Andronico’s in the financial center is open 300 days a year. They sell Organic Hummus; and sales are approximately normally distributed with an average of 100 tubs/day and a standard deviation of 25 tubs/day. The wholesale cost is $1.80/tub, and they calculate their annual holding costs by using 20% of the wholesale cost. Orders cost $50 to place, regardless of number of tubs ordered and take 4 days to arrive
What is the economic order quantity (EOQ) for Organic Hummus?
What are total annual cycle-stock holding costs for Organic Hummus?
What are the total annual fixed order costs for Organic Hummus?
Now Andronico’s has decided to save money and manufacture their own Hummus in-house, with a production rate of 600 tubs/day, their setup cost would only be $7.50/run, and their annual holding cost would be $0.20/tub, but all other parameters remain unchanged. What is the Economic Production Quantity?
Category: Operations Management
Organizational Change Chart
Choose an organization such as Samsung, Starbucks, Ford Motor Company, or Waste Management that implemented a major change. For example, a sustainability initiative at Starbucks or Apple making FaceTime available to non-Apple users.
Analyze the organization’s change process based on Kotter’s 8 Steps to Leading Change using the Organizational Change Chart. Make sure to complete a new analysis, do not copy any information from a previous week.
Consider questions such as the following as you complete your analysis:
Do you think this was a positive organizational change? Why or why not?
What strategies and tactics do you think would be effective in creating positive organizational change?
What strategies and tactics might have worked better?
Organizational Change Chart
Choose an organization such as Samsung, Starbucks, Ford Motor Company, or Waste Management that implemented a major change. For example, a sustainability initiative at Starbucks or Apple making FaceTime available to non-Apple users.
Analyze the organization’s change process based on Kotter’s 8 Steps to Leading Change using the Organizational Change Chart. Make sure to complete a new analysis, do not copy any information from a previous week.
Consider questions such as the following as you complete your analysis:
Do you think this was a positive organizational change? Why or why not?
What strategies and tactics do you think would be effective in creating positive organizational change?
What strategies and tactics might have worked better?
Leading Change
Write a 700- to 1,050-word leadership styles report, including the following:
Restate the needed change within the organization you have been working on throughout this course, based on your Week 1 and Week 2 assessments.
Examine the various leadership styles you explored in Week 3 in the context of the organizational culture and proposed change. Explain the styles you considered and any supporting rationale for why you considered them.
Justify which leadership style or approach you recommend to best support the organizational change by doing the following:
Explain how this style will support sustainable organizational success.
Explain how this style integrates the organization’s mission and vision.
Explain how this style will increase value for stakeholders.
Change Management Presentation Instructions
Imagine this scenario: You are being tasked by your organization’s management to research the major changes in your industry or operating environment which will force the organization to make changes to remain sustainable. You will present this information in a formal business presentation to the management team.
Select 1 organization with which you are familiar or use the library resources to locate an organization. You may also use an organization you used in previous assignments.
If you’re using the library resources to locate an organization, access the Research Databases page on the University Library website. Use the following instructions to access organization information using either EBSCOhost or Plunkett Research Online:
EBSCOhost:
- Select EBSCOhost from the databases list.
- Select Company Information at the top of the page.
- Use the search box to enter search criteria to locate companies.
Plunkett Research Online: - Select Plunkett Research Online from the databases list.
- Use the search tools to locate companies.
Develop a professional 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation in which you:
o Discuss the top 3 external influences which will force the organization to change. Be specific and explain. For example, do not just mention technology, but explain how technology will be used. Is the purpose to allow employees to work better as teams, or to work from home, or to improve customer service?
o Present alternate change management approaches to follow and explain why a specific approach is preferred.
o As part of a change management intervention, identify the first step the organization must take, such as creating a sense of urgency and elaborate on how this should be done and by whom.
o Conclude with a short change management project outline.
Netflix Goes to Bollywood
A strategic plan is a carefully crafted set of steps a firm intends to follow to succeed. The business model is a central element of a firm’s strategic plan and describes the process whereby a company hopes to earn profits and outperform the competition. The importance of an effective strategy cannot be overstated.
Before writing your initial discussion post, read the case study Netflix Goes to Bollywood. Next, address the following questions based on their current strategy. Then, provide a substantive response to at least two of your classmates.
As outlined in the case study, how extraordinary (or extraordinarily bad) is Netflix’s business strategy? Explain your response.
Explain how their strategies will change as they enter the international Bollywood market in India, as outlined in the case study.
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“Ceres and Proserpina”
Reread lines 707-870 of “Ceres and Proserpina” from Book V of the Metamorphoses (pp. 599-603). Discuss or explain what happens.
Europa and to Io
Summarize/discuss what happens to Europa and to Io?
Apollo and Daphne
Summarize/discuss what happens between Apollo and Daphne.
The current economic climate
Considering the current economic climate, how would you go about securing a title sponsor for a new professional sports stadium? Research recent stadium deals to determine if you can get similar money or if you will have to lower your expectations. Explain your rationale.