TABLE OF CONTENTS Bain - All State Shipping Company Bain - Bmex Credit Cards Bain - Fire Hydrants Bain - Museum of Art Brainteaser BCG - Paper Product Manufacturer BCG - Where's the party? BCG - American Computer Fans BCG - Disney Case BCG - Luxury Cars, BCG - Valuation Case Booz Allen - Casa Construction Booz Allen - IT Redundancies General - Haufmann Paper McKinsey - AIDS Cure McKinsey - Carpet Manufacturing Mekinsey - Health Care McKinsey - Househould Cleaning Mckinsey InsureCo McKinsey - Office furniture McKinsey - Shrimp Shellers Miscellaneous - Auto Manufacturing Miscellaneous - Boston Phone Network Miscellaneous - How Many Trucks? Miscellaneous - Piano Marketsizing Miscellaneous - Telephone Company Unknown - Hong Keng port Unknown - Biotech Ine Unknown - Electric Co ZS - Medical Supplier Human Capital - Merger of Two Technology Firms Human Capital - Technology Implementation of ABC Bank Human Capital - Organizational Design in Conjunction with HR Outsourcing Human Capital - Business Transformation Alignment and Communication Human Capital - Learning Assessment 31 32 7 42 43 47 53, 58 62 65 68 70 73 76 79 81 83 88 1 92 96 98 100 101 107 110 114 119 120 121 123 125Culeaga == 638 All-State Shipping Company Our client is All-State Shipping Company Cateaga (SB ‘+ AllsSute Shipping Company ships packages to and from real locations throughout the United States. Customers pick up and drop off packages at these locations. Last year reverie totaled $120 milion, ‘+ Ouretient isthe head of transportation. His duties are to ensure the physical transportation of packages from the offices to the central hub, and fom the hub to the destination, All transport is by ait, + Ourelient has seen recent increases in costs that may strain competition, All-State ‘Shipping Costs ae believed to be four pereent higher than i's direct competitors. + Bain's task is to identify means of reducing costs 32hi YN Roues shown are beet thats nda ofthe fll rutng system. “AlSae Sipping Bain Spe Cae AlLState Shipping Company Cost Structure meago cs “i-Se Sping Bat Spe Case 33Fuel Cost The average price of Fuel at Airports $2.00 in the United States: All-State Shipping average cost of Fuel: $2.40 “lS Sipping Ban Spe Case Fuel Transportation Options for 500 mile gap rk =a Rall sc una wl wt eee Pipetine Pane ta ough be “alse Supping Ban Se Cae 34Interview Guidelines - General CHENG 5 OSB + Swocess on thie case requires the ability o draw eonelusions from slides and make caleulations to support recommendations, + A good candidate should be able to provide a struct and qualitative issues. at touches on both quantitative ‘+ A good candidate should be able to have an analytic way to observe the side, similar to the approach below: pining the sie ~ basically rening outloud ll the information on te side stating with the tagline, pong trough the xi’ and ough the dt given, Analyzing the sie ~ coming up with te mes important takeaway fom te side and illing ‘down othe issues, Next tps ~undertandng and conveying which pth you want take next, Interview Guidelines — Specific (1) CHCAGD CSB “Tis cao ie progrestive the candidate should uncover mae ofthe story wih each slide, Issue Slides 2 and 3 inilly, ace] TT ramen te Adie aaa Bree a a rea eeecena| | Scene eee mnt 3 | muapaoinentteateener: oem || ete om ee ee ‘Rares rede Tena Gsreearemcerae tetas mi || Re f See ta ame en — Sen mertommmemstad aera 35Interview Guidelines ~ Specific (2) CN aT PSS ter ste er a "tno eat ES eect ne srr ses meer Cie in Becretes crabtree ete ist ater mai gqpltieemnana prism oe nag Satan aatilnpe yams pe a oop ah lp The -Sreemnctg ppt oa beaded $95 pr ale hal ay a svat be tod eg on cont Gene pie ot in Ling wie rn Nena 2 Sip Bese Spe 36