Gallo Winery

The Rose Company is building a new plant to reduce cost, improve the quality of products, and maintain competitive leadership by gaining a slight production advantage. The main obstacles to be overcome are the commissioning of a new plant, new methods and process, and administrative reporting issues. As the newly hired General Plant Manager, I plan to resolve these issues by insisting that all plant communications flow through me, instituting training for plant personnel and setting operational expectations.

Arroyo Fresco Community Health Center (AF) is a community health center serving western Arizona from 11 clinics and 4 mobile service vans. Community health centers have been established over the past 40 years in underserved areas in all 50 states, and they are nonprofit, community-owned health care organizations that offer patients high-quality primary care and preventive services regardless of their ability to pay. They also provide enabling services, such as transportation, translation, case management, health education, and home visitation, which increase access to care. AF serves three counties – Yuma, Mohave, and La Paz – with diverse populations and needs. The service area of over 23,000 square miles has fewer than

Los Angeles’ El Gallo Grill serves sumptuous and authentic Mexican cuisine made with fresh and vibrant ingredients in its inviting and rustic restaurant. For a superb start to your meal, enjoy the chunky guacamole fresco and creamy queso fundido melted cheese dip topped with chorizo sausage, both served with tortilla chips. Some of El Gallo Grill’s specialty entrées include the gallito de carne asada steak stuffed with ham, cheese, tomatoes and onion, the firewood roasted tiger shrimp brochete and the smoky adobada tacos. El Gallo Grill is not the typical Mexican joint. Here, the chef’s pride themselves on serving vibrant and fresh cuisine, not the typical greasy plates served at many others.

Temperature of pico de gallo at sale ranged between 4.5 and 6oC(Table 1). According to FDA, foodborne illness and outbreaks are associated with storage and handling practices of tomatoes therefore, food products are recommended to be kept below 5oC otherwise it falls under a danger zone that correlates to increase risk of bacterial growth. Temperature of samples from Chipotle and Tequila Cocina were higher than FDA recommendation (10). The pH of 4 samples was 4.01 and 4.26, which were not significantly different from each other (Table 1). According to FDA, acidic foods are not favorable for pathogen growth. Water activity of the samples was in between 0.983 and 0.99, which were not significantly

Creating an economic impact of $70 billion and proving more than 334,000 jobs in the society, Virginia Agriculture production is among one of the most diverse in the U.S. and the largest industry for Virginia itself (VDACS 2017). The agriculture industry includes not only field productions, but also processing and manufacturing industries such as food and beverage processing, textiles, wood products, pulp and paper mills, among others, and due to the link with agriculture, changes in this latter affects in various degrees the whole state industry (Rephann 2017). The tour held on August 22nd to 24th provided the opportunity to explore and get familiar with the industry related to agriculture, food safety, horticulture,

This paper provides an overview of a visit through Jelly Belly’s Virtual Tour from one of its factories located in Fairfield, California. The Jelly Belly Candy Company is a popular American candy distributor, known for its variety of products like Candy Corns, Licorice Bridge Mints, Jordan Almonds, Milk Chocolate Malt Balls, and of course Jelly Beans (Jelly Belly, 2017). A personal impression of the company’s operations involving the packing, productions, distribution, marketing, supply, human resources, and consumer relations that occurs in day to day production is reviewed (Reis, 2013). Additional, noticeable problems and inefficiencies such as international marketing efforts and production processes are addressed from the virtual tour and

Inspired by French home-style cooking with robust earthy dishes and slow-cooked foods, Bistro du Vin’s Gallic influenced menu has an undeniably British flavour. The Bistro offers classic British food with a twist of French cuisine and the menu changes every day depending on the produce available. Delicate starters such as crab linguine give way to bold mains, which include duck confit and vegetarian options like warm roast butternut squash and lentil salad. A Sunday lunch menu and range of superb desserts also feature.

This analysis delves into the company’s operation management principles to interpret its successful strategies and offer future recommendations.

1. What actions can Peanutty’s managers take to ensure the supply of raw materials for its operations, while reducing the risk of stockouts or high production costs?

The Silver Oak Winery was established in 1972 by the Raymond T. Duncan and a friend, Justin Meyer in the Napa Valley Region in California. Undoubtedly Duncan had always possessed an affinity for the Napa Valley Region and he held a goal of establishing a winery in this charming area of California. Because Duncan enjoyed no viticulture experience of his own, he relied on his friend Justin to plant and manage the vineyards. ("Our Story.")

National Cranberry Cooperative Case is the study done by the Harvard Business School about a process of warehousing from the delivery and arriving of cranberry to a manufacturing in the warehouse. National Cranberry Cooperative was an organization formed and owned by growers of cranberries to process and markets their berries. The handling of process fruit RP1 was highly mechanized. The process could be classified into several operations; receiving and testing, dumping, temporary holding, destroying, dechaffing, drying separation and bulking and bagging. The objective of the total

This procedure describes the internal procedures for creating labels for finished product bottles/containers and shipper labels for boxes or cartons.

The Lebanon Gasket Company (LGC) hired Tom Walsh as the plant manager of its Topeka, Kansas, facility in 2004. LGC was impressed by Walsh’s 20 years of experience as a manufacturing engineer, including four years of employment as a manager in Toyota’s Georgetown, Kentucky, facility. Walsh’s charge at Topeka was to turn around a plant that had been suffering from declining profits and margins, excessive waste and inventory levels, unsatisfactory on-time customer delivery performance, and shrinking market share. To overcome these problems, he focused on one core strategy, “operational excellence”. Walsh intended to abandon the mass production mindset that had guided the Topeka plant in favor of the lean thinking approach he had seen work effectively at Toyota.

The owner of the company recently implemented a new plan of contracting with local organic farmers of fresh produce to obtain the finest quality products for customers. His incentive was laid in consumer trends which expects to increase non-GMO sales shares by three fourths of its overall retail sales by 2019 (Progressive Grocer, 2015). Success of this implemented plan depends mainly on the analysis of changes that affected operations management processes, supply chain structure, and quality control systems. Operations management is the process an organization uses to obtain the materials or ideas for the product it provides, the process of transforming them into the product, and the process of providing the final product to a user. (Gomez-Mejia & Balkin, 2005, chap 15). The processes of such an implementation include purchasing, inventory management, forecasting, and merchandise selection and pricing.

The purpose of this case study was to review and analyze the role of engineers as managers, showing clear understanding of the planning processes managers in today’s industry use and to distinguish the different types of organizational planning processes commonly used. It was also given to evaluate the characteristics of effective management control, including elements of operations and financial control. In this particular case Chatime a globally established beverage franchise specializing in Chinese tea is looking to grow and extend to a wider target audience which would ultimately increase the chains profits and the company’s reputation. Currently Chatime has set their strategic goals and are aiming to become ‘the Starbucks of tea’ (Head office of Chatime). They have captured the Australian-Asian community and now hope to expand into a wider range of people who appreciate good tea. Since first opening in 2009 the franchise now has over 43 outlets which demonstrates the business has effective management and very effective financial control with a profit of 8.5 million in 2012. With correct organisational planning Chatime has the potential to reach its strategic goal. For Chatime to continue to grow to be a sustainable competitor in the beverage outlet industry multiple sources of advantages need to be acquired by the business to help promote the company’s growth and reputation. By understanding the risks involved in this process, managers of the company