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Posts under Category: reduce cost
Morgan Stanley to Cut IT Budget 10% Through Outsourcing
Case Type: reduce costs.
Consulting Firm: Diamond Management & Technology Consultants (now PwC Advisory) 2nd round job interview.
Industry Coverage: financial services; software, information technology (IT).
Case Interview Questions #00371: Your client Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is a global financial services firm serving a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Headquartered in New York City, New York, United States, Morgan Stanley… Read the rest
ExxonMobil Optimizes Supplier Selection to Cut Costs
Case Type: reduce costs.
Consulting Firm: Schlumberger Business Consulting (SBC) first round summer internship interview.
Industry Coverage: oil, gas & petroleum industry.
Case Interview Question #00368: The client Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) is a large multinational oil and gas company. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, United States, ExxonMobil has operations worldwide with 37 oil refineries in 21 countries constituting a combined daily refining capacity… Read the rest
OfficeMax to Separate Shipping Charges from Retail Price
Case Type: reduce costs; business competition, competitive benchmark.
Consulting Firm: Aon Hewitt first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: office supplies; retail.
Case Interview Question #00360: Your client OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) is an American office supplies retailer headquartered in Naperville, Illinois. The retail chain has a total of 991 stores as of April 2011, and revenue was US$7.1 Billion in fiscal year 2010.… Read the rest
Johnson Controls to Boost Its Return on Net Asset by 5%
Case Type: operations strategy; reduce costs.
Consulting Firm: Mercer Management Consulting 2nd round job interview.
Industry Coverage: manufacturing; electronics.
Case Interview Question #00325: The client Johnson Controls Inc. (NYSE: JCI) is a manufacturing company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It is a Fortune 500 diversified, multi-industrial company with more than 142,000 employees in 1,300 locations across six continents. This case involves… Read the rest
T-Mobile Streamlines Operations & Improves Customer Retention
Case Type: increase sales/revenues; reduce costs; HR/organizational behavior.
Consulting Firm: Aon Hewitt 2nd round job interview.
Industry Coverage: telecommunications & network.
Case Interview Question #00323: You are a project manager at Aon Hewitt. The senior partner at your firm wants you to manage a team of four other consultants to address the following client problem. Your client is the VP of Customer… Read the rest