Posts under Category: improve profitability

Graphic Packaging to Reduce Paperboard Thickness

Case Type: improve profitability; reduce costs.
Consulting Firm: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: forestry, pulp, paper products.

Case Interview Question #00676: Our client Graphic Packaging (NYSE: GPK) is a Fortune 1000 corporation based in Marietta, Georgia, United States. It is a leading company in the design and manufacturing of packaging for commercial products. GP has created… Read the rest

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Chicago’s Clare at Water Tower Has No Profitability Problem

Case Type: improve profitability.
Consulting Firm: Mercer Consulting first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: property & real estate.

Case Interview Question #00669: A retirement home, sometimes called an old people’s home or a nursing home, is a multi-residence housing facility intended for senior citizens. Typically each person or couple in the home has an apartment-style room or suite of rooms. Additional facilities… Read the rest

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Cadbury Adams to Raise Price for Flavored Trident Gum

Case Type: improve profitability.
Consulting Firm: FTI Consulting first round summer internship job interview.
Industry Coverage: Food & Beverages; Consumer Products.

Case Interview Question #00667: Trident is a brand of chewing gum (a.k.a. bubble gum) manufactured by Cadbury Adams USA, the US division of British candy giant Cadbury (owned by Kraft Foods Group, NYSE: KFT). Trident is one of the most popular sugar-free… Read the rest

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Penn Campus Video Store Sees Profits Drop Sharply

Case Type: improve profitability.
Consulting Firm: Navigant Consulting first round summer internship job interview.
Industry Coverage: entertainment.

Case Interview Question #00662: You are a fresh MBA just graduated from Wharton Business School. Two business school classmates of yours laud their entrepreneurship intentions and mock your interest in entering the management consulting industry. They decide that despite recent trends, what is needed is a video… Read the rest

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Health Net to Reduce Cost of Physicians Referral

Case Type: improve profitability; reduce costs.
Consulting Firm: Kaiser Associates first round full time job interview.
Industry Coverage: healthcare: hospital & medical.

Case Interview Question #00656: Health Net, Inc. (NYSE: HNT) is a large managed health care company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. The company’s HMO, POS, insured PPO and government contracts subsidiaries provide health care benefits to more than… Read the rest

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