You have decided to sell homemade rice crispy treats (two types -- your choice; for some ideas see here (Links to an external site.) and hot chocolate (two types -- your choice) at an upcoming basketball game. Assume that you have been provided with three stands from which to operate, located in the concession area. You have $300 in start-up funds to spend. You must find the necessary baking facilities and staff (volunteers are acceptable). Before you can get started with your fundraising venture, you must figure out the "who, what, where, when, and how" of your stand operation. (You already know the "why" – raising money for Stand Up to Cancer.)
Steps
Answer the questions "who, what, where, when, and how"
Some sample questions that need to be answered:.
1. Where and when will the treats be made?
2. Who will make the treats?
3. Where, how, who, and when will you get the ingredients?
4. How many workers do you need and what are their duties/responsibilities?
5. Who will be in charge of the funds? What procedures are necessary to handle purchases and deposit profits?
6. Who will work the stands? Will there be shifts? How many workers will you need?
7. What hours will the stands operate?
Organize your answers according to business functions and business processes within each function.
Research standard business processes associated with finance, production and distribution, sales and marketing, human resources functions
Research business processes associated with food catering/restaurants/vending etc.
Group processes according to business functions such as finance, production and distribution, sales and marketing, human resources, and etc.)
Congratulations! Your stand sales of treats and hot chocolate were a big success. Stand Up to Cancer has requested that you expand your efforts on a much larger scale to raise even more money for Stand Up to Cancer. The goal is for every Stand Up to Cancer organization to make and sell rice crispy treats as a fund raiser. The organizations will sell treats in a manner similar to Girl Scout cookies.
You are in charge of the upstream supply chain activities of planning, sourcing and distributing the ingredients to Stand Up to Cancer organizations. Although there will be more than two types of treats sold, as an initial planning effort, you are to figure out the upstream supply chain activities for the two types of treats contained in your previous assignment.
Steps
Answer the questions "who, what, where, when and how" in terms of sourcing and distributing ingredients to Stand Up to Cancer organizations. Of course, your goal is to keep prices low so that you can increase profits for Stand Up to Cancer.
Deliverable
Organize your document according to supply chain processes.
Describe the "who, what, where, when, & how" of your stand operation in terms of the supply chain processes.
Each section should have a heading, a description of that part of the operation (~3-4 paragraphs), and bullet points to convey the details of the operation.
Expected length is 5 pages single-spaced, Times New Roman 12-pt font. (Longer is fine; shorter is probably inadequate.)