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To resolve an employee conduct issue, an employee engaging in sexual relations with customers, the director of sales and marketing at a small advertising firm coaches the employee to develop a more professional image. Using discussion and reinforcing positive behavior, the employee and the company both benefit. This is supplement to the (A) case, (product number 9B01C004) and (B) case, (product number 9B01C005).

Blinds To Go, a small retail fabricator of custom-made blinds, is looking to for the best talent it could to help them achieve their aggressive expansion goals. Emphasis was put on establishing internal programs that would groom candidates for senior management positions. Despite the temptation to bring in a vice-president from outside the company, the company believed it was in their best interest to develop and promote talent from within. This is a supplement to the Blinds To Go - Wanted: People To Lead Explosive Growth (A) case, (product number 9B01C002).

The president of Blinds To Go, a small retail fabricator of custom-made blinds, announces his plans of expanding the business across North America one region at a time. With substantial backing from an investment firm, the business has quintupled its revenues in less than two years and is looking to expand aggressively across the United States. However, the company has experienced significant turnover in its senior management positions. The company struggles with the issue of how to get and keep the senior management talent needed to achieve the growth the company wants.

The assistant brand manager for DayQuil cold medication is under the gun to meet the deadline for a sampling experiment designed to increase DayQuil's market share. The case discusses managing timelines, identifying bottlenecks, and developing project management skills. DayQuil Sampling Operations serves to introduce students to project management issues and the decisions that have to be made, including crashing timelines and identifying parallel processes. This case can also serve as an excellent introduction to the use of Microsoft Project. DayQuil Sampling Operations is part of a three-case series about the DayQuil brand of cold medication made by Procter & Gamble. The other cases are Procter & Gamble Canada: DayQuil Brand Sampling (9A98A029) and Procter & Gamble Canada: Managing DayQuil Sampling (9A98C015).

The assembly supervisor at Navistar faces a critical supply problem; one that not only affects the bottom line but more importantly the customer. This case requires a student to determine what is and is not important, to think creatively about how to use the information provided, and to formulate a recommendation with respect to solving the current supply problem. The student must review: (1) a process flow chart in detail, (2) numerical data with respect to costs and frequency of specific causes for trim shortages, and (3) a number of identified causes for the supply problem. Navistar must look at value added activities, its internal policies and practices, storage of materials, a Just-In-Time inventory system that may be too tight, and communication difficulties that arise when last minute design changes occur.

Celestica's memory products group is considering relocating and/or reconfiguring its production facilities. The Memory Products' general manager, has asked the process control engineer, to investigate the possibilities. One option being considered is moving from a process to a cellular layout. Both moving and reorganizing have attractive benefits as well as significant risks and costs.