Group Case Assignment V Blanchard Importing and Distributing Co.‚ Inc. Read the course pack item “Blanchard Importing and Distributing Co.‚ Inc.” and answer the following questions: 1. Correct the EOQ and ROP quantities for each of the five items mentioned in the case. How do the corrected figures compare with the quantities calculated in 1969 and with production volumes scheduled for the June 1972 bottling run? Please follow the scheme below to answer this question: a. Investigate the original
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9-673-033 Blanchard Importing and Distribution Co.‚ Inc. HBSP 12pp. Teaching Note AvailableAnnotation - Illustration of the two main types of errors resulting from use of the economic order quantity (EOQ) as a tool in productionscheduling. Designed to permit class discussion to begin with a consideration of one common type of mistake‚ errors in calculation of the EOQ volume resulting from use of incorrect data for the input parameters of the formula. The analysis can then shift to a more general
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Introduction In the course of Operations Management was given to us a Harvard Business case study‚ “Blanchard Importing and Distributing Co.‚ Inc”. The company is a liquor distributer and bottler which‚ is struggling with inventory management problems. The aim of our work is to help the trainee‚ Hank Hatch‚ analyzing the company’s scheduling system and present recommendations with the purpose of solving problems intrinsically related with Inventory management. Firstly‚ we are going to
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production volumes scheduled for the June 1972 bottling run? The corrected numbers are much smaller than the scheduled amounts. If Blanchard did produce what they had originally planned‚ they would have a lot of unused inventory. What are the disadvantages of the formal EOQ/ROP system and the actual system used for scheduling bottling runs at Blanchard? Which system do you prefer? What improvements can be made? A disadvantage for the formal EOQ/ROP system is that the cost of a stock
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instead of the next that spared him. And now each knows that in the act of survival he lived a dozen lives and saw more death than he ever thought he would see. At the time‚ none of them knew anything.” This quote is from the book Hiroshima by John Hersey‚ at the time everyone was confused by what had just happened. Many were injured and could not get help. No one knew how to help any one because the US used a new type of weapon. When the United States dropped “Little Boy” on Hiroshima it opened up
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Ken Blanchard – Situational leadership Ken Blanchard’s background and era in which he worked: Ken Blanchard – Kenneth Hartley Blanchard was born in 1939 in New Jersey and was raised in New York. He received a master’s degree from Colgate University‚ and a bachelor’s and PhD from Cornell University. He is a guru‚ an American author‚ a speaker and an influential business consultant. He is known as one of the most effective and sophisticated storytellers and leadership expert for his phenomenal book
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This paper will analyze the book “Raving Fans”. This book was co-authored by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles. This book deals with the topic of customer service‚ or the lack thereof in today’s society. These two authors “have taken an important‚ complex subject‚ peeled back all but the critical core‚ and set out fundamental truths in a simple‚ understandable‚ and enjoyable form”. (page#x) This book is a story about a man who accepted a job with a company as an area manager. The first day on the
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Products/promotion from 2008 to 2012 Products and Services In 2008 • In June Hershey introduce a special edition of the Dark Knight Reese and Kit Kat Fly into stores to celebrate the new Batman movie • In July Hershey merge Dark chocolate to vascular health benefits • In September Hershey changes to pink in honor of the breast cancer awareness month • In October offer some special for the holiday (Holiday Happiness) • In November Hershey’s Kisses brought the sweetness for the holiday season
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Hiroshima The novel Hiroshima by John Hersey depicts a tragedy of mass human suffering when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Hersey tells many stories that actually happened of people dying painful deaths and suffering for long periods of time. I believe that Hersey was against the dropping of the bomb because of his vivid descriptions‚ personal stories from the victims‚ and the concern for the future of the survivors. “He reached down and took the woman by the hands‚ but her skin slipped
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to reality for his readers as he humanises the Japanese people to a point where his readers were able to see past the stereotypes of “The Yellow Peril”. The readers soon realise that the Japanese people are actually quite similar to themselves as Hersey presented them in their natural element as they went about their everyday lives for example‚ a mother caring for her children‚ a young woman working in her office and men reading books
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