Case Three: Kristen’s Cookie Company Kate Johnson INTRODUCTION For many students on a college campus, late nights are as common as group projects and comprehensive tests. During these late nights, snacks can help keep a student focused. Kristen’s Cookie Company (KCC), hopes to capitalize on this fact by providing these students with customizable (perceived quality), high quality, freshly made cookies (aesthetic quality) with a quick delivery time (serviceability) in close proximity to the
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Case Report: Kristen's Cookie company 1. It takes 26 minutes to complete a rush order, that is, the addition of the time it takes to complete each step: 6 (wash and mix) + 2 (spoon) + 10 (load and bake) + 5 (unload and cool) + 2 (pack) + 1 (pay) = 26. Process flow diagram of the cookie-making process: Me Mixer Me Spoon and tray Roommate Oven and tray Oven and tray INPUT OUTPUT Roommate Oven and tray Tray Roommate Roommate Remarks: Since it does not consume any time
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Running Head: KRISTEN’S COOKIE COMPANY 1 Kristen’s Cookie Company: An Effective Production Process ABSTRACT This paper will explore the Kristen’s Cookies business concept and evaluate if the company current status is profitability. We will review the ability to take orders, pricing the product, developing policies. Kristen’s Cookie Company is a business idea thought up by two roommates who are trying to tap into a market which caters to starving college students in the late night
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Kristen’s Cookie Company Case Study OPTM 6090 Spring 2014 Team 1 Executive Summary Kristen and her roommate have planned the Kristen’s Cookie Company (KCC) as a joint venture to create and operate a successful business operated in a college campus apartment, with potential to grow in the future. The core competency is providing made-to-order fresh cookies after standard business operating hours. There are several immediate decisions to address including scale of operation, business
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Assignment 1 Operations Management I Kristen’s Cookie Company (A1) Total (50) Marks Weightage 10% Lead Questions for Assignment 1 1. How long will it take you to fill an order? (8) marks Operation | Time (mins) | Quunatiy (dozen) | Washing, Mixing etc | 6 | 3 | Spooning | 2 | 1 | Resetting & Baking | 10 | 1 | Cooling | 5 | 1 | Packing | 2 | 1 | Accepting Payment | 1 | - | For filling in a rush order Time taken = 6+2+10+5+2+1 = 26 mins 2. How many orders
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Or why is it so difficult to deliver books to customers on time and at a low cost? Transfer the inventory to a distributor 3 Potential Solutions: Transfer the inventory to the distributor Example: In the early days of Amazon.com the company did not keep any inventory of books. 4 Potential Solutions: Transfer the inventory to the distributor Amazon’s Order – The supplier Ingram kept the books for Amazon. – Once Amazon received an order, it was transmitted to Ingram. – Ingram
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Illustrative Exam 1[1] Solutions BUAD311 – Operations Management Section A: Multiple Choices (circle only one) 1. Which of the following statement is correct? a. Make-to-order systems are better than make-to-stock systems. b. Make-to-stock systems are better than make-to-order systems. c. Hybrid systems are perfect and better than both MTO and MTS systems. d. Hybrid systems are worse than both MTO and MTS systems. e. None of the above e): It is hard to tell which
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the first order is in the oven baking. Each dozen of cookies the company will need 26 minutes, and for each additional dozen the
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Solution to Kristen's Cookie Company (A) Before answering specific questions, it is useful to make a diagram of the overall process: [pic] Note that in this diagram, activities are arranged in columns to indicate which resources are being used. Inside each activity symbol are written the capacity (in dozens of cookies) and the cycle time (in minutes). 1. How long will it take for you to fill a rush order? Assuming this order is for one dozen cookies, we will need to do the following: |Activity
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PROGRAMA DE ESPECIALIZACION PARA EJECUTIVOS 2012/5 LEAN MANUFACTURING TEMA: CASO KRISTEN’S COOKIE COMPANY (A1) PROFESOR: Noviembre, 2012 INTRODUCCION Kristen’s Cookie Company es una compañía que se fundará en Soldiers Field Park, con el propósito de vender cookies frescos elaborados sólo sobre pedido (estrategia pull), teniendo como clientes a los alumnos de primer año. Los clientes podrán solicitar los cookies, con la incorporación de algunos o todos los ingredientes de fantasía
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