Hazel Case Study

Hazel Case

Questions:

1. Hazel is the operations manager of her business. Among her responsibilities are forecasting, inventory management, scheduling, quality assurance, and maintenance.

a.What kinds of things would likely require forecasts?

⑴ Estimate the entire cost:

Items | Price | Quantity | Total Cost |

Lawn Mower | $150 | 1 | $150 |

Edger | $70 | 1 | $70 |

Hand Tools(Rake、grass cutter，etc.) | $80 | 1 | $80 |

Truck and Trailer | $40 | 1 | $40 |

Chemicals | $50 | 1 | $50 |

Seeds | $50 | 1 | $50 |

⑵ Weather and Climate Condition

⑶ The demand of law mowing services.

Estimate market demand.

Defined Customer Group: Customers who need the lawn mowing services

Defined Time Period: within a month/a year

Defined Marketing Environment: the level of the customers’ purchasing power

Service supply capability

The ability to provide lawn mowing services to the customers.

b.What inventory items does Hazel probably have? Nameone inventory decision she has to make periodically.

Lawn Mower

The most basic piece of equipment to start a lawn service is a lawn mower. If you plan to start your business caring for commercial properties, you may need a larger, more powerful mower as well as a smaller one. You will cover larger spaces with the larger one and use the smaller one for areas in which the larger mower cannot function as well.

Edger

An edger is also a piece of necessary equipment to have when you start a lawn service. It allows you to trim grasses and weeds near trees, landscape edging and buildings. When you purchase an edger, consider the edger’s source of power. Unless you have access to an electric outlet at all of your client’s properties, a battery-operated edger with extra, charged batteries or a gas-powered edger will be necessary.

Hand Tools

Landscape services provide more than lawn mowing and edging. Clients may ask you to pull weeds, trim hedges and bushes, and rake and bag leaves. Rakes, pruners,...