Creature Care Animal Clinic

1. Operations Management problems encountered

a. Forecasting

i. The demand for the clinic’s services at specific days and time

b. Inventory Management

ii. Which supplies are most needed

iii. When to replenish supplies

c. Scheduling

iv. The current schedule caused some days to have idle manpower and supplies while having bottlenecks on some days because of shortages of resources

2. The schedule might have worked in another hospital but this is not an assurance that the same schedule will be effective in her clinic. That is because of the variability of demands from one place to another. It might be possible that there are more pet owners in her current area, another is people’s availability might be high on weekends only that’s why her clinic is experiencing less customers on weekdays. It will all boil down to the fact that she could’ve done research on the area first before conduction business.

3. Inventory management consists of everything from accurate record-keeping to shipping and receiving of products. Inventory management that is properly maintained can keep a company’s supply chain running smoothly and efficiently. However, there were some common inventory management problems that occurred in this case,

d. Unqualified employees in charge of inventory. Too many companies put people in charge of their inventory distribution who either don’t have enough experience, are neglectful in their job, or don’t have adequate training.

e. Not identifying shortages ahead of time. It happens all the time. A business needs a number of products or materials but discover that they do not have enough in stock and must re-order. Waiting for the shipment to come in can slow down the operations. Not having enough products in stock to meet customer demand can lead to bad customer relations.

4. Well, instead of Wednesday night shifts, Dr. Barr could’ve just had night shifts on Friday since...