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    • Ahmedabad Municipal Hospitals 

      Ramani, K. V. (2010-08-19)
    • Alchemist Hospital 

      Ramani, K. V.; Verma, Vinay; Garg, Abhishek (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-04-11)
      Dr. Vinay Verma, the CEO of Alchemist Hospital has been observing long waiting lines for outpatient consultations. He was aware of the importance of outpatient service quality so as to retain the outpatients who required ...
    • Alchemist Hospital: A Teaching Note 

      Ramani, K. V. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-04-11)
    • AMC Hospitals 

      Ramani, K. V.; Lakhia, Tushar (2010-08-27)
      Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) administers three large general hospitals namely, VS Hospital, SCL Hospital, and LG Hospital for providing tertiary health care services to its citizens. As teaching hospitals, VS, ...
    • Bharat Seaports Authority 

      Ramani, K. V. (2010-08-17)
      India, the second largest country in Asia, and the seventh largest country in the world, has a coastline stretching over 7000 km. However, sea transportation has not received much attention of the policy makers. Port ...
    • BIAC Hospital 

      Basavatarakam, Basanthrayani; Ramani, K. V. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013)
    • Blood Transfusion Services 

      Ramani, K. V.; Mavalankar, Dileep; Govil, Dipti (2010-09-03)
      Blood is a vital healthcare resource routinely used in a broad range of hospital procedures. It is also a potential vector for harmful, and sometimes fatal, infectious diseases such as HIV, HBV, and HCV. Morbidity and ...
    • Civil Registration System 

      Raman, Parvathy Sankar; Ramani, K. V. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013)
    • DHL Goes Open 

      Ramani, K. V. (2010-08-06)
      DHL, known after its founders Dalsey, Hillblom, and Lynn was born in 1969 to serve a specific need of the maritime industry: to reduce the time for customs clearance of sea borne cargo. DHL introduced an air-express ...
    • Family Planning in Bihar 

      Ramani, K. V. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013)
    • Family Planning in Bihar 

      Mavalankar, Dileep; Ramani, K. V.; Srivastava, Amit Kumar (2010-09-06)
      Since 1951, Government of India is trying to control the population and its consequences through different family planning activities. Bihar, one of the most populous and backward states in India, is also taking initiatives ...
    • FAST Project: E-Governance in Andhra Pradesh 

      Ramani, K. V.; Verma, Sanjay (2010-08-19)
      This case describes a successful E-Governance application in the State of Andhra Pradesh. The application pertains to the State Department of Transportation in issuing Learner’‘s licence, Driver’‘s licence, Registration ...
    • A Framework for Decision Support System 

      Ramani, K. V. (2010-08-09)
      This note discusses a conceptual framework for Decision Support Systems. It traces the evolution of DSS based on two disparate approaches to management decisions that can be labelled as the Management Science Approach and ...
    • Free Drug Distribution System in Bihar 

      Mavalankar, Dileep; Ramani, K. V.; Srivastava, Amit Kumar (2010-09-06)
      Government is the largest provider of health services in Bihar, but it has a long history of non-performance. With the change of government, the state decided to provide medicines free of cost for most common ailments to ...
    • Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute (M P Shah Cancer Hospital) 

      Ramani, K. V.; Chavda, Narendrabhai (2010-08-30)
      Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute is facing financial constraints due to increased cost of medical care and a freeze on the grant it receives from the state government. It is, therefore, necessary to look at avenues for ...
    • Indian Railways (A): An MIS for Planning Resource Utilization 

      Ramani, K. V. (2010-08-13)
      In this case, an MIS for the utilization of passenger cars and locomotives in the Indian Railways is discussed. The existing system of utilization is discussed, and the inadequacy of the performance indicators brought ...
    • Indian Railways (B) 

      Ramani, K. V. (2010-08-17)
      Indian Railways is the world’‘s second largest railway system under a single management, and the largest in Asia. IR has a regular work-force of 1.6 million employees. Its fleet of rolling stock includes over 9000 locomotives, ...
    • Inventory Control: Spreadsheet Analysis 

      Ramani, K. V. (2010-08-13)
      This caselet describes a common inventory control situation faced by many organizations. The aim of the caselet is to develop "spreadsheet analysis skills’‘ in modelling a "what-IF" situation and help the decision maker ...
    • IT for Business Strategy at DBS Bank (Singapore) 

      Ramani, K. V. (2010-08-06)
      Development Bank of Singapore undertook a major business planning exercise in the mid 1980s, as a part of its overall strategy, to gain a distinct competitive advantage in the banking industry. The bank adopted a strategy ...