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Ozgene: To Advance Humanity – Inspire Curiosity, Maarit Patrick, Mike Dixon
Ozgene: To Advance Humanity – Inspire Curiosity, Maarit Patrick, Mike Dixon
Huntsman School of Business Teaching Scholarship Series
The case introduces the students to Ozgene, an Australian firm that experienced a dramatic reduction in lead time of their products because of implementation of Lean principles. The case can be used in undergraduate or graduate courses in operations management or supply chain management as an introduction to Lean principles. The case also encourages students to consider the challenges that make-to-order differ from those of make-to-stock and explore production design principles.
Bear River Health Department: Covid-19 Contact Tracing, Mike Dixon, Zach Rusk
Bear River Health Department: Covid-19 Contact Tracing, Mike Dixon, Zach Rusk
Huntsman School of Business Teaching Scholarship Series
This case introduces students to a highly variable process that has uncertain demand and processing times. It describes the contact tracing efforts as a response to positive Covid-19 cases in a rural health district in the state of Utah during the first 9 months of the pandemic of 2020. The case puts students in the shoes of the managing director of a health department trying to decide how to best manage a team of contact tracers who are increasingly unable to timely complete their work that is vital to stopping the spread of the disease.