The purpose of this technical note is to introduce a creativity exercise based on photo stimuli to business-school faculty and to discuss how it can be used effectively in the MBA and executive education classrooms. Variants of this exercise are in use at design and innovation firms. It works...

After spending a day in a meeting room in August 2005, pondering how to improve supply-chain performance, Rajat Mehra's team hit upon an idea that might enable dramatic reduction in the cost of stock-outs and excess inventory, through implementation of vendor-managed-inventory (VMI). This idea...

This video walks the viewer through the student team project component of an MBA elective that focuses on the process of developing a new product or service, from idea to working prototype. For the team project, each student team identifies an unmet market, develops a working prototype of a new...

This case asks students who have completed amp;quot;Tastee Snax Cookie Companyamp;quot; (UVA-OM-0803) to analyze how the duration of the project described in that case can be shortened in the most cost-effective manner

This case asks students who have completed amp;quot;Tastee Snax Cookie Companyamp;quot; (UVA-OM-0803) to analyze how the duration of the project described in that case can be shortened in the most cost-effective manner

This brief note describes the kanban system of inventory control. It discusses the rules for its use, techniques for calculating the number of cards, and the difference between push and pull systems.ExcerptUVA-OM-1257Rev. Nov. 1, 2019I Can, You Can, We All Can KanbanIn 2005, a major diversified...