Katie Matson 6514483 OPER3160 Grocery Gateway Case Analysis Executive Summary To: Al Sellery and Claude Germain, CEO and chief operating officer- Grocery Gateway - Downsview, Ontario From: Dominique Van Voorhis, vice-president of industrial engineering- Grocery Gateway - Downsview, Ontario Subject: Delivery Operation Improvements Issue: As you know, our delivery operations are at 1.3 less deliveries per hour than projected. I have come up with some alternatives and recommendations to try to remedy the problem and increase the amount of deliveries per hour, and reduce the delivery time from 90 to 30 minutes. “Grocery gateway’s delivery operations are currently doing 2.7 deliveries per hour, which is less than the projected 4 per hour. They also wish to reduce delivery windows from 90 to 30 minutes.” We considered various other options to conclude this assignment, as follows: 1) keep the trucks on the road longer by extending driver shifts 2) approach Descartes 3) increase in the delivery charge 4) do nothing Although all are viable, I feel that approaching Descartes will provide the best strategic solution for Grocery Gateway, while also achieving a much better long-term solution in increasing customer service and staying competitive. This alternative will expand the licensing arrangement to include a new feature that analyzed route profitability and determine the desirability of delivery in particular time slots, allowing us to increase deliveries per hour while increasing profits.
Learner Name Assessor Name Date Issued Completion Date Submitted On Unit Code Credit Value Guided Learning Hours H/502/5413 10 60 Qualification Unit Number and Title BTEC National, level 3, National in Business Unit 4 Business Communication In this Assignment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria: Criteria Ref. To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the learner is able to: Task No. Learning Outcome Achieved? Feedback P1 Explain different types of business information, their sources and purposes 1 P2 Present complex internal business information using three different methods appropriate to the user’s needs 2 P3 Produce corporate communications 3 P4 Evaluate the external corporate Communications of an existing product or service 3 P5 Explain the legal and ethical issues in relation to the use of business information 3 P6 Explain the operational issues in relation to the use of business information 4 P7 Outline electronic and non-electronic methods for communicating business information, using examples for different types of audiences 4 M1 Analyse different types of business information and their sources 1 M2 Analyse the Legal, ethical and operational issues in relation to the use of business information, using appropriate 1 D1 Evaluate the appropriateness of business information used to make strategic decisions 1 D2 Evaluate the effectiveness of
Once the predicted demand is frozen, L.L. Bean uses its historical demand and forecast data to analyze the forecasting errors. The forecast errors are calculated for each individual item and a frequency distribution of these is made, which is further used as a probability distribution for future errors. Thus, if 50% of the errors were within 0.7 and 1.6, the forecast for this year would be adjusted accordingly. Next, each item commitment quantity was calculated using its contribution margin and its total contribution in dollar to the revenue of the company.
The company’s central value proposition is the benefit of increased productivity. Therefore, it should focus on how the product achieves this through the improved design of the scope, reduction of sedation which could lead to increased number of procedures performed and reduced costs per procedure, and reduced procedure time from 45 minutes to an hour long to only 30 minutes even for “difficult cases”. After those three topics are covered, the projected expenses, anticipated revenue, condensed market plan of action, and terms of the IP protection should be explained. I believe that the company should change their investor pitch to quickly and easily inform how the product is greater than what’s currently available in the market. As stated in the case, the value propositions are concrete but the evidence to support it are ambiguous.
London Metropolitan University, North Campus Student Id: 09014170 Labour Economics Explain how the introduction of a minimum wage may affect the level of employment in theory. Briefly examine the evidence on this reported by Borjas (2010) and Metcalf (2004). Examine and critically assess the evidence reported by Machin and Wilson (2004) on the impact of the minimum wage on UK care homes. Contents 1.0 Introduction 2 2.0 Employment effect of a minimum wage in a perfectly competitive labour market. 2 2.1 The low wage sector 2 2.2 Spillover Effect on the mid wage sector 3 2.3 The Monopsonistic Model 4 3.0 Critics of researches done before 5 3.1 Fast Food Industry in the U.S, a case of monopsony?
(6 marks) 1 City University London Intermediate Macroeconomics 1 Joe Pearlman c) Sketch the Laffer curve for values of t from 0 to 1. (4 marks) d) If G=1/6, find the two values of l and t that satisfy this requirement. (4 marks) Question 3: (a) Download the US index of industrial production (IIP) on a monthly basis from http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/INDPRO/downloaddata?cid=3 and US M2 from http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/M2/downloaddata?cid=29 (b) Calculate the % year-to-year growth rates in each series, and graph them using a time series plot and a scatter plot (4 marks) (c) Are they positively
Microeconomics 201 First Midterm Chapter 1 Introduction: What Is Economics? 1.1 What Is Economics? 1) Economics is best defined as the study of: A) financial decision-making. B) how consumers make purchasing decisions. C) choices made by people faced with scarcity.
( 9 marks ) (b) Calculate the total working hours. ( 1 mark ) Question 2 ( 10 marks ) Complete the following transportation table for initial solution, using | To | D | E | F | Supply | From | | | | | | A | | | 9 | | 5 | | 3 | 400 | B | | | 7 | | 3 | | 7 | 300 | C | | | 10 | | 2 | | 8 | 200 | Demand | | 450 | | 220 | | 230 | | 900 | (a) Northwest Corner Method ( 4.5 marks ) (b) Least Cost Method ( 4.5 marks ) (c) Which initial solution produces the lowest total cost ? ( 1 mark ) Question 3 ( 10 marks ) Suki Corp specializes in manufacturing computer tables. It is considering of building a new factory to manufacture the tables. The size of the factory is either large, medium and small.
Installment loan. Feedback That’s incorrect. A manufacturer with seasonal sales would be most likely to obtain an unsecured short-term term loan from a commercial bank to finance the need for a fixed amount of additional capital during the busy season. Question 3 of 100 (2A2-CQ09) Maydale Inc.’s financial statements show the following information. Flag for Review http://imalc.mycrowdwisdom.com/diweb/?wicket:bookmarkablePage=:com.digitalignite.mo... 4/9/2013 Digital Ignite :: Test Engine Page 2 of 54 Maydale’s accounts receivable turnover ratio is
Kwik Lube Case Study Compute the loss for Kwik Lube stations during the last two years using trend analysis. How accurate can results claim to be? With a -.01 bias and a negligible tracking symbol, the forecast analysis substantiates Dick Johnson’s assertion that the presence of competition cut directly into Kwik Lube’s profit. A trend analysis was conducted and projects sales in the amount of $1,419,445 and $1,530,445 for 2006 and 2007, respectively. Comparing the gross sales forecast to actual sales, this results in a loss of $309,445 in 2006 and $420,445 in 2007.