Publications
Publications
- January 1988 (Revised March 1995)
- HBS Case Collection
Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (C1)
By: David A. Garvin
Abstract
To follow Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (B2). The division has just received a request for dramatically increased production. If it complies with the request, it will have to expedite production, override the MRP II system and the planned schedule. Should it accept the order? The case forces students to consider the tensions between an uncertain market and environment and disciplined manufacturing plans.
Keywords
Decision Choices and Conditions; Markets; Production; Planning; Risk and Uncertainty; Situation or Environment; System
Citation
Garvin, David A. "Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (C1)." Harvard Business School Supplement 688-062, January 1988. (Revised March 1995.)