Management Consulting Case Interviews » reduce cost http://www.consultingcase101.com Sat, 18 May 2013 09:52:44 +0000 en hourly 1 Graphic Packaging to Reduce Paperboard Thickness http://www.consultingcase101.com/graphic-packaging-to-reduce-paperboard-thickness/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/graphic-packaging-to-reduce-paperboard-thickness/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:21:31 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=3267 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

]]> http://www.consultingcase101.com/graphic-packaging-to-reduce-paperboard-thickness/feed/ 0 Health Net to Reduce Cost of Physicians Referral http://www.consultingcase101.com/health-net-to-reduce-cost-of-physicians-referral/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/health-net-to-reduce-cost-of-physicians-referral/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:11:20 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=3200 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

]]> http://www.consultingcase101.com/health-net-to-reduce-cost-of-physicians-referral/feed/ 0 Allure Magazine to Close Printing Facility in Idaho http://www.consultingcase101.com/allure-magazine-to-close-printing-facility-in-idaho/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/allure-magazine-to-close-printing-facility-in-idaho/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:24:44 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=3117 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

]]> http://www.consultingcase101.com/allure-magazine-to-close-printing-facility-in-idaho/feed/ 0 Massachusetts DCF Strives to Close Budget Shortfall http://www.consultingcase101.com/massachusetts-dcf-strives-to-close-budget-shortfall/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/massachusetts-dcf-strives-to-close-budget-shortfall/#comments Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:47:55 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=3109 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

]]> http://www.consultingcase101.com/massachusetts-dcf-strives-to-close-budget-shortfall/feed/ 0 Huntington Memorial Hospital to Cut Budget by $100 Million http://www.consultingcase101.com/huntington-memorial-hospital-to-cut-budget-by-100-million/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/huntington-memorial-hospital-to-cut-budget-by-100-million/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 08:13:16 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=2921 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

]]> http://www.consultingcase101.com/huntington-memorial-hospital-to-cut-budget-by-100-million/feed/ 0 Fluor Corporation to Eliminate 750 Engineer Positions http://www.consultingcase101.com/fluor-corporation-to-eliminate-750-engineer-positions/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/fluor-corporation-to-eliminate-750-engineer-positions/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:57:30 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=2763 Case Type: reduce costs.
Consulting Firm: Booz & Company first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: engineering & construction.

Case Interview Question #00532: The client Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) is a large publicly owned engineering, procurement, construction, and maintenance (EPC / M) services organization. Based in the Las Colinas area of Irving, Texas, the company employs more than 41,000 international employees and maintains offices in… Read the rest

]]> http://www.consultingcase101.com/fluor-corporation-to-eliminate-750-engineer-positions/feed/ 0 MDP to Re-design Supply Chain for Metal Processing Factory http://www.consultingcase101.com/mdp-to-re-design-supply-chain-for-metal-processing-factory/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/mdp-to-re-design-supply-chain-for-metal-processing-factory/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:02:53 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=2720 Case Type: reduce costs; operations strategy.
Consulting Firm: AlixPartners second round job interview.
Industry Coverage: Freight Delivery, Shipping Services; Transportation.

Case Interview Question #00520: Our client Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts of privately held or publicly traded companies, or divisions of larger companies; recapitalizations of family owned or closely held companies; balance sheet restructurings;… Read the rest

]]> http://www.consultingcase101.com/mdp-to-re-design-supply-chain-for-metal-processing-factory/feed/ 0 HeidelbergCement to Optimize Cement Distribution Costs http://www.consultingcase101.com/heidelbergcement-to-optimize-cement-distribution-costs/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/heidelbergcement-to-optimize-cement-distribution-costs/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 06:52:12 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=2700 Case Type: improve profitability; reduce costs.
Consulting Firm: Roland Berger Strategy Consultants first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: building materials.

Case Interview Question #00513: HeidelbergCement (FWB: HEI) is a multinational building materials manufacturing company headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany. It is currently the world’s third largest cement producer, the market leader in aggregates and fourth in ready-mix concrete as of 2010. The company employs… Read the rest

]]> http://www.consultingcase101.com/heidelbergcement-to-optimize-cement-distribution-costs/feed/ 0 Drug Maker Merck & CO to Cut Costs in Sales Force http://www.consultingcase101.com/drug-maker-merck-co-to-cut-costs-in-sales-force/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/drug-maker-merck-co-to-cut-costs-in-sales-force/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 06:17:16 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=2687 Case Type: organizational behavior; reduce costs.
Consulting Firm: IMS Health Consulting Group first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: healthcare: pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences.

Note: This business case is hypothetical.

Case Interview Question #00509: The client Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK), also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD outside the United States and Canada, is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies… Read the rest

]]> http://www.consultingcase101.com/drug-maker-merck-co-to-cut-costs-in-sales-force/feed/ 1 Ineos to Improve Profitability by Trimming Material Costs http://www.consultingcase101.com/ineos-to-improve-profitability-by-trimming-material-costs/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/ineos-to-improve-profitability-by-trimming-material-costs/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:51:19 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=2646 Case Type: improve profitability; reduce costs.
Consulting Firm: A.T. Kearney first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: chemicals industry.

Case Interview Question #00497: Our client is the CEO of INEOS Group Limited, a privately owned European chemical company headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland and with its registered office in Lyndhurst, United Kingdom. Currently Ineos is the third largest chemicals company in the world measured by… Read the rest

]]> http://www.consultingcase101.com/ineos-to-improve-profitability-by-trimming-material-costs/feed/ 2 La Poste Benchmarks Operating Costs Against Peers http://www.consultingcase101.com/la-poste-benchmarks-operating-costs-against-peers/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/la-poste-benchmarks-operating-costs-against-peers/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:00:46 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=2641 Case Type: business competition, competitive benchmarking; reduce costs.
Consulting Firm: Oliver Wyman second round job interview.
Industry Coverage: government & public sector; freight delivery, shipping services.

Case Interview Question #00495: Our client La Poste is the state-owned public limited company providing mail service in France (similar to United States Postal Service in the US). It is headquartered in the 15th arrondissement… Read the rest

]]> http://www.consultingcase101.com/la-poste-benchmarks-operating-costs-against-peers/feed/ 0 Honeywell to Replace Carburetor Equipment with Newer Model http://www.consultingcase101.com/honeywell-to-replace-carburetor-equipment-with-newer-model/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/honeywell-to-replace-carburetor-equipment-with-newer-model/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:08:40 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=2633 Case Type: improve profitability; reduce cost.
Consulting Firm: Deloitte Consulting first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: industrial equipment; automotive, motor vehicles.

Case Interview Question #00492: Your client is a division of Morristown, New Jersey-based Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON), a major conglomerate company that produces a variety of consumer automotive products, engineering services, and aerospace systems for a wide variety of customers,… Read the rest

]]> http://www.consultingcase101.com/honeywell-to-replace-carburetor-equipment-with-newer-model/feed/ 0 Rebar Steel Producer TAMCO Responds to New Competitor http://www.consultingcase101.com/rebar-steel-producer-tamco-responds-to-new-competitor/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/rebar-steel-producer-tamco-responds-to-new-competitor/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:30:38 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=2585 Case Type: business competition, competitive response; reduce costs.
Consulting Firm: NERA Economic Consulting first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: metals production; manufacturing

Case Interview Question #00477: TAMCO Steel, Inc. is a rebar steel manufacturer based in Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States. A rebar (short for reinforcing bar), also known as reinforcing steel or reinforcement steel, is a common steel bar, and is… Read the rest

]]> http://www.consultingcase101.com/rebar-steel-producer-tamco-responds-to-new-competitor/feed/ 0 Hollywood Video to Redesign Store Layout & Cut Labor Cost http://www.consultingcase101.com/hollywood-video-to-redesign-store-layout-cut-labor-cost/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/hollywood-video-to-redesign-store-layout-cut-labor-cost/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:39:08 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=2508 Case Type: improve profitability; reduce costs.
Consulting Firm: Oliver Wyman 2nd round job interview.
Industry Coverage: entertainment.

Case Interview Question #00451: Our client Hollywood Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: HLYW), better known as Hollywood Video, is a Video Home System (VHS), DVD, Blu ray Discs, and video game rental store company headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon, United States. The chain was the largest direct competitor to… Read the rest

]]> http://www.consultingcase101.com/hollywood-video-to-redesign-store-layout-cut-labor-cost/feed/ 0 Chrysler to Implement Just-In-Time Delivery for Auto Parts http://www.consultingcase101.com/chrysler-to-implement-just-in-time-delivery-for-auto-parts/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/chrysler-to-implement-just-in-time-delivery-for-auto-parts/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:58:44 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=2497 Case Type: reduce costs.
Consulting Firm: Cognizant Business Consulting (CBC) second round job interview.
Industry Coverage: automotive, motor vehicles.

Case Interview Question #00449: Our client Chrysler Group LLC is a global automaker headquartered in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills, Michigan. It is the third largest of the “Big Three” automobile manufacturers in the US, after General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Ford Motor Company… Read the rest

]]> http://www.consultingcase101.com/chrysler-to-implement-just-in-time-delivery-for-auto-parts/feed/ 0 Rite Aid Pharmacy Minimize Costs & Expand Client Base http://www.consultingcase101.com/rite-aid-pharmacy-minimize-costs-expand-client-base/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/rite-aid-pharmacy-minimize-costs-expand-client-base/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:10:40 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=2489 Case Type: reduce costs; increase sales/revenues.
Consulting Firm: A.T. Kearney first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: healthcare: hospital & medical.

Case Interview Question #00446: Our client Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) is a large drugstore chain in the United States and a Fortune 500 company headquartered in East Pennsboro Township, Pennsylvania. Currently as of June 2011, Rite Aid is the largest drugstore chain on… Read the rest

]]> http://www.consultingcase101.com/rite-aid-pharmacy-minimize-costs-expand-client-base/feed/ 0 UPS to Cut Costs and Return Profit Margins Back to 10% http://www.consultingcase101.com/ups-to-cut-costs-and-return-profit-margins-back-to-10-percent/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/ups-to-cut-costs-and-return-profit-margins-back-to-10-percent/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:53:29 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=2468 Case Type: reduce costs; improve profitability.
Consulting Firm: Towers Watson final round job interview.
Industry Coverage: Freight Delivery, Shipping Services; Transportation.

Case Interview Question #00439: Our client United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) is a $30 billion transportation, shipping, and package delivery company. Headquartered in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States, UPS delivers more than 15 million packages a… Read the rest

]]> http://www.consultingcase101.com/ups-to-cut-costs-and-return-profit-margins-back-to-10-percent/feed/ 0 Rockwell Collins to Diagnose Problems in Supply Chain http://www.consultingcase101.com/rockwell-collins-to-diagnose-problems-in-supply-chain/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/rockwell-collins-to-diagnose-problems-in-supply-chain/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:22:15 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=2284 Case Type: operations strategy, supply chain optimization; reduce costs.
Consulting Firm: A.T. Kearney final round job interview.
Industry Coverage: aerospace & defense.

Case Interview Question #00387: The client Rockwell Collins Inc. (NYSE: COL) is a large international aerospace and defense company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. It primarily provides aviation and information technology (IT) systems and services to governmental agencies and… Read the rest

]]> http://www.consultingcase101.com/rockwell-collins-to-diagnose-problems-in-supply-chain/feed/ 0 AECOM to Cut Spending in External Legal Counsel & Litigation http://www.consultingcase101.com/aecom-to-cut-spending-in-external-legal-counsel-litigation/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/aecom-to-cut-spending-in-external-legal-counsel-litigation/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:31:45 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=2281 Case Type: reduce costs.
Consulting Firm: A.T. Kearney second round job interview.
Industry Coverage: law, legal services; engineering & construction.

Case Interview Question #00386: Our client AECOM Technology Corporation (NYSE: ACM, AECOM is an acronym for Architecture, Engineering, Consulting, Operations and Management) is a Real Estate Construction Services company. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, it provides architectural design, construction, engineering, technical and management… Read the rest

]]> http://www.consultingcase101.com/aecom-to-cut-spending-in-external-legal-counsel-litigation/feed/ 0 Wrigley to Cut Flavoring Cost in Flavored Chewing Gum http://www.consultingcase101.com/wrigley-to-cut-flavoring-cost-in-flavored-chewing-gum/ http://www.consultingcase101.com/wrigley-to-cut-flavoring-cost-in-flavored-chewing-gum/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:41:34 +0000 ibh http://www.consultingcase101.com/?p=2277 Case Type: reduce costs; improve profitability.
Consulting Firm: A.T. Kearney first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: Food & Beverages; Consumer Products.

Case Interview Question #00385: The client Wrigley Company (NYSE: WWY, acquired by confectionery and food manufacturer Mars Incorporated in April 2008) is a chewing gum manufacturer headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The company currently sells its chewing gum products in… Read the rest

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