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Question: Case Study 1 - Your Garden Gloves"Your Garden Gloves" is a small gardening business located in Michigan. The company plantsand maintains flower gardens for both commercial and residential clients. The company wasfounded about five years ago, and has since grown substantially, averaging about 10 new clientsand one new employee a year. The company currently

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Operations Management “ Your Garden Gloves ”

Jul 09, 2014

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Operations Management “ Your Garden Gloves ”. Team: Papaya Nick Presented by: Jason, Jimmy, Nick, Rachel, Richard, Sandy. Professor: Ying Jiun Hsieh. Outline. 1. Case Introduction 2. Question D iscussion 3. Questions and Answers. 1. Case Introduction – “Your Garden Gloves”.

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Operations Management “Your Garden Gloves” Team: Papaya Nick Presented by: Jason,Jimmy, Nick, Rachel, Richard, Sandy Professor: Ying JiunHsieh

Outline 1. Case Introduction 2. Question Discussion 3. Questions and Answers

1. Case Introduction – “Your Garden Gloves” Company Background: • Gardening business • Established 5 years ago • Substantially business growth • Each year 10 new clients and a new employee • Currently 8 seasonal employees

1. Case Introduction – “Your Garden Gloves” Company Background: • Assign crew to do tasks • Crew size range from 2 to 4 workers • Largest job took longer time • Take a investigation

2. Question Discussion Question 1 Which crew size had the highest productivity? Which crew size had the lowest productivity? What are some possible explanations for these results?

Productivity Ratios • Productivity ratios

Explanation Productivity Ratios Productivity Paradox • New workers (Grouping of employees with different experience level) 2. Quality of tools

2. Question Discussion Question 2 After a recent storm, a customer called in a panic, saying that she had planned a garden party for the upcoming weekend and her garden was shambles. The owner decided to send a crew of four workers, even though a two-worker crew would have a higher productivity. Explain the rationale for this decision.

Prioritization Critical activity with high importance and urgency

Rational Explanation • Time pressure • 4 people have the highest total output per day • 4 workers should complete the work asap

Illustration • Assumption: Garden size 20,000 square feet Case 1 Crew size 2 4,234 ft²/day Duration: 4.7 days Case 2 Crew size 4 7,860 ft²/day Duration: 2.5 days

2. Question Discussion Question 3 What is a possible qualitative issue that may very well influence productivity levels that the productivity ratios fail to take into account?

Qualitative Issues 1. New company: • Founded only 5 years ago • Low employee loyalty Solutions: • Offer long-term contracts • Provide a career path • Develop relationships

Qualitative Issues 2. Seasonal work: (weather conditions, location) • 6 month operating time • No continuous work flow through the whole year • Employees may look for permanent jobs → drop outs

Qualitative Issues 3. Standardization: • Standardized processes increase the productivity level of employees Solution: Introduction of standard operation procedures • In long term, employees may feel less motivated and reduce productivity level Solution: Assign different tasks from time to time

Qualitative Issues 4. Incentive plans that reward productivity can increase productivity • Productivity level influenced by structural division between management and labor • Goal: Willingness that workers give their best Solution: Performance related wages

Qualitative Issues 5. Experience of workers • Employees with longer experience have usually a higher productivity level than less experienced workers 6. Quality of tools • Has an impact of the productivity level

3. Questions and Answers

Sources • Operations Management by William J. Stevenson (11th Edition). • http://anywhereworking.org/2013/productivity-hack-friday-actions-urgent-important-matrix/ • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Michigan_in_United_States.svg/800px-Michigan_in_United_States.svg.png • http://de.climate-data.org/location/17804/

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