reduce cost Case Interview Questions & Answers

La Poste Benchmarks Operating Costs Against Peers

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

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Honeywell to Replace Carburetor Equipment with Newer Model

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

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Rebar Steel Producer TAMCO Responds to New Competitor

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

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Hollywood Video to Redesign Store Layout & Cut Labor Cost

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

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Chrysler to Implement Just-In-Time Delivery for Auto Parts

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

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