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Reference no. 9-696-066
Subject category: Production and Operations Management
Authors: Harry Bowen (Vlerick Business School); Andrew Burtis (Harvard Business School); Liz Hill (Anglia Ruskin University); Sylvie Ryckebusch (Harvard Business School); John Schiavone (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1995
Version: 21 January 1998
Length: 15 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Production; Organizational change; Transformations; Group dynamics; Restructuring; Leadership; Process analysis
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Abstract

Pratt & Whitney is a leader in the development and manufacturing of gas turbine engines for commercial and military aircraft. Economic conditions for the airline and defense industries are forcing the airplane engine builders to restructure. Ed Northern, a new general manager of one of Pratt & Whitney's largest plants, is determined to transform the North Haven plant into a world-class manufacturing organization.
Location:
Connecticut
Industries:
Aircraft; Aerospace; Manufacturing
Size:
USD5.8 billion revenues, 30,000 employees
Other setting(s):
1994
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-696-067
Subject category: Production and Operations Management
Authors: Harry Bowen (Vlerick Business School); Andrew Burtis (Harvard Business School); Liz Hill (Anglia Ruskin University); Sylvie Ryckebusch (Harvard Business School); John Schiavone (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1995
Version: 21 January 1998
Length: 9 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Restructuring; Organizational change; Process analysis; Business processes; Production; International human resources
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Supplement
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Reference no. 9-696-068
Subject category: Production and Operations Management
Authors: Harry Bowen (Vlerick Business School); Andrew Burtis (Harvard Business School); Liz Hill (Anglia Ruskin University); Sylvie Ryckebusch (Harvard Business School); John Schiavone (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1995
Version: 28 November 1995
Length: 11 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Restructuring; Leadership; Group dynamics; Organizational change; Process analysis; Decision making; Capital; International human resources; Production
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Supplement
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Reference no. 9-696-069
Subject category: Production and Operations Management
Authors: Harry Bowen (Vlerick Business School); Andrew Burtis (Harvard Business School); Liz Hill (Anglia Ruskin University); Sylvie Ryckebusch (Harvard Business School); John Schiavone (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1995
Version: 28 November 1995
Length: 5 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Restructuring; Organizational change; Process analysis; Decision making; Capital; Employees
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Compact case
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-696-070
Subject category: Production and Operations Management
Authors: Harry Bowen (Vlerick Business School); Andrew Burtis (Harvard Business School); Liz Hill (Anglia Ruskin University); Sylvie Ryckebusch (Harvard Business School); John Schiavone (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 1995
Length: 1 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Aerospace industry; Aircraft; Organizational change; Process analysis; Restructuring
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Abstract

Pratt & Whitney is a leader in the development and manufacturing of gas turbine engines for commercial and military aircraft. Economic conditions for the airline and defense industries are forcing the airplane engine builders to restructure. Ed Northern, a new general manager of one of Pratt & Whitney's largest plants, is determined to transform the North Haven plant into a world-class manufacturing organization.

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Location:
Connecticut
Industries:
Aircraft; Aerospace; Manufacturing
Size:
USD5.8 billion revenues, 30,000 employees
Other setting(s):
1994

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Supplement
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Reference no. 9-696-067
Subject category: Production and Operations Management
Authors: Harry Bowen (Vlerick Business School); Andrew Burtis (Harvard Business School); Liz Hill (Anglia Ruskin University); Sylvie Ryckebusch (Harvard Business School); John Schiavone (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1995
Version: 21 January 1998
Length: 9 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Restructuring; Organizational change; Process analysis; Business processes; Production; International human resources
View full details
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-696-068
Subject category: Production and Operations Management
Authors: Harry Bowen (Vlerick Business School); Andrew Burtis (Harvard Business School); Liz Hill (Anglia Ruskin University); Sylvie Ryckebusch (Harvard Business School); John Schiavone (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1995
Version: 28 November 1995
Length: 11 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Restructuring; Leadership; Group dynamics; Organizational change; Process analysis; Decision making; Capital; International human resources; Production
View full details
Compact case
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-696-069
Subject category: Production and Operations Management
Authors: Harry Bowen (Vlerick Business School); Andrew Burtis (Harvard Business School); Liz Hill (Anglia Ruskin University); Sylvie Ryckebusch (Harvard Business School); John Schiavone (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1995
Version: 28 November 1995
Length: 5 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Restructuring; Organizational change; Process analysis; Decision making; Capital; Employees
View full details
Compact case
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-696-070
Subject category: Production and Operations Management
Authors: Harry Bowen (Vlerick Business School); Andrew Burtis (Harvard Business School); Liz Hill (Anglia Ruskin University); Sylvie Ryckebusch (Harvard Business School); John Schiavone (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 1995
Length: 1 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Aerospace industry; Aircraft; Organizational change; Process analysis; Restructuring
View full details