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Title: The Indian Railways' ambitious Kashmir Railway Project. This was one of its most important and difficult projects as it aimed


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Operation Mgmt
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  • Operation Mgmt
  •  
  • Attempt All Case Study
  • CASE 1
  • The Indian Railways' ambitious Kashmir Railway
    Project. This was one of its most important and
    difficult projects as it aimed to build a
    railroad connection through the Himalayan
    foothills linking Kashmir with the rest of India
  • Question
  • Q1.Understand issues and challenges in executing
    a large infrastructure project by studying the
    ambitious Kashmir Railway Project which once
    accomplished would be an engineering miracle. 

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  • Q2.Appreciate the difficulties before the project
    managers due to the fragile geology and steep
    topography - presence of a major earthquake zone,
    extreme environmental conditions in terms of
    temperature, etc. 
  • Q3.Appreciate the difficulties involved in the
    execution of large infrastructure projects in
    developing countries, and how these can be
    overcome.
  • CASE 2
  • Spain-based Mango MNG Holding SL (Mango), the
    flagship of a group of companies involved in
    design, manufacture, and distribution of garments
    and fashion accessories, sold garments for men
    and women and accessories through exclusive stores

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  • Question
  • Q1.Analyze Mango's business model. 
  • Q2.Study the design, production, distribution,
    and store management processes at Mango. 
  • Q3.Evaluate Mango's core and non-core
    activities. 
  • Q4.Understand which processes can be managed
    in-house and which ones can be outsourced..

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  • CASE 3
  • T the Just-in-Time (JIT) implementation at
    Harley-Davidson Motor Company (Harley-Davidson),
    a US-based motorcycle manufacturing company. JIT,
    a philosophy developed by Japanese companies,
    aims at reducing inventory
  • Question
  • Q1.To understand Just-in-time philosophy and its
    importance in reducing overall production cost
    and enhancing product quality.
  • Q2.To understand how the JIT philosophy requires
    the alignment of operational strategies to
    achieve the goal.

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  • Q3.To understand the important role of having a
    stable supplier network for achieving JIT.
  • Q4.To understand that besides the use of
    statistical techniques in achieving JIT,
    employees' involvement is equally important.
  • Q5.To discuss the challenges faced by
    Harley-Davidson since 2007.
  • Q6.To explore operational strategies that
    Harley-Davidson can adopt to overcome those
    strategies. 

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  • CASE 4
  • The case discusses the master franchise model of
    the US-based Domino's Pizza Inc (Domino's).
    Domino's, which was started in the 1960s,
    expanded in international markets mainly through
    its master franchise model
  • Question
  • Q1.Understand the master franchise model of
    Domino's and its advantages.
  • Q2.Examine some of the unique features of the
    master franchise model of Domino's.
  • Q3.Analyze the store operations of Domino's.

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  • Q4.Examine the training/support provided by
    Domino's to the franchisees.
  • Q5.Understand how the master franchise model
    helped Domino's in facing the adverse impact of
    global economic slowdown successfully.

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  • Dr. Aravind Banakar
  • aravind.banakar_at_gmail.com
  • www.mbacasestudyanswers.com
  • 9901366442 9902787224
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