roommate are preparing to start Kristen’s Cookie Company in your on‐campus apartment. The company will provide fresh cookies to starving students late at night. You need to evaluate the preliminary design for the company’s production process to figure out many variables‚ including what prices to charge‚ whether you will be able to make profit and how many orders to accept. Business Concept Your idea is to bake fresh cookies to order‚ using any combination of ingredients that the buyer
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International operations management Case: Benihana of Tokyo Case Preparation: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What are the differences between the Benihana production process and that of a typical restaurant? Examine the production system in detail. (Try and draw a simple process diagram). What are the major design choices which generate operating efficiencies? What is the process flow at Benihana? How many customers can the restaurant process and what is this as cash flow? What role does the cocktail lounge serve
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a bit of fat was left which was dramatically trimmed during Live Cooking in front of diners. Benihana were authentically decorated in Japanese traditional arts. Walls‚ ceilings‚ beams‚ artifacts and decorative lights were all from Japan. This resulted in giving anexclusive ambience to the customers which in turn became unique differentiating factor for the Benihana. In a very short span of time Benihana of Tokoy has expanded in U.S Market and it has developed its own cliental which is not only exhibiting
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IE 271 Operations Analysis and Design Homework 1 Due date March 3rd‚ 2013 The following is a project proposal from an automotive manufacturer located in Ankara. This manufacturer conducts its after-sales service processes through 32 authorized service stations spread all over Turkey. There is also a customer service department at the headquarters employing 4 technical auditors responsible for the 32 service stations. These 4 technical auditors visit the 32 service stations periodically
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BENIHANA - CASE QUESTIONS / DISCUSSION _WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE BENIHANA PRODUCTION PROCESS AND THAT OF A TYPICAL RESTAURANT?_ The key difference was the way in which food was prepared. During the time period of the case Teppanyaki style dining was unknown in the United States. In this model‚ food was prepped table side by a chef instead of a kitchen in back. In this setup‚ customers were entertained with a "dinner show" and were able to see their (foreign/exotic) meal being prepared
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1) Sales and costs (percentages are relative to gross sales‚ unless stated otherwise) | Percentages | Dollars/yr | | Typical Restaurant | Typical Benihana Restaurant | Typical Benihana Restaurant | Gross Sales | 100% | 100% | $1‚300‚000 | Food Sales | 70-80% | 70% | $910‚000 | Beverage Sales | 20-30% | 30% | $390‚000 | Food cost‚ % of food sales | 38-48% | 30% | $273‚000 | Beverage cost‚ % of beverage sales | 25-30% | 20% | $78‚000 | Gross profit | 55-65% | 73% | $949‚000 |
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restaurant which is an existing restaurant in Kato Paphos. Benihana is located near the sea‚ in the heart of one of the most popular tourist places for summer holidays in Paphos‚ Cyprus. It was set up in 2006 and had followed a successful track for almost seven years. However after the founder left the country‚ the restaurant remained closed until recently pending the completion of the obtainment of the estate from the ex owner. Benihana is an existing medium-sized restaurant with a fully equipped
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CHALLENGE 1 How many additional customers can Benihana service with batching? First of all‚ it was obvious from the first glance that batching strategy was the right one‚ as it was profitable. On the contrary‚ the non-batching strategy it was not profitable and there was a loss of $ 201.58. This is due to the fact that batching allows the restaurant to use fewer chefs which lowers the fixed costs maximizing the profit. We can also notice that in the cases of batching versus the cases of non
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fluid is flow work. Flow Work (Flow Energy) A Flow Element Flow Work with Imaginary Piston Click to View Movie (68 kB) Work is needed to push the fluid into or out of the boundaries of a control volume if mass flow is involved. This work is called the flow work (flow energy). Flow work is necessary for maintaining a continuous flow through a control volume. Consider a fluid element of volume V‚ pressure P‚ and cross-sectional area A as shown left. The flow immediately
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Design a flow chart for a process Zoey Johnson University of Phoenix OPS/571 October 27‚ 2012 One process that seems to be a never ending process in my daily life is doing laundry. With a household of six people‚ the laundry needs to be done daily or else it will overtake the house quickly. To help illustrate the laundry process I have used Microsoft Word to create a flowchart that depicts the process. Using flowcharts is valuable because the flow of logic is shown throughout the process. Much
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