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. Repetitive Facility will enable us cut costs using JIT inventory.

We won’t have the need to hire high skill work force for the work cells/modules. Managers with education and experience in the field will train them.

Time Functioning enables it to eliminate activities that do not add value to the company.

Time functioning mapping is “a tool for process analysis and design” (Heizer et al., 2014 p.261). This kind of flowchart allows companies to eliminate any activity that does not add value to the process by allowing managers to have a graphical representation that is easy to understand.

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Process Strategy and Sustainability.

. Time functioning mapping enable managers to reassess processes in a continuous basis in aims to improve the processes in place. It is done every six months.

Sustainability is all about making a difference while being profitable at the same time.

We only buy recyclable materials. We encourage the reuse of material. We adapted to an electronic system so no paper is wasted.

Sustainability is a “production system that supports conservation and renewal of resources”

When thinking about sustainability managers must keep 4 terms in mind: Resources, Recycle, Regulations and Reputation (Heizer et al., 2014). We reuse water for our flowers while in storage. Coolers that allow us to cut electricity usage during winter months. Employees are schedule as needed and raw material purchased just in time.

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Process Strategy and Sustainability.

. Our managers are aware of regulations that affect us at all times.

We aim to reduce our carbon footprint by purchasing locally and delivering locally.

Our products and company reputation is important to us as such we try to be green as possible from the inside out. We partner we non-profit organizations to make a difference in our community.

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Location Strategy

Things to consider…

•Labour productivity

•Exchange rates and currency risk

•Costs

•Political risk

•Values and culture

•Proximity to market

•Proximity to suppliers

•Proximity to competitors

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Location Strategy

•There are two types of costs: tangible and intangible.

•Tangible costs are readily identifiable and precisely measured. E.g. utilities, labour material, taxes, depreciation.

•Intangible costs are less easily quantified. E.g. Quality of education, public transportation facilities.

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Human Resources, Job Design, and Work Measurements

Start with 4 employees, hire 6 more in year two, and 5 more each of next three years after that

Year one → full time(4)

Year two → flexible work week(3), part time(2), and full time(5)

Year three → flexible work week(3), part time(4), full time(5), flexitime(3)

Year four → flexible work week(4), part time(5), full time(7), flexitime(4)

Year five → flexible work week(6), part time(5), full time(8), flexitime(6)

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Human Resources, Job Design, and Work Measurements

Job rotation

Job enrichment

Employee empowerment

Self directed teams

Motivation and incentives

profit sharing bonuses

preferred work schedules

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Human Resources, Job Design, and Work Measurements

Labour Standards

employees earn $15/hour

to meet required production they must have 4 employees (3 of which are creating bouquets)

time estimate is 20 minutes per bouquet

cost estimate per arrangement is $10

Determine labour standards through historical experience and time studies

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Supply Chain Management

•The three key concepts:

•Few suppliers

•E-procurement

•Vendor selection

•Enables it to conduct business in a more efficient and effective way in terms of their supply-chain.

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Supply Chain Management

•Few Suppliers strategy allows it to establish a long-term relationship where mutual trust and benefit is important.

•It enables it to achieve economies of scale, which enables us to reduce prices and to cut down costs.

• It use of e-procurement techniques allows them to benefit of the use of technology to cut down costs, to have an order system that is more effective than paper and to make product’s tracking more efficient.

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Supply Chain Management

•Vendor selection considers the fact that without the right supplier and contracts in place we cannot have a chain-supply that can give us a competitive advantage.

•It have taken the time to look at the different selection techniques such as vendor evaluation, vendor