| Kristen’s Cookie Company | Sunset Team 4 | A. Dobo‚ F. Montoya‚ L. Lie‚ A. Bustamante‚ M. Chitipiralla‚ E. Dzelzkalns 1/21/2013 | Process Chart Figure 1: Kristen’s Cookie Co. Process Flow Chart 1. How long will it take you to fill a rush order? A rush order will take 26 minutes to fulfill‚ as illustrated in the Gantt chart below. Figure 2: Rush-order Gantt chart 2. How Many Orders can you fill in a night assuming you are open four hours each night? a. Assuming
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order? • Kristen: 8 minutes (prepare/spoon) • Roommate: 4 minutes (turn on oven/packaging/accept payment) 4. Because your baking trays hold exactly one dozen cookies‚ you will produce and sell cookies by the dozen. Should you give discount for people who order two dozen cookies‚ three dozen cookies‚ or more? If so‚ how much? Will it take you longer to fill a two-dozen cookie order than a one-dozen cookie order? • Discounts would be based on labor costs‚ not raw material cost since the case did not
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4. What happens if sales volumes are lower or higher than expected as outlined at the end of the case? Base Case Sales Volume | 25‚000 | Number of options | 25‚000 | Number of Contracts | 25‚000 | Cost per participants | 1‚000 Euro | Option Strike Price | 1.22 | Forward Strike Price | 1.22 | | | Option Premium | 61 | | | Total Cost (USD) | | | USD Exchange Rate (USD/EUR) | | %Cover | Contracts | Options | 1.01 | 1.22 | 1.48 | 100% | 0% | 100% | $26‚775‚000 | $32‚025‚000
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Based upon the information provided in the case study my diagnosis for Kristen would be a generalized anxiety disorder in addition to obsessive compulsive disorder that manifest in the form of intrusive thought. With Kristen’s medical background as a sufferer of diabetes type one in addition to her son who suffer from the disease as well‚ the illness likely passed down genetically from herself‚ in addition to her previous marriage having been abusive it is plausible that the root of Kristen’s anxiety
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OPIM 902 – Operations Management Case Analysis – Kristen’s Cookie Company Arif Durak‚ İlker Koç‚ Nihat Alpin Mütevellioğlu‚ Uğur Günal‚ Ersan Bilik 31 May 2014 1) How long will it take you to fill a rush order? For an order that is for 1 dozen (or less) cookies with the same ingredients‚ it takes 26 minutes assuming the customer pays after packing. If they pay during the cooling period‚ a minute could be saved. Time (minutes) Operation 0 Take Order 6 Wash
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KRISTEN ’S COOKIE COMPANY (A1) The overview of the process: QUESTION 1 If we make a table‚ we can see that the minimum time to fill a rush order is 26 minutes. ACTIVITY RESOURCE TIME START TIME FINISH TIME Order Entry E-mail 0 minutes 00:00 00:00 Wash Bowl‚ Mix Self 6 minutes 00:00 00:06 Fill Tray Self 2 minutes 00:06 00:08 Start Oven Roommate 1 minute 00:08 00:09 Baking Oven 9 minutes 00:09 00:18 Remove Roommate 0 minutes 00:18 00:18 Cool None 5 minutes 00:18 00:23
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Kristen’s Cookie Company Case Study and Analysis Forecasting and Operations Management Saint Mary’s College of California Executive MBA Program Jessica Marie – www.jessicamariemba.com Kristen’s Cookie Company Agenda Introduction and Preliminary Modeling Key Questions and Problems for Further Thought Recommendations for Improvement Q & A Session and Discussion Kristen’s Cookie Company Introduction Kristen’s Cookie Company Mission Statement: Born from a hunger to feed the student
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Starting up a cookie company on-campus You and your roommate are preparing to start a company producing cookies in your oncampus apartment. By starting up this business‚ you want to provide fresh cookies to starving fellow students late at night. However‚ you still have to figure out some aspects of the business model such as the price to charge‚ whether you will be able to make profit and how many orders you can accept. The business concept You have an extraordinary idea: to bake fresh cookies
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Kristen’s Cookies - Key Issues Product Differentiation/ Core Competencies n Product features n n n variety/customization freshness convenience Low overhead Flexible labor - can study during idle time Location - access to targeted market n Competitive Advantages n n n What are the bottlenecks? mix (6) spoon (2) load (1) bake(9) cool (5) pack (2) pay (1) Resource Activity You mix spoon Oven bake R-mate oven load packing payment Time 6 min 2 min
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The Case Study of “How Kristen Died” Candice N. Ibaceta Governors State University “How Kristen Died” is a case study that clearly depicts the deep-rooted bureaucratic issues regarding miscommunication or in this case no communication‚ and its disastrous implications on society. This case is the story of Kristen Lardner‚ a 21 year-old aspiring artist‚ who was ruthlessly murdered by her boyfriend‚ Michael Cartier‚ a nightclub bouncer. The study portrays the inefficiencies concerning communication
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