most out of cases. Jim, Mike and Louise have conducted more than 400 case writing and case teaching workshops for thousands of participants in more than 50 countries over the past 40 years. Their work is at the heart of the great case tradition we have developed at Ivey and the school is delighted at this recognition.” Congratulations on their achievement!

In addition, the case entitled Louis Vuitton in Japan, authored by Justin Paul, won an award in the Entrepreneurship case category.

We always enjoy meeting our customers. Please stop by the Ivey Publishing booth at any of the following conferences to say hello and learn more about our products and services.

Administrative Sciences Assoc of Canada (ASAC) – St. Johns, NL – June 9-12

Academy of International Business (AIB) – Washington, DC - June 30-July 4

Academy of Management (AOM) – Boston, MA - August 3-7

American Marketing Association (AMA) – Chicago, IL – August 17-19.

In partnership with the Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Case Development at the Indian School of Business (ISB), Ivey would like to invite you to participate in the ISB-Ivey Global Case Competition 2012.

The objective of this competition is to help build a repository of high-quality, internationally benchmarked cases about Indian businesses. The cases should be original business case studies suitable for use in MBA classrooms across the world and should aim to showcase the unique challenges and issues faced by organizations and business leaders in India. Submissions must also include teaching notes in English.

Winning cases will be published in the Ivey-ISB co-branded case collection available through Ivey Publishing. First place winners will also receive a cash prize of US $4000. Second prize winners take home US $3000 and there are special category prizes of US $2000 per category. A panel of internationally acclaimed subject experts judge each case in a double-blind review process and will provide written feedback on each case.

Download the intent to participate form and email it to Ivey India. Deadline for submissions has been extended to April 30 for international participants.