Problem 3S-1 (Static)

You are making your weekly trip to your local grocery story. Describe your decision-making process about what to buy and where to buy it by answering the questions below.

The process breaks into two subprocesses: (1) determining what to buy; and, (2) the actual purchasing.

b. The "What to Buy" subprocess determines what you need to buy. What inputs do you need?

check all that apply 1

• Amount of money available for purchases.
• Amount of storage space available.
• Information about the traffic on the roads.
• Information about the lines in the grocery store.
• Size of the shopping list.
• Level of demand.
• Any special activities to be done in the upcoming week.
• Classification of items - what purchases are critical.
• What your schedule is like for the upcoming week.

c. Rank the steps for this process in the correct order :

	Start the shopping list.
	Checking the cupboards and refrigerator to determine what products are needed
	Drive to the grocery store
	Determining amount of money available for the next weeks purchases.

d. Classify each activity:

Start the shopping list.
Checking the cupboards and refrigerator to determine what products are needed.
Drive to the grocery store.
Determining the amount of money available for the next weeks purchases.

e. Rank the steps for the 'Actual purchasing process' in the correct order:

	Going through the cashier.
	Waiting in line for a cashier.
	Find a parking spot and park the car at the store.
	Driving back home.
	Packing groceries in the car.
	Looking for the items and buying them.
	Restocking cupboards and refrigerator.

f. Classify each step:

Waiting in line for a cashier.
Packing groceries in the car.
Looking for items and buying them.
Driving back home.

g. What information does the grocery store require to develop a customer information system? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer.)

• Current prices on items.
• The location of the various items.
• What items are on sale.
• Current discounts in the competitors store.
• Last year revenue of the store.
• A shopping calculator so that you can determine the total cost of the order.
• An indicator of what times the store is least and most busy.

check all that apply 2

• Current prices on items.
• The location of the various items.
• What items are on sale.
• Current discounts in the competitors store.
• Last year revenue of the store.
• A shopping calculator so that you can determine the total cost of the order.
• An indicator of what times the store is least and most busy.