Wesco Aircraft is a highly efficient and cost-effective distributor of C-Class aerospace parts and chemicals due to superb supply chain management and inventory control.
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Comex, a pool of paint.
COMEX reduces costs and improves customer satisfaction by postponing differentiation and pooling safety stock.
Why “Demolition Man”, Fab.com’s former CEO should have studied TOM (at GSB) before running his company into the ground
Fab.com's failure due to operational inefficiency and too high growth targets.
INDITEX: Lessons in “Fast Fashion”
The global fashion retailer Inditex, best known for its Zara brand, continues to chart the course of “fast fashion” through the intimate alignment between its operating and business models.
IKEA: Redefining the Market to Achieve Success
How did an offbeat Swedish retailer managed to conquer the market for furniture around the globe? Below that quirky surface lies an amazing success story of well-executed strategic alignment.
IKEA: World’s Most Successful Furniture Retailer
High quality home furnishings at affordable prices achieved by optimizing the entire supply chain, operations, and inventory management
Everlane: Winning with ‘Radical Transparency’
Everlane is an online retailer offering elevated “basics” (i.e. white t-shirts, cashmere sweaters, leather tote bags). Everlane’s entire business model is centered on “price transparency” in their products. Everlane is targeting the millennial shopper who believe in companies with a […]
Bonobos: A Better Fitting Model for a Better Fitting Pant
How Bonobos is capturing the best of both worlds as it straddles the line between digital and physical retailing.