Do a brief online search and word presentation for Smart Trash Containers using the following areas:

1. What is the name of the Company (search for a firm producing smart containers)?
2. Trash Container Concept Brief Presentation (see below example)
3. Capacity
4. Cost and Price aspect
5. Performances & Benefits for the Business and Customer using this containerEXAMPLE
   (you can use a similar case or another one, up to your choice)
   A new solar powered trash container in a rest area not only compacts the trash but also sends an e-mail for pickup when full. One side of the container is for recycling, the other for trash. Regular trash containers must be picked up several times a week.
   300-pound capacity per container
   Recycling benefits
   Cost: $3,800 per unit
   Compacting results in fewer pick-ups
   Covered containers protect animals from foraging through the trash and harming themselves and the environmentB. Decision Making
   Choose TWO of the following questions (your vision) and answer using your vision.
   • What: What resources are needed, and in what amounts?
   • When: When will each resource be needed? When should the work be scheduled? When should materials and other supplies be ordered?
   • Where: Where will the work be done?
   • How: How will the product or service be designed? How will the work be done? How will resources be allocated?
   • Who: Who will do the work (inside of the company or outsourcing some of the work)
   
   

Why is OM important? "The first job we have is to turn out quality merchandise that consumers will buy and keep on buying. If we produce it efficiently and economically, we will earn a profit, in which you will share." Wiliam Cooper Procter (grandson of the founder of P&G), 1887 K Efficiency Cost Quality Smart Trash Containers & Operations A new solar powered trash container in a rest area not only compacts the trash but also sends an e-mail for pickup when full. One side of the container is for recycling the other for trash. Regular trash containers must be picked up several times a week. 300 pound capacity per container Recycling benefits Cost: $3,800 per unit Compacting results in fewer pick-ups . Covered containers protect animals from foraging through the trash and harming themselves and the environment Operations No need to forecast when the containers are full Containers don't overflow to contaminate surroundings Pick up trash twice-a-month vs. daly Truck routing more efficient by reducing total miles traveled . Sustainable: carbon footprint, no contamination. $15.000 annual savings for Delray Beach (13 containers) Operations Strategy Operations strategy The approach, consistent with organization strategy, that is used to guide the operations function LO 2.4 Strategic OM Decision Areas Decision Area What the Decisions Affect Product and service design Costs, quality, liability, and environmental issues Capacity Cost, structure, flexibility Process selection and Costs, flexibility, skill level needed, capacity layout Work design Quality of work life, employee safety, productivity Location Costs, visibility Quality Ability to meet or exceed customer expectations Inventory Costs, shortages Maintenance Costs, equipment reliability, productivity Scheduling Flexibility, efficiency Supply chains Costs, quality, agility, shortages, vendor relations Projects Costs, new products, services, or operating systems LO 2.4