Please answer these questions

1. What are the Implications for Ritz and Dr. Goober Moving Forward if Nothing Changes?

2.Make Any Recommended Changes to the SC Map of Process with improvement to the process and recalculate the time.

Your team are the owners of Ritz Peanut Butter 1. Ritz faxes order of 1000 kilos of peanuts to the Purchasing Co. located in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and you have 2 Agent checks the fax for orders at 8:00am,12:00pm, and been wanting to improve operations at your manufacturing plant. One concern you have had 2. Since the Production Manager's, office is on the other side is that your main supplier, Dr. Goober's, requires of the plant, new orders are sent over only 2 times per long lead times when you order peanuts. Dr. 3. The Production manager faxes a materials request to the Goober's Peanuts Team, has agreed to work with purchasing director. your team in improving operations. After looking 4. The fax sits for 1 hour. If there is enough stock (inventory) closelyathowtheorderingprocessworks,yourteamshascomeupwiththefollowingsummaryonhand,purchasingnotifiesproductionmanagerofthis.Ifnot,ittakesanaverageof1daytogetstockfromlocal teams has come up with the following summary farmers. (next slide). Now, your team are going to take the 5. Peanuts then enter a batch process that takes 6 hours. material back for the initial evaluation of the This includes; deshelling, wash and inspection. process. Combine the information from the 6. Upon finishing, workers notify production manager, and STEPS (allows you to calculate times) with the production managers requests accounting to be prepared. Mapping (visual display of process) to determine 7. When accounting finishes invoice, they notify the the Order Fullfillment Cycle Time (OFCT). production manager and send them a copy. When we come back together your should be 8. Production manager sends invoice to shipping and able to report the range between (A) Shortest requests a shipment be made. Longest OFCT Possible. (in Hours or Days) 9. Shipping gets request and loads truck ( 3 hours hours), and sends it to Ritz Peanut Butter Co. (1 day to deliver) sends it to Ritz Peanut Butter Co. (1 day to deliver) Map of Current process: ADD NUMBFRS