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MGMT 7120, Case 1:
Kristen’s Cookie Company Case Analysis
Prepared by:
Evan Braunstein
Steve DePaul
Nishank Jain
Shayla Worley
Question 1: What are the inputs and outputs of Kristen’s cookie-making process? What sequence of tasks must be performed to produce a tray of cookies?
Inputs:
* Labor
* Ingredients ($0.60)
* Boxes ($0.10)
* Time
* Fixed Costs (already owned capital, equipment)
Outputs:
* Cookies packed in Boxes
Sequence of Tasks:
1. Receive Order (negligible time)
2. Wash Mixing Bowl
3. Place Ingredients Into Mixing Bowl
4. Mix
5. Spoon Dough Into Tray
6. Put Cookies In Oven
7. Bake
8. Remove Tray From Oven
9. Let Cookies Cool
10. Remove Cookies From Tray and Pack Into Box
11. Accept Payment for the order.
Order
Wash mixing Bowl
Mix Ingredients in the bowl
Spoon Dough into Tray
Put cookie tray in oven
Bake cookies
Remove tray from oven and let cookies cool
Accept Payment
Pack cookies
6 minutes
2 minutes
1 minute
5 minutes
2 minutes
1 minute
9 minutes
Kristen Cookie – Process Flow Diagram
Order
Wash mixing Bowl
Mix Ingredients in the bowl
Spoon Dough into Tray
Put cookie tray in oven
Bake cookies
Remove tray from oven and let cookies cool
Accept Payment
Pack cookies
6 minutes
2 minutes
1 minute
5 minutes
2 minutes
1 minute
9 minutes
Kristen Cookie – Process Flow Diagram
Question 2: How long does it take to produce an order of one dozen cookies? How many of these orders can be filled in a 4-hour night? (For this second question, assume that Kristen is open for business for more than 4 hours—i.e., what you're looking for is the number of orders that can be filled during the 4-hour period where the system is consistently producing cookies.)
It takes 26 minutes to produce one dozen cookies (see table below). Therefore, the maximum number of cookies that can be produced in a 4-hour night (in which the system is continuously producing...