Posts under Category: reduce cost

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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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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Allure Magazine to Close Printing Facility in Idaho

Case Type: operations strategy; reduce costs
Consulting Firm: ZS Associates first round summer internship job interview.
Industry Coverage: mass media, communications, publishing.

Case Interview Question #00633: Our client Allure is a U.S. women’s beauty and lifestyle magazine, published monthly by magazine publisher Conde Nast (a division of American media company Advance Publications) in New York City. As a national monthly magazine, Allure focuses… Read the rest

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Massachusetts DCF Strives to Close Budget Shortfall

Case Type: increase revenue; reduce costs.
Consulting Firm: Bridgespan Group first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: government & public sector; non-profit organization.

Case Interview Question #00631: Your client The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF), formerly known as the Massachusetts Department of Social Services, is the state agency that receives and responds to reports of child abuse and neglect. DCF conducts… Read the rest

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Huntington Memorial Hospital to Cut Budget by $100 Million

Case Type: reduce costs; increase revenues.
Consulting Firm: Deloitte Consulting (Strategy & Operations) first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: healthcare: hospital & medical; non-profit organization.

Case Interview Question #00572: Our client the Huntington Memorial Hospital is a 635-bed not-for-profit hospital located in Pasadena, California. It is named after Southern California businessman and booster Henry E. Huntington. Huntington Memorial Hospital is a community-based… Read the rest

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