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Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

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Hi Yiqing, In a candidate-led case, the interviewee needs to solve the case themselves. They have to create a strong framework and demonstrate strong case leadership to drive the case forward effectively and reach the a ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Keep stable profit margin

Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

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Cristian

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Victoria, happy to help but I struggle to understand the question for now. Can you provide more details as to what you don't understand? Also, adding here a resource for common terms that show up in case interviews. Mi ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Difference between effective vs base price

Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

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Cristian

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Hi there, If you ever saw an ad for a car, the price that they show you there is the base price. Go talk to the dealer and all of a sudden you have other costs to worry about. What you'll end up paying is the effectiv ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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II. Analysis - 2. What could be possible reasons? - b) Idea 2: Cooperation with energy provider

Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

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You are correct in your statement. I should highlight, however, that the answer provided in the case is not necessarily correct. There are a lot of things that are being erroneously disregarded: Not considering time-val ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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II. Analysis - 2. What could be possible reasons? - a) Idea 1: Battery warranty

Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

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Hi there, the company wants to cover the cost of such warranty. To do so, they calculate the Expected Cost, which is a function of the cost per such incident (= $5,000 replacement cost); AND the probability of such ev ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Does the case proceed analytically?

Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

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Ah ha! You have uncovered an under-spoken truth when it comes to casing: Most cases don't make perfect sense! Yes, this is true! This even applies to some cases I have written. Why? Well, a few reasons: We have 20-25 mi ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Loads of information

Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

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Hi Markus, I would be happy to share my thoughts on it: First of all, in my opinion, not all of the "additional information" listed in the case study needs to be inquired about from the candidate. Therefore, I would hig ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Charging cycle - economics of EV

Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

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In classic interview form, I don't think that information is relevant when calculating the total revenue of EVs in this case. To use it, you would also need the time it takes to charge an EV. Cases sometimes throw in ir ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Nice case with a couple of missed analysis

Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

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Hi Arun, I agree! In general, most cases can have additional “brownie points”. It is, however, impossible to predict/write down them all so it is the interviewer's job to notice creativity and next-level thinking. There ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Revenue

Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

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Hi Tanvi, This one is a bit tricky! The installation cost per station is 40% of 750€ which equals 300. The following sentence in the case is your clue: "Total cost including installation of the station is € 750, of whic ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Young ppl in large city interested in 150km? Why?? :(

Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

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Hi there, Diagram 2 = city vs. rural Diagram 3 = young They are putting insights from the 2 together. From diagram 2 you can see that WTP increases linearly for people in large cities (though the largest increase happen ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Question about the percentage of customers

Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

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Hi there, I can help you on this. For each car sold you lose EUR -1,000, given the decrease in price (no matter if sold with warranty or not) For each car with warranty you will have a profit of EUR 1,250 (pri ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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80% of customers have to buy the warranty ? how to calculate this number?

Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

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Why is the revenue generated at 300 euros for the partnership section?

Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

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Hi Ukasha, Lucky for you this question has already been asked and answered! Here: https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/idea-2-cooperation-with-energy-provider-npv-calculation-5422 As Antonello notes: "T ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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How did you caluculate the % of clients that must buy the warranty with the new price to maintain profits constant? Thx

Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

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Ciao Chiara, I'll try to make this point of the business case clear for you. Let's consider the following data for Model 300: Original price: 51,000€ New price: 50,000€ Price decline: 50,000€-51,000€ = 1,000€ ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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What would be the ideal approach and structure for the interviewee?

Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

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Hi there, Please never have a bucket that is "Understanding the problem"...this is implied i.e. the entire point of a framework! Please also don't have a "Recommendations" bucket. Exact same reason...it's implied th ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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warranty calculation

Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

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Year 1 (7%) + Year 2 (5%) + Year 3 (4%) + Year 4 (2%) + Year 5 (4%) = 22%

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Percentage of customers needed to buy the warranty in order to keep WyCar’s profit margin from model “300” stable

Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

Neueste Antwort am 20. Aug. 2020

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Hi there, Fair question! So, because we are losing revenue from price reduction, we need to make up for this by gaining revenue from warranty sales. This is a classic breakeven! So, first, create the full formul ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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How do you calculate the percentage of Customers to keep profit margin stable?

Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

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Hi Franziska, This is a classic breakeven! So, first, create the full formula, and then pulg-in what's missing. Profit from warranty* % quantity sold = Profit loss from car (Revenue from warranty - expected co ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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how to understand the last calculation

Oliver Wyman case: Full Electrons Ahead

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Hello, I will try to make it clearer for you: Decrease in profit due to change of price = Old price - New price = 51.000 - 50.000 = 1.000 Profit for each warranty sold = Revenues - cost of replacement = 2.350 - ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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