This case series (see also the A [UVA-OM-1107], B [UVA-OM-1110], C [UVA-OM-1111], D [UVA-OM-1112], E [UVA-OM-1113], and G [UVA-OM-1158] cases) focuses students on the boom-and-bust behaviors in the Northern Forest sawmill industry. Stakeholders, from landowners to sawmill owners to government...

This case series (see also the A [UVA-OM-1107], B [UVA-OM-1110], C [UVA-OM-1111], D [UVA-OM-1112], F [UVA-OM-1156], and G [UVA-OM-1158] cases) focuses students on the boom-and-bust behaviors in the Northern Forest sawmill industry. Stakeholders, from landowners to sawmill owners to government...

This case series (see also the A [UVA-OM-1107], B [UVA-OM-1110], C [UVA-OM-1111], E [UVA-OM-1113], F [UVA-OM-1156], and G [UVA-OM-1158] cases) focuses students on the boom-and-bust behaviors in the Northern Forest sawmill industry. Stakeholders, from landowners to sawmill owners to government...

This case series (see also the A [UVA-OM-1107], B [UVA-OM-1110], D [UVA- OM-1112], E [UVA-OM-1113], F [UVA-OM-1156], and G [UVA-OM-1158] cases) focuses students on the boom-and-bust behaviors in the Northern Forest sawmill industry. Stakeholders, from landowners to sawmill owners to government...

This case series (see also the A [UVA-OM-1107], C [UVA-OM-1111], D [UVA-OM-1112], E [UVA-OM-1113], F [UVA-OM-1156], and G [UVA-OM-1158] cases) focuses students on the boom-and-bust behaviors in the Northern Forest sawmill industry. Stakeholders, from landowners to sawmill owners to government...

This case series (see also UVA-OM-1067, UVA-OM-1080, and UVA-OM-1081) deals with the transition from a push-based supply chain to an agile pull-based system. This case describes a spreadsheet model useful for students evaluating the multiyear cost consequences of three alternative...

This case series (see also UVA-OM-1067, UVA-OM-1080, and UVA-OM-1082) deals with the transition from a push-based supply chain to an agile pull-based system. The C case provides a brief description of the old paragon of operational thinking to let students know that Tradall has approved a new...

This case series (see also UVA-OM-1067, UVA-OM-1081, and UVA-OM-1082) deals with the transition from a push-based supply chain to an agile pull-based system. The B case demonstrates the paradox in operational thinking from the European operational headquarters in Geneva, called Tradall. It helps...

This case provides the presentation slides from the Six Sigma project undertaken to decrease the patient wait time in the emergency department of an academic medical hospital. The various phases and tools of Six Sigma are demonstrated, and the project's pilot results are shown. The case also...

This case focuses on implementing and sustaining improvements designed by a Six Sigma team working in the emergency department of an academic medical hospital. Execution details of the various phases of Six Sigma are presented in the A case (UVA-OM-1058). The team's Black Belt has decided to use...