STYLE: Michael Smyth vs. Pillsbury Company. COURT: United States District Court of Pennsylvania. CITATION: 914 F. Supp. 97; 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 776; 131 Lab. Cas. (CCH) P58‚ 104; 11 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 585. ISSUE: Can an employer be accused of violating public policy‚ tortuously invading privacy and subsequently be estopped from firing or discharging an at will employee‚ if for the purpose of company’s interest‚ it monitor an employee’s email communications over the company’s email system just
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CHAPTER 4: FLOW TIME ANALYSIS 4.3 Solutions to the Problem Set Problem 4.1 [a] Draw a process flow diagram. [b]. The theoretical flow time is 36 minutes: There are three paths through the system: A: Take Order – Food – Deliver – Bill → 4 + 18 + 12 + 2 = 36 mins B: Take Order – Wine – Deliver – Bill → 4 + 4.8 + 12 + 2 = 22.8 mins C: Take Order – Cart – Deliver – Bill → 4 + 10 + 12 + 2 = 28 mins Path A is critical so the TFT is 36 minutes [c]. The flow time efficiency is 36/60
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Kristen’s Cookie Company Key Questions 1) Washing & Mixing | 6 min | Dishing Up | 2 min | Setting the oven | 1 min | Baking | 9 min | Cooling | 5 min | Packing | 2 min | Accept Payment | 1 min | Total | 26 min | 2) The oven holds only one tray (one dozen of cookies) => at full utilization we can cook only 6 dozen of cookies per hour‚ for example after washing and mixing we have two more minutes to wait before oven will free. 26 + 10(x-1)=240 X=22.4 22 orders
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Case Study: Kristen’s Cookie Company Key questions to answer before you launch the business: 1) How long will it take you to fill a rush order? If we consider that one order is a dozen‚ the flow time is 26 minutes for the first order. 2) How many orders can you fill in a night‚ assuming you are open four hours each night? (4 hours = 240 minutes) If we consider that one order is a dozen‚ it will take me: * For the first order: 26 minutes * For the second order: 20 minutes
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Bamgbose Fall 2011‚ Leadership in a Global Environment - OLG593 Napoleon Elortgui Due Date: October 3‚ 2011 “Pillsbury in India” The Pillsbury case study was quite interesting. It explained how the Diageo PLC unit of Pillsbury revamps its business by venturing into India (host Country) with a “dying” product in the home country. The four questions asked at the end of the case study will be answered in this paper. Question 1: Identify and describe the roles of the product policy‚ pricing‚ promotion
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Case Report : Kristen’s Cookie Company (A1) [pic] Key Questions 1. To know the time it will take us to fill a rush order‚ we have to know how many dozens the rush order requires. If it is only one dozen‚ we need 6 minutes for the washing and mixing steps‚ 2 minutes for the spooning‚ 10 minutes for the whole baking‚ 5 minutes to cooling down‚ 2 minutes for the packing and 1 minute for the payment. That is to say : 26 minutes. If we consider the order requires N dozens : we always need
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Zann Johnson Mrs. Fields’ Cookies Case 1. Would you describe Mrs. Fields’ Cookies as more of a functional hierarchy structured along traditional functional lines or more of an IT-enabled network consisting of tailored business processes? I believe that Mrs. Fields’ Cookies started out as traditional‚ but evolved into an IT-enabled networked that consisted of tailored business processes. Randy definitely had a vision for the company and made sure that what we desired came to life. It also allowed
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time by utilizing resources to its best.(for eg: Using electric mixer to its maximum limit‚i.e once to make a dough for 3 dozen cookies instead of using three times).Also process can be twisted according to convenience. As a result Cost-of-time per cookie will decrease. • Higher productive than previous system. Disadvantage: • Capital Investment: High capital investment to buy ingredients for both “pre-stock” and “fresh cookies”. • Risk & wastage: Higher financial & ‘time’ risk than conventional
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Kristen’s Cookie Company Case Study Webster University Operations Management Proc 5820 Calene M. Feavaai 1. Briefly describe‚ and flow chart your cookie production process. The cookie production process is initiated by an electronic e-mail system delivered through the campus email to Kristen’s Cookie Company. This electronic system will quickly track 100 percent of the orders and inform customers when their orders will be ready for pickup. The electronic email will identify the type of cookie requested
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Solution to Kristen’s Cookie Company (A) Before answering specific questions‚ it is useful to make a diagram of the overall process: Note that in this diagram‚ activities are arranged in columns to indicate which resources are being used. Inside each activity symbol are written the capacity (in dozens of cookies) and the cycle time (in minutes). 1. How long will it take for you to fill a rush order? Assuming this order is for one dozen cookies‚ we will need to do the following: Activity
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