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$$London Custom Cakery

London Custom Cakery is a small home

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based business producing a variety of pies and cakes for special occasions. Four Fanshawe Culinary and Hospitality graduates

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Mary

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$$Nancy$,$ Sandra and Julie

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$$formed this business a couple of years ago and their business has gained considerable local success Aside from other regular orders that are completed and ready for pick

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up

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$$this week they have five very special wedding orders from five well

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known families in the order and details shown in the following table :

$$ Wedding Orders

$$ Adamson Brown Coloney Dawson Edwards

Details of Orders Production Time in Hours

$2$

$0$

$1$

$0$

$5$

$0$

$1$

$5$

$5$

$5$

$$Delivery time in Hours

$5$

$0$

$3$

$5$

$9$

$0$

$3$

$5$

$7$

$5$

Concerned about their cooling system not working properly

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$$the four partners argue about how these orders should be handled

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$$Mary insists that the orders should be handled in the same order they have been received

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$$Nancy argues that they should handle the orders that can be done faster first and then move to ones that take longer to be completed

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$$Sandra insists they should finish orders that are due earlier

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$$Listening to her partners arguments

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$$Julie who is mature and experienced with business operations invited them to calm down and said :

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$$since we have other finished orders in the kitchen

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$$we have room for limited number of jobs on the go

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$$Wedding cakes are delicate and we need to have the space to do the ordered details

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So suggest we look at the average number of wedding jobs in the kitchen to decide whose suggestion would generate the best flow in the kitchen

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"The other partners agreed because they believed Julie speaks with operation experience

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$$Whose suggestion

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$$Mary$\text{'}$s

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$$Nancy$\text{'}$s or Sandra's

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$$do you pick and why

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