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Reference no. 9-683-062
Subject category: Production and Operations Management
Authors: Roy D Shapiro (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1982
Version: 10 September 2015
Revision date: 16-Sep-2015
Length: 16 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Inventory management; Warehousing; Centralization; Logistics; Location of industry; Competitive strategy; Buy or make decisions; Supply chain management; Corporate strategy; Business cycles; Decision analysis; Supply chain strategies
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Abstract

Two competitors in the Northeast steel service center industry have made very different choices with regards to logistics and operating strategy. One distributes from a large central location; the other operates seven widely scattered warehouses. Students can diagnose and discuss the significant impacts of these choices, especially in an economic downturn.
Location:
United States
Industries:
Iron & steel; Transportation; Primary metals
Size:
USD80 million sales
Other setting(s):
1982
Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-600-031
Subject category: Production and Operations Management
Authors: Roy D Shapiro (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1999
Version: 12 July 2004
Length: 25 pages
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Abstract

Two competitors in the Northeast steel service center industry have made very different choices with regards to logistics and operating strategy. One distributes from a large central location; the other operates seven widely scattered warehouses. Students can diagnose and discuss the significant impacts of these choices, especially in an economic downturn.

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Location:
United States
Industries:
Iron & steel; Transportation; Primary metals
Size:
USD80 million sales
Other setting(s):
1982

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Teaching note
-
Reference no. 5-600-031
Subject category: Production and Operations Management
Authors: Roy D Shapiro (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1999
Version: 12 July 2004
Length: 25 pages
View full details