Kerrie Peterson is the General Manager for Access. Kerrie is challenged with a near impossible task to find a way to decrease operating costs, by 15 percent (Gurley, & Tavakoli, 2014). The original budget is 500 million; Kerrie must find a way to reduce it by 75 million. The idea was discussed in a meeting regarding the recession and 3rd quarter revenue decrease. Kerrie had a strong feeling she could conjure up an idea to meet the goal. However, the real challenge is convincing senior management to agree with the 15 percent decrease. Kerrie has only been General Manager for two years (Gurley, & Tavakoli, 2014). Furthermore, members of the Senior Management team ranged from 5 to 10 years. In order to pitch the idea, Kerrie knew she had to implement