Operations

Operations cases challenge you to improve efficiency, streamline processes, or solve supply chain problems. You will analyze workflows, identify bottlenecks, and propose operational improvements to reduce costs or increase throughput.

Total Cases: 10
Companies: 3
Easy 2 Medium 5 Hard 3
Medium

Congo’s Drumming

Profitability Operations Optimization E-Commerce

Your client, Congo.com (named after one of Earth's rainforests), is one of the largest e-commerce retailers in the world. It specializes in a diverse …

15 min
Duke
50
Easy

Made to Measure

Business Improvement Operations Manufacturing

Our client owns a designer shoe-store that makes high end made-to-measure shoes for customers. The high-quality product has gained popularity rapidly …

15 min
NYU
50
Easy

Made to Measure

Business Improvement Operations Optimization Luxury Goods

Our client owns a designer shoe-store that makes high end made-to-measure shoes for customers. The high-quality product has gained popularity rapidly …

15 min
NYU
50
Kearney
Hard

OmegaMed

Comparison Technology Investment Healthcare (Software)

Our client is a clinic chain OmegaMed that offers primary care services at their 500 clinics. The company has been expanding rapidly in an inorganic …

15 min
PeterK
50
BCG
Hard

AFRICAN GOLD MINES CO.

Profitability Operations Optimization Mining

African Gold Mines Co. (AGM) is a junior gold producer with one open pit mine currently in production in Cameroon. The mine was established 10 years …

15 min
IESE
50
Medium

BLUE & RED AIRLINES GROUP

Customer Experience Operations Optimization Airline Industry

Our client, Red & Blue Airlines Group, it's based in Santiago, Chile and has operations to many cities in the globe. Its most iconic route is Santiago …

15 min
IESE
50
Hard

Cowbon Emissions

Environmental/Emissions Reduction Operations Optimization Agriculture

Our client is a major milk producer in New Cowland, Milking it Co., MIC. New Cowland has recently introduced a law that means MIC has to reduce its …

15 min
IESE
50
Medium

COWBON EMISSIONS

Emissions Reduction Operations Optimization Agriculture

Our client is a major milk producer in New Cowland, Milking it Co., MIC. New Cowland has recently introduced a law that means MIC has to reduce its …

15 min
IESE
50
Medium

TBell Mining

Profitability Operations Optimization Mining

Everything that is not cultivated or fished has its origin in a mine. Your client is a mining company that extracts rocks from an open pit in the …

15 min
IESE
50
BCG
Medium

Packaging Co.

Profitability Operations Optimization Manufacturing

The client is a US subsidiary of a packaging and shipment firm (e.g., Amcor, Sealed Air, etc.). They want to evaluate whether they should consolidate …

15 min
Wharton
50