Ops 571 Week 1 Learning Team Reflection
Learning Team Reflection
Team C
Jose Gotay, Joseph Latorre, Anton McArthur, Amanda Mitchell, Stanley Scott
May 14, 2015
OPS/571
Professor: Dr. H. Mirabile
Learning Team Reflection Starbucks is the world’s number one specialty coffee retailer. Currently, Starbucks has over 21,000 locations in over sixty countries. Starbucks has an incredible manufacturing and distribution process, which Team C has found extremely interesting. Team C will discuss Starbucks’ process design and cover a few interesting points regarding Starbucks’ manufacturing process. While researching Starbucks’ manufacturing process, Team C learned that Starbucks uses the Make to Stock (MTS) process design. In general, a make-to-stock process ends with finished goods inventory; customer orders are then served from this inventory (Jacobs & Chase, 2011, p. 114). Currently, the manufacturing and distribution process starts with …show more content…
The team learned that Starbucks uses the MTS process. Team C also learned how serious Starbucks takes quality during the manufacturing and distribution process. The emphasis on this quality helps Starbucks continue to reach their goal of reducing costs and improving efficiency.
References
Jacobs, F. R., & Chase, R.B. (2011). Operations and Supply Chain Management (13th ed.).
Retrieved from The University of Phoenix eBook Collection database.
Natasha Barrett. (2014). Supply Chain Process: Starbucks [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/NatashaBarrett/starbucks-supply-chain-39449671?next_slideshow=1 Teimoury, E., & Fathi, M. (2013). An integrated operations-marketing perspective for making decisions about order penetration point in multi-product supply chain. International Journal of Production Research, (). Retrieved from
Team C
Jose Gotay, Joseph Latorre, Anton McArthur, Amanda Mitchell, Stanley Scott
May 14, 2015
OPS/571
Professor: Dr. H. Mirabile
Learning Team Reflection Starbucks is the world’s number one specialty coffee retailer. Currently, Starbucks has over 21,000 locations in over sixty countries. Starbucks has an incredible manufacturing and distribution process, which Team C has found extremely interesting. Team C will discuss Starbucks’ process design and cover a few interesting points regarding Starbucks’ manufacturing process. While researching Starbucks’ manufacturing process, Team C learned that Starbucks uses the Make to Stock (MTS) process design. In general, a make-to-stock process ends with finished goods inventory; customer orders are then served from this inventory (Jacobs & Chase, 2011, p. 114). Currently, the manufacturing and distribution process starts with …show more content…
The team learned that Starbucks uses the MTS process. Team C also learned how serious Starbucks takes quality during the manufacturing and distribution process. The emphasis on this quality helps Starbucks continue to reach their goal of reducing costs and improving efficiency.
References
Jacobs, F. R., & Chase, R.B. (2011). Operations and Supply Chain Management (13th ed.).
Retrieved from The University of Phoenix eBook Collection database.
Natasha Barrett. (2014). Supply Chain Process: Starbucks [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/NatashaBarrett/starbucks-supply-chain-39449671?next_slideshow=1 Teimoury, E., & Fathi, M. (2013). An integrated operations-marketing perspective for making decisions about order penetration point in multi-product supply chain. International Journal of Production Research, (). Retrieved from