Biddy Bakery

The reason Elizabeth is challenge with her capacity needs and must to move into a more superior facility…Back in the early 80’s a lady by the name Elizabeth McDoogle pet name “Biddy” started a custom-style bakery in Cincinnati, Ohio operated in conjunction with three of her friends to produce a multiplicity of sweets and was sold to the general community and local eateries. There specialty was the McDoogle pie, a deep rich chocolate ingredient combination in a cookie crust, a deep rich chocolate ingredient combination in a cookie crust. The recipe has been handed down from generation to generation in their family. Although this operation started as a hobby in Elizabeth home on the first floor, the business “Biddy bakery” accepted orders in advance however the sales were slow and steady but eventually grew overtime and required additional space to accommodate the business demands for more products. Thus the first floor of Biddy home was converted to accommodate the growing business, but by 1994 the business outgrew the newly renovated space therefore requiring Biddy to research other opposition to effectively operate her business. Midyear of 2000 Biddy unfaltering acquires the adjoining building to move her complete bakery operation into this building, Hence the new building had significantly more space than needed, but the possibility was that business would continue to grow. However Biddy didn’t do her research before acquiring this new facility.
The challenges Biddy was face with in obtaining her building space was that she should have considered the following business practices before moving into the larger building.
The first thing missing was a Business Plan. “A Business Plan is a business strategy to help develop entrepreneurs and managers to help consider numerous facts and strategies decisions. The facts and strategies include developing a mission statement, analyzing market, and focusing on company strengths. These facts are critical to developing

References: Reid, R. D. & Sanders, N. R. (2010). Operations Management: an integrated approach (4th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. Reh, John F (2012). A cost analysis or evaluation is use to establish how successful (http://managements.about.com/cs/moneys/a/CostBenefits.htm)