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This presentation analyzes the Kristen's Cookie Company Case study, answers the case's six key questions, as well as the five problems for further thought.
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Kristen’s Cookie Company Case Study and Analysis
Forecasting and Operations Management
Saint Mary’s College of California Executive MBA Program
Jessica Marie – www.jessicamariemba.com
Kristen’s Cookie Company
Introduction and Preliminary Modeling Key Questions and Problems for Further Thought Recommendations for Improvement Q & A Session and Discussion
Agenda
Kristen’s Cookie Company
Introduction
Kristen’s Cookie Company Mission Statement: Born from a hunger to feed the student body and the craving brain… This presentation will evaluate the preliminary design for the Company’s production process to make policy and pricing decisions, equipment needed, how many orders can be accepted, and whether the business can be profitable.
Kristen’s Cookie Company
The Customer
The Service Strategy
The People
The Systems
The Service Triangle
Kristen’s Cookie Company
Process Flow Chart
Order and
Reply
(Roommate)
0 minutes
Wash and
Mix
(kristen)
6 minutes
Spooning
2 minutes
Heat Oven
1 minutes
Baking
(Oven)
9 minutes
Hold Cooling
5 minutes
Pack/Colle
ct Money
3 minutes
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Key Question 1: How long will it take to fulfill a rush order?
Activity Resource Cycle Time Start Time Finish Time
Order Entry E-mail 0 minutes 00:00 00:00
Wash/Mix Kristen 6 minutes 00:00 06:00
Spooning Kristen 2 minutes 06:00 08:00
Heat Oven Roommate 1 minute 08:00 09:00
Bake Oven 9 minutes 09:00 18:00
Remove Cookies Roommate 0 minutes 18:00 18:00
Cool Tray 5 minutes 18:00 23:00
Pack/Collect $$ Roommate 3 minutes 23:00 26:00
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Key Question 2 How many orders can you fill in a night, assuming you are
open four hours each night?
Task 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Order Entry 1
Wash and Mix 1
Spooning
Start Oven 1
Baking Time 1
Remove from Oven 1
Cooling Time 1
Pack and Collect Money 1
Order Entry 2
Wash and Mix 2
Fill Tray 2
Start Oven 2
Baking Time 2
Remove from Oven 2
Cooling Time 2
Pack and Collect Money 2
Kristen’s Cookie Company Group 2
Order Size Order Completion Time
1 dozen 26 minutes
2 dozen 36 minutes
3 dozen 46 minutes
4 dozen 56 minutes
5 dozen 66 minutes
6 dozen 76 minutes
7 dozen 86 minutes
8 dozen 96 minutes
9 dozen 106 minutes
10 dozen 116 minutes
11 dozen 126 minutes
12 dozen 136 minutes
13 dozen 146 minutes
14 dozen 156 minutes
15 dozen 166 minutes
16 dozen 176 minutes
17 dozen 186 minutes
18 dozen 196 minutes
19 dozen 206 minutes
20 dozen 216 minutes
21 dozen 226 minutes
22 dozen 236 minutes
• Operating time = 240 minutes (4 hours) • Solution • 22 dozen cookies in 4 hours. • From the table, a formula can be generalized: The number of minutes to produce n one-dozen batches is given by this expression: 16 + 10n<=4x60, so we get N(max) = 22.
Kristen’s Cookie Company
Key Question 3 How much of your own and your roommate’s valuable time will it take to fill each order?
Activity Cycle Time
Wash, Mix and Spoon
6 + 2 =
Total 8 minutes
Activity Cycle Time
Heat Oven,
Remove Cookies, Pack and Collect Money
1 + 0 + 3 =
Total 4 minutes
Kristen Roommate
Kristen’s Cookie Company
Key Question 4 Because your baking trays can hold exactly one dozen cookies,
you will produce and sell cookies by the dozen. Should you give any discount for people who order two or more dozen? If so, how much? Will it take you any longer to fill a two-dozen order than a one-dozen order?
All costs of ingredients and boxes for each dozen are the same. With that said, total valuable time is 6 (wash and mix) + 2 (spooning) + 1 (set timer on oven) + 2 (packing time) + 1 (process payment) = 12 minutes. For a two dozen order, total time is 6 + 2 + 1 + 2 x 2 + 1 = 17 minutes. For a three dozen order, total time is 6 + 2 + 1 + 2 x 3 + 1 = 22 minutes.
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Key Question 4 continued…
We can also solve this problem by calculating labor costs.
Let’s assume $10 per hour = $0.16667 per minute
# Cookies in Batch
Minutes Cost Cost per Dozen
Potential Discount
1 dozen 12 $2.00 $2.00 0
2 dozen 17 $2.83 $1.41 $0.59 3 dozen 22 $3.66 $1.22 $0.78
Perhaps offering a 10% - 20% discount (or set dollar amount) on orders of two dozen and above is an option.
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Key Question 4 continued…
When applying materials costs with labor costs, we find that the cost also decreases with larger orders.
From both analyses, a discount is advised. (10% - 20% discount or dollar amount)
$0.60/dozen, ingredients $0.10/dozen, box
# Cookies in Batch Minutes Cost Labor Cost per Dozen
Material Cost per Dozen
Total Potential Discount
1 dozen 12 $2.00 $2.00 $
0.70 $2.70 0
2 dozen 17 $2.83 $1.41 $
0.70 $2.11 $0.59
3 dozen 22 $3.66 $1.22 $
0.70 $1.92 $0.08
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Key Question 5 How many electric mixers and baking trays will you need? As the charts and tables have shown, the electric mixer is idle for a
long time during the production process, so only one is needed. Because the mixer can only contain 3 dozens of ingredients, during the whole process, at least 3 trays are needed.
Note: We have suggested process improvements regarding equipment in
recommendation segment.
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Key Question 6 Are there any changes you can make in your production plans that will allow you to make better cookies or more cookies in less time or at lower cost? For example, is there a bottleneck operation in your production process that you can expand cheaply? What is the effect of adding another oven? How much would you be willing to pay to rent an additional oven?
Kristen’s Cookie Company
Process Flow Diagram With Two Ovens
Mix & Spoon
Load & Bake
Load & Bake
Cool Pack & Pay
The speed with which you can produce cookies is dependent upon the cycle time for baking, the bottleneck operation.
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Throughput
Time
6 + 2
= 8 minutes
1 + 9
= 10
minutes
5 minutes
2 + 1
= 3 minutes
Hourly
Capacity
7.5 Dozen
12 Dozen
12 Dozen
20 Dozen
Cycle Time
8 minutes
5 minutes
5 minutes
3 minutes
Increasing capacity of the oven makes it so we can start a new order every 5 minutes. New capacity is 7.5 dozen/hour (if all orders are one dozen. 7.5 = 60/8
Kristen’s Cookie Company
Problems for Further Thought: 1 What happens if you are trying to do this by yourself without your roommate? We must calculate the amount of time it takes to begin a
new batch of cookies with their selected ingredients, to the time when the dozen cookies are packed into a box and paid for.
Kristen’s Cookie Company
Problems for Further Thought: 1
Because all the tasks have to be done by Kristen alone, her time for one dozen cookies becomes 12 minutes (8 + 4), which exceeds the previous 10 minute cycle time for one dozen cookies. In this case, Kristen becomes the bottleneck, rather than the baking process. However, if the order contains two dozens of the same kind of cookie, the washing and mixing can be done together, so her time for this order becomes 17 minutes (6 + 2 x 2 + 2 x 1 + 2 x 2 + 1), which is less than the previous of 20 minutes. If the order is 3 dozen, it becomes 22 minutes.
Kristen’s Cookie Company
Problems for Further Thought: 2 Should you offer special rates for rush orders? Suppose you have just
put a tray of cookies into the oven and someone calls up with a “crash priority” order for a dozen cookies of a different flavor. Can you fill the priority order while still fulfilling the order for the cookies that are already in the oven? If not, how much of a premium should you charge for filling the rush order?
As we saw in the previous gantt chart, there would be no need to stop baking of the previous cookie. The time that the rush order will delay is only at most 1 minute. And the previous order can be finished on time. There is no need to offer a special rate.
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Problems for Further Thought: 3 When should you promise delivery? How can you look quickly at your
order board and tell a caller when his or her order will be ready? How much of a safety margin for timing should you allow?
Looking at the order board will tell us when we finish and become idle.
The finish time, will be that time, plus 26 minutes it takes to finish a one dozen order. At that time, they can promise delivery. We suggest an 8 minute safety margin for rush orders. If we begin a wash and mix process, then a rush order comes in, we have to stop and process that order. The previous order would be delayed by a max of 8 minutes to wash and mix the rush order. Time is 6 + 2 = 8 minutes.
Kristen’s Cookie Company
Problems for Further Thought: 4 What other factors should you consider at this stage of planning your business? Market: Is this attractive to potential customers? Cost: How can we get cheaper materials with good quality? Labor: Can I do this alone? Should I hire people? Product: How can we make the cookies better? Services: Can I provide other services, such as delivery? Hazards: How should I handle an accident? Laws: Am I violating any laws? Capital: What kind of equipment will I need? Investment: What kind of initial and/or further investment is required?
Kristen’s Cookie Company
Problems for Further Thought: 4 FACTORS TO CONSIDER Market: Is this attractive to potential customer
COLLEGE NIGHT STUDY
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Problems for Further Thought: 4 FACTORS TO CONSIDER Cost: How can we get cheaper materials with good quality? Price point: What price point are students willing to pay? 6.00 Per dozen (.50) per cookie **TEST IT** Pay: What is Kristen and her roommate’s time worth?
Kristen’s Cookie Company
Problems for Further Thought: 4 FACTORS TO CONSIDER Labor: Can I do this alone? Should I hire people? Demand should determine the Labor force and potential increase in equipment.
Kristen’s Cookie Company
Problems for Further Thought: 4 FACTORS TO CONSIDER Product: How can we make the cookies better? Services: Can I provide other services, such as delivery? Hazards: How should I handle an accident? Laws: Am I violating any laws?
Kristen’s Cookie Company
Problems for Further Thought: 5 Your product must be made to order because each order is potentially
unique. If you decide to sell standard cookies instead, how should you change the production system? The order-taking process? Other policies? At the beginning, the cookies are unique. If we sell standard cookies, the value added products of the company change. - Bake cookies before receiving order. - order-taking process needs to change, as the customers don’t need to call/email and wait for pickup. They can visit the apartment directly to buy the product. - If a large sum is needed, customers can make order earlier, and provide deposit.
Kristen’s Cookie Company
Problems for Further Thought: 5 Your product must be made to order because each order is potentially
unique. If you decide to sell standard cookies instead, how should you change the production system? The order-taking process? Other policies? - Create your own cookie menu
- Freeze balled cookies. - Cookies can be ordered by number, and pulled from a freezer - Cookies cooked and served fresh from the menu
Kristen’s Cookie Company
Recommendations for Improvement
Increase Total Production Capacity Per Night • Purchase or rent an additional oven. - Increase capacity of the bottleneck. - Increases cookie-making capacity. • Purchase several additional baking trays. - These items are inexpensive - Buying more ensures they are never a binding constraint.
Kristen’s Cookie Company
Recommendations for Improvement continued…
Decrease Total Time Spent in Activity
• Premixing in advance - eliminates the mixing step for these popular cookies - work-in-process inventory would eliminate mixing step for those cookies and thus increase capacity to 12 dozen per hour. • Require immediate payment - Payment through PayPal, or similar service to eliminate the ending “collect payment” phase.
Kristen’s Cookie Company
Thank you.