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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | 2013

  Konys, Inc. (TN)

  Deishin Lee and Tunay Tunca

  This case describes the sourcing policy for a consumer electronics company. The company must decide how to structure contracts with their supplier—using a purchase contract, an option contract, or combination of the two. The company can also buy from the spot market. The students use a spreadsheet model with Monte Carlo simulation to analyze the contracting options.

  Keywords: supply chain; contracts; option contract; uncertainty; sourcing; supplier relationship; Supply Chain;

  Citation:

  Lee, Deishin, and Tunay Tunca. "Konys, Inc. (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 613-094, April 2013.

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | 2012 (Revised from original 2010 version)

  Harvest: Organic Waste Recycling with Energy Recovery (A)

  Deishin Lee, Baris Ata and Mustafa H. Tongarlak

  This case describes the waste management industry and a clean technology solution for landfill diversion and renewable energy production. The (A) case focuses on the operational characteristics of waste management and waste to energy, as well as the characteristics of the waste management industry. The intent of the (A) case is to have students perform operational analysis on the organic waste to energy process to evaluate whether a potential new plant is economically feasible and attractive. The (B) case focuses on the sourcing dilemma: pre-processing vs. source separation. To ensure that its waste input fuel is of sufficiently high quality (i.e., low level of inorganic contaminants), the company can either build a pre-processing facility to sort incoming waste to filter out contaminants or work with suppliers to source separate their waste stream.

  Keywords: Renewable Energy; Logistics; Wastes and Waste Processing; Corporate Finance; Green Technology Industry; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry;

  Citation:

  Lee, Deishin, Baris Ata, and Mustafa H. Tongarlak. "Harvest: Organic Waste Recycling with Energy Recovery (A)." Harvard Business School Case 611-033, August 2012. (Revised from original October 2010 version.)

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• Supplement | HBS Case Collection | 2012 (Revised from original 2010 version)

  Harvest: Organic Waste Recycling with Energy Recovery (B)

  Deishin Lee, Baris Ata and Mustafa H. Tongarlak

  This case describes the waste management industry and a clean technology solution for landfill diversion and renewable energy production. The (A) case focuses on the operational characteristics of waste management and waste to energy, and the characteristics of the waste management industry. The intent of the (A) case is to have students perform operational analysis on the organic waste to energy process to evaluate whether a potential new plant is economically feasible and attractive. The (B) case focuses on the sourcing dilemma: pre-processing vs. source separation. To ensure that its waste input fuel is of sufficiently high quality (i.e., low level of inorganic contaminants), the company can either build a pre-processing facility to sort incoming waste to filter out contaminants, or work with suppliers to source separate their waste stream.

  Keywords: Framework; Wastes and Waste Processing; Management; Operations; Social Issues; Problems and Challenges; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Quality; Industry Structures; Energy Industry;

  Citation:

  Lee, Deishin, Baris Ata, and Mustafa H. Tongarlak. "Harvest: Organic Waste Recycling with Energy Recovery (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 611-034, August 2012. (Revised from original October 2010 version.)

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