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Service and Operations Management
Designing the optimal supply base: how many suppliers?
Martínez de Albéniz, Victor; Wang, Jiao
Designing an optimal supply base is challenging, especially for fashion apparel retailers and other companies with many innovative products. New research proposes a modeling framework that can help determine the optimal supply-base size depending on certain circumstances.
Big spenders? Public infrastructure doesn't have to be a resource drain
Calvo, Eduard; Cui, Ruomeng; Serpa, Juan Camilo
Public infrastructure projects are notorious for going over their allotted time and budget. IESE's Eduard Calvo describes how this can best be avoided.
When diagnosis is part of the service: Learning and treating efficiently
Bimpikis, Kostas; Markakis, Mihalis
Is it just a fever or something more serious? When providing services that range from simple to complex, as in health care,
not
knowing what's required for each patient leads to wasted resources and inefficient staffing. So, how can this kind of system be optimized?
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Latest IESE documents
Modelización del sector logístico en Catalunya
Martínez de Albéniz, Victor; Carrasco, Carlos; Balsach, Jordi; Franca, Pedro
Alejandro Serrano: "Inditex ha hecho de la necesidad virtud e innova en procesos más que en productos"
La Opinión de A Coruña
Mercadona ante el reto del 2020
Serrano, Alejandro; Girbal, Albert
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