John D. Sterman
Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management, Professor, System Dynamics, Director, MIT System Dynamics Group
Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management, Professor, System Dynamics, Director, MIT System Dynamics Group
This case describes how leaders at Mud Bay, a chain of pet products based in Pacific Northwest, changed the way they operated their business from 2014 to 2017. They adopted a framework that included heavy investment in people with operational choices that leverage that investment by increasing produ...
Sloan School Career Development Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Operations Management
Chrysler Leaders for Global Operations Professor of Management, Professor of Operations Management and Engineering Systems, Co-Director, International Motor Vehicle Program
Corning’s Growth and Strategy Council—a centralized team that included the CEO, COO, and CTO who were heavily involved in managing the company’s innovation strategy—had enabled the company to continually re-create itself with new technologies and products. Set in 2008, the case highlights the inner ...
Patrick J. McGovern (1959) Professor, Professor of Operations Management
The Pre-Admission Testing Area (PATA) is an outpatient clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital responsible for conducting preoperative assessments of surgical patients prior to their procedures. Set in June 2009, this case study describes the conditions of this busy outpatient clinic prior to a pro...
In late 2008, Vermont City Electric (VCE), a municipal electric utility company, needed to determine which investments in demand-side management (DSM) programs to undertake in the context of the budget restrictions it faced. Based on the information contained in the case, students must construct and...