1. Prepare a detailed process flow diagram of a Benihana restaurant on a typical busy night. a) See exhibit 1- Benihana restaurant flow diagram 2. Describe the process flow diagram in detail and contrast it with that of a typical sit-down restaurant. a) See exhibit 2 – typical restaurant flow diagram b) Benihana is much like a typical restaurant in terms of the main process flow of the customers. The flow begins with hungry people entering the restaurant and ends with full/satisfied people
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Synergetic Solutions Report Individual COURSE DATE Professor Synergetic Solutions Report The Synergetic solutions simulation helps in deciding what steps need to be taken to help the company succeed in the networking solutions market. There were different strategies that could be implemented‚ and also actions plans to take in making the company successful. In cases where productivity increases absenteeism was on the decline. This simulation allows for the identification
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School Master of Science in Global Operations ISOM 5700 Operations Management Fall 2014 Instructor: Professor Albert Y. Ha Department of Information System‚ Business Statistics and Operations Management Room 4023‚ LSK Business Building (852) 2358 7724 imayha@ust.hk http://www.bm.ust.hk/~isom/staff/imayha.html Teaching Assistant: Edmond Ho imhcf@ust.hk Course web site: http://lmes2.ust.hk Course Description Operations management is the management of business processes that produce
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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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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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| BX2062 Operations Management | Literature Review | “Too much theory‚ not enough understanding”Veronika12665417 | | | Bachelor Of BusinessSP53 2012 James Cook University Singapore | Article Overview The article was written by Roger W. Schemmer in early 2009. Basically‚ the article is addressing about the usage of theory in operations management. As mentioned in the article‚ theories used in the journal article‚ as science defines it‚ is not at the center of much of the research
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The Encyclopedia of Operations Management Terms by Professor Arthur V. Hill Curtis L. Carlson School of Management 321-19th Avenue South University of Minnesota Minneapolis‚ MN 55455-0413 USA ahill@umn.edu Revised July 20‚ 2003 P O M S Production Operations Management Society The electronic version of this encyclopedia is distributed free of charge by the Production Operations Management Society (POMS) under the conditions that (1) you send corrections and additions to ahill@umn.edu
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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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Sammanfattning – KURS 190: FÖRETAGANDE – OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT – VT08 Operations management p. 3-35 What is operations management? Operations management is the activity of managing resources which are devoted to the production and delivery of products and services. 3 core functions Marketing function – communicating the products to the market. Product/service development function – creating new products/services. Operations function – fulfilling customer requests. Support functions
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