MGMT Bakehouse Inc supplies bread, cakes and other specialty products, to a large percentage of the country; to the following customer types. Retailers e.g. supermarkets, who sell baked goods to the public, and MGMT Bakehouse Inc delivers to the retailers. Wholesalers also sell to the public, but come to MGMT Bakehouse Inc directly to collect their baked goods. Finally institutions like hotels and hospitals, to whom MGMT Bakehouse Inc delivers directly, buy baked goods to incorporate into offering for their clients e.g. guests menus and patient meal plans. From the ordering of flour and other ingredients to the processing of cash, receivables and payables, the company uses an integrate ERP with a common database for all of its business processes. Internally MGMT Bakehouse Inc is organized into the following departments: Production which bakes the bread; Distribution that delivers the bread; Sales Department where customer orders and wholesale pickups are managed; Marketing that promotes and manage the company’s branded products; Finance and Accounting that manages the customer accounts; and HR which manages staffing and other related matters. Returns management is all about the details. In a market where the customer can return stale bread for up to a 100% refund, having ‘Returns’ is like burning paper money. Supermarkets and wholesalers can return bread but not institutions like hotels and hospitals. All baked goods have a shelf life of one week. That is, bread that is sold on Monday is returned the following Monday. Most customers place orders in advance but wholesalers and hotels are sometimes ad-hoc and the company has to project/predict their orders. Recently there have been complaints that some product lines and/or customers are experiencing high returns. At the same time there is a very specific set of customers consistently experiencing short deliveries. The company wishes to maximize sales while minimizing returns. This requires them to anticipate the true demand but also to know which products and which locations are having problems on a timely basis. As a new manager with the company, you are tasked with analysing the provided information and reporting your findings and possible recommendations at the upcoming meeting. Congratulations, you have been promoted! You are now a manager in one of the departments of MGMT Software Solutions, and you get to choose your department. You must now participate in a series of discussions to assess the business, technology and other issues at hand. NOTES Congratulations, you have been promoted! You are required to share with and critique information. This is an exercise where you get to experience and demonstrate several concepts in gathering, analyzing and using information for management reporting. You are now a manager in one of the departments of the company. You will select: ONE Management Level that you will represent (operational, management/tactical or strategic). ONE department from the following list (Production, Distribution, Sales, Marketing, Finance & Accounting, Human Resources). Once you have chosen a persona, all contributions MUST be delivered from the perspective of that persona REQUIRED Discuss the short deliveries issue From the perspective of your department and management level, discuss the importance of using an integrated ERP system with a common database for all its business processes. Suggest ONE advantage and ONE disadvantage of using an integrated ERP system Discuss ONE privacy issue that could arise with ad-hoc sales.
MGMT Bakehouse Inc supplies bread, cakes and other specialty products, to a large percentage of the country; to the following customer types. Retailers e.g. supermarkets, who sell baked goods to the public, and MGMT Bakehouse Inc delivers to the retailers. Wholesalers also sell to the public, but come to MGMT Bakehouse Inc directly to collect their baked goods. Finally institutions like hotels and hospitals, to whom MGMT Bakehouse Inc delivers directly, buy baked goods to incorporate into offering for their clients e.g. guests menus and patient meal plans.
From the ordering of flour and other ingredients to the processing of cash, receivables and payables, the company uses an integrate ERP with a common database for all of its business processes. Internally MGMT Bakehouse Inc is organized into the following departments: Production which bakes the bread; Distribution that delivers the bread; Sales Department where customer orders and wholesale pickups are managed; Marketing that promotes and manage the company’s branded products; Finance and Accounting that manages the customer accounts; and HR which manages staffing and other related matters.
Returns management is all about the details. In a market where the customer can return stale bread for up to a 100% refund, having ‘Returns’ is like burning paper money. Supermarkets and wholesalers can return bread but not institutions like hotels and hospitals. All baked goods have a shelf life of one week. That is, bread that is sold on Monday is returned the following Monday. Most customers place orders in advance but wholesalers and hotels are sometimes ad-hoc and the company has to project/predict their orders.
Recently there have been complaints that some product lines and/or customers are experiencing high returns. At the same time there is a very specific set of customers consistently experiencing short deliveries.
The company wishes to maximize sales while minimizing returns. This requires them to anticipate the true demand but also to know which products and which locations are having problems on a timely basis. As a new manager with the company, you are tasked with analysing the provided information and reporting your findings and possible recommendations at the upcoming meeting.
Congratulations, you have been promoted! You are now a manager in one of the departments of MGMT Software Solutions, and you get to choose your department.
You must now participate in a series of discussions to assess the business, technology and other issues at hand.
NOTES
- Congratulations, you have been promoted!
- You are required to share with and critique information.
- This is an exercise where you get to experience and demonstrate several concepts in gathering, analyzing and using information for management reporting.
- You are now a manager in one of the departments of the company. You will select:
- ONE Management Level that you will represent (operational, management/tactical or strategic).
- ONE department from the following list (Production, Distribution, Sales, Marketing, Finance & Accounting, Human Resources).
Once you have chosen a persona, all contributions MUST be delivered from the perspective of that persona
REQUIRED
Discuss the short deliveries issue
- From the perspective of your department and management level, discuss the importance of using an integrated ERP system with a common database for all its business processes.
- Suggest ONE advantage and ONE disadvantage of using an integrated ERP system
- Discuss ONE privacy issue that could arise with ad-hoc sales.
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