Sudsy Soap
CASE 1-1 SUDSY SOAP, INC.
Question 1: Assume that you are Frank Johnson’s assistant, and he asks you to look into various scheduling problems that might occur. List and discuss them.
Scheduling Problems:
- Lead time: First of all; Starting date of this partnership wasn't mentioned; however; assume we are in month of June; According to the proposal the promotion will start by October 5th so prior to this date they should be ready with Soap and dishes taking into consideration that delivery time of Soap varies between 6 to 43 days. But if we were in September for example; they won't be able to meet this lead time. In addition to; the delivery time of dishes this was not mentioned.
-Picking and Packing: they need to take into consideration the packing time to make these packages specially that Dishes are fragile so they will need a special packing.
First, extra time will be needed to put the dishes in the packages. How will this affect production schedules? How must production and delivery be altered to ensure that all geographic markets, including Hawaii (if it is to be included in the TV campaign), receive the same dish items in the same week? In addition, will packages have special printings that tell what type of dish they contain? If so, there will be problems coordinating the same dishes with the same packages.
Question 2: What packaging problems, if any, might there be?
Packaging problems:
Dishes will need a special packing because they are fragile; so they might need special upgraded material for packing to avoid having broken dishes.
Labeling: they will need special labels marked with "Fragile Products".
More time will be needed due to this special packing.
Will one package hold all five dishes, or will some require a unique package size (which will rule out the proposal)? What external changes in printing on the package will be needed? Will the packages safely transport the dishes? Will the changed weight of packages have an impact on handling, or on
Question 1: Assume that you are Frank Johnson’s assistant, and he asks you to look into various scheduling problems that might occur. List and discuss them.
Scheduling Problems:
- Lead time: First of all; Starting date of this partnership wasn't mentioned; however; assume we are in month of June; According to the proposal the promotion will start by October 5th so prior to this date they should be ready with Soap and dishes taking into consideration that delivery time of Soap varies between 6 to 43 days. But if we were in September for example; they won't be able to meet this lead time. In addition to; the delivery time of dishes this was not mentioned.
-Picking and Packing: they need to take into consideration the packing time to make these packages specially that Dishes are fragile so they will need a special packing.
First, extra time will be needed to put the dishes in the packages. How will this affect production schedules? How must production and delivery be altered to ensure that all geographic markets, including Hawaii (if it is to be included in the TV campaign), receive the same dish items in the same week? In addition, will packages have special printings that tell what type of dish they contain? If so, there will be problems coordinating the same dishes with the same packages.
Question 2: What packaging problems, if any, might there be?
Packaging problems:
Dishes will need a special packing because they are fragile; so they might need special upgraded material for packing to avoid having broken dishes.
Labeling: they will need special labels marked with "Fragile Products".
More time will be needed due to this special packing.
Will one package hold all five dishes, or will some require a unique package size (which will rule out the proposal)? What external changes in printing on the package will be needed? Will the packages safely transport the dishes? Will the changed weight of packages have an impact on handling, or on