Publications
Publications
- August 1995 (Revised December 2006)
- HBS Case Collection
Stonehaven, Inc.
By: H. Kent Bowen and Ramchandran Jaikumar
Abstract
Stonehaven is a disguised version of a shoe factory located in Central Europe that must respond quickly to mix and volume changes for the U.S.-based company. Shoemaking involves several distinctly different processes, which must be designed and managed in a way to give high performance (lead time, cost, productivity).
Keywords
Operations; Business Processes; Performance Capacity; Change Management; Design; Consumer Products Industry; Europe; United States
Citation
Bowen, H. Kent, and Ramchandran Jaikumar. "Stonehaven, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 696-048, August 1995. (Revised December 2006.)