Brian S Lunch

1) Give a brief summary of the case. The case summaries about how a couple named Brian and Tonya come to a conclusion on how to have their everyday lunch. The couple were at constant argument with each other about how to save money for a vacation to Rome. However, those discussions would always involve their packing of lunches. In this case they average out that they require 40 lunches each month. They also estimated that having lunch outside would cost them around 15$ each whereas lunch packed from home averaged to about $5 each. By this estimation they also concluded that that the latter was more nutritious and healthy when compared to outside lunches. By having home made lunches they would save $4800 a year which is enough for a 10 day trip to Rome. They talk to each other to make a serious commitment towards packing lunch from home. Brian employs the concept of "Inventory control and reorder point" for their lunch packing from home which he had learned in his class. This concept would help them on how much inventory they have to keep to avoid running out. In between their conversation Tonya reminds Brian that packing lunch from home is not always possible as sometimes they might be having some lunch meetings and at times for a change they might want to have lunch outside. Taking this into consideration Brian concludes that they can have have a lunch meeting once in a week however, this would effect their planned out savings amount as it would come down to $3840. Tonya says that even $3840 would be sufficient for their trip to Rome.
Brain then explains Tonya on how they can improve their process. Brian categorizes their lunch into three microwaveable, leftovers and freshly prepared. He also says that they have to double the amount of quantity of groceries they usually buy from the store and a restore point of a grocery to 4. So once any grocery reaches to that number they can restore that grocery. Tonya then conveys to Brian that