...Sohan Phal Dessai | Sec B | 2012112 Greaves Brewery: Case Analysis Abstract: Greaves Brewery enjoyed an excellent reputation as a maker of beer that had won both local drinkers and tourists who chanced to try out its bottled product during their trips. Located in Trinidad, a southern Caribbean island, Greaves Brewery was established in 1924 by John Greaves, its founder. Through the years, Greaves Brewery had steadily grown and eventually began to tap the export markets as well. The company reaped its highest level of sales in February 1991. The increased demand for Greaves beer called for prompt action for the company to improve its production operations to keep up with the favourable development. Issues of the Case: In the course of finalizing the design for an additional bottling line for Greaves Brewery , the company’s chief engineer , Lesley Simpson , had to decide on issues pertaining to how the bottled beer in cases should be placed on the pallets . The company was currently using manual labour for this part of the production line. Meanwhile, there is the available option to set up an automated system for it. Problem Statement: Increasing capacity to 1000 bottles/minute to meet increasing peak sales demands 4 times a year; Carnival (Feb), Easter (April), Independence Day (August), Christmas (December). Highest sales were during carnival. Material Handling is a problem so the manager is considering of setting up a automatic palletizer. The Bottling Process:...
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...NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY The Wayne Huizenga Graduate School of Business and Entrepreneurship-Master's ProgramS Assignment for Course: QNT 5040- Business Modeling Submitted to: Dr. Tom Griffin Submitted by: Prince A. Storr ps44@nova.edu Date of Course Meeting: November 18, 2011 Date of Submission: November 18, 2011 Title of Assignment: Greaves Brewery: 10 Month Forecasting CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and any assistance that I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data, ideas, or words, either quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course. Student Signature: Prince A Storr Instructor(s Grade on Assignment: Instructor(s Comments: Greaves Brewery: Ten Month Sales Forecasting Case Synopsis Alex Benson, purchasing manager for Greaves Brewery in Trinidad was faced with a dilemma in early 2004. He encountered difficulty in forecasting sales for 2004; particularly because of the 2003 slump, government excise taxes and other factors such as decreased numbers in both tourist arrivals to the Caribbean island and beer exports to the U.S. As purchasing manager, Benson’s prime responsibility was maintaining adequate inventory levels for all goods and materials used in the company’s production processes, including the purchase of new bottles and...
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...Greaves Brewery is a small producer of lagers and ales located m Trinidad. Alex Benson, the purchasing agent, IS trying to determine how many reusable bottles to order from Greaves Brewery's German glass supplier. The decision this year is complicated by the possibility that a new bottle design could be introduced that would make all existing bottle inventories obsolete. In the past, however, Benson had delayed production by not ordering enough bottles to keep up with demand. The case provides an opportunity to employ a number of forecasting methods and the challenge of integrating the forecast with the bottle purchase-quantity decision. The case study should consist of a three to five page paper, double-spaced pages of narrative in 12-point font. Exhibits in the form of calculations, tables, charts, graphs, etc., may be added to the five page narrative to enhance your discussion. See “Case Analysis and Presentation” for guidance 1. Investigate the potential to apply various time series forecasting approaches, including exponential smoothing. 2. Discuss the benefits and limitations of time series forecasting for this application. 3. Introduce the challenges involved in managing reusable inventories that spend most of their time in the possession of customers. 4. How many thousand cases will Greaves Brewery sell in the next year? 5. Map the flow of reusable bottles. 6. Use the map, the forecast and other relevant case facts to predict the brewery's...
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...03-Klassen-4641.qxd 4/1/2005 6:06 PM Page 135 3 PLANNING AND CONTROL O ffering desirable customer service at a reasonable cost requires an efficient flow of materials and services while simultaneously managing the organization’s resources that direct and transform these flows. Effective planning and coordination ensures that all resources required to deliver services or produce goods are available in the right quantity and quality at the right time. Such planning and coordination, however, is often very complex. For example, a typical manufacturer is required to track hundreds or thousands of raw materials, components, and subassemblies for effective production. In a similar way, a service provider must ensure the appropriate employees and range of necessary materials are available to fill the needs of multiple market segments, often on very short notice. Effective internal planning and control represents the fundamental “block and tackling” underlying an organization’s efficient and effective operations. Operations planning and control is the second of the foundational blocks that contribute to the management of broader operational systems (see Figure 3.1). Forecasting customer demand based on a wide range of business factors is one critical input. Planning for operations then must cover both the long-term planning horizon for overall capacity and process-related resources, such as facilities, equipment, and personnel, as well as detailed schedules to match...
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...[pic] [pic] 1.1 INTRODUCTION ABOUT SGSSL The South Gujarat Shares and Share brokers Ltd. (SGSSL) was started with authorized share capital of Rs. 3 crores and it’s paid up capital 1.27 crores under the company Act 1956. In 1992, The Company started its activities as association of person as sub broker giving service for buying and selling of securities to investors in Surat. Mr. Anil Choksy, Mr. Ashok Mehta, Mr. Jagdish Patel, Mr.Paresh Jhaveri Who took initiative to forming a limited company, So as become member of NSE India .In this way SGSSL was registered under company Act on the 5th January 1995, and conducted it’s trading business as member of National Stock Exchange. 31st march 1995 which was first financial year completed by the company after its registration & in this year the company suffered a loss of Rs.80000 due to heavy expenses like assets purchase, maintenance, establishment of building, furniture etc. The company had also faced loss in next financial year (1995) of RS.118000 because of prevailing poor market condition. During the year ended 31st march, 1997 the company has turned the table. On the total income of Rs. 45,80,000, the company made a net profit of Rs.3,70,000 and after adjusting the losses of Rs. 1,98,000, the Net Profit shown to the Balance Sheet was Rs. 1,78,000. On the 27th February 1996, the company obtained SEBI registration as broker. Originally the operation was started at Baroda because at that time National...
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...Primis ISBN: 0−390−55313−1 Text: Advanced Financial Accounting, Sixth Edition Baker−Lembke−King Harvard Business School Accounting Cases Corporate Finance, Seventh Edition Ross−Westerfield−Jaffe Harvard Business Review General Management Articles Harvard Business School Finance Cases This book was printed on recycled paper. Finance http://www.mhhe.com/primis/online/ Copyright ©2005 by The McGraw−Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher. This McGraw−Hill Primis text may include materials submitted to McGraw−Hill for publication by the instructor of this course. The instructor is solely responsible for the editorial content of such materials. 111 FINAGEN ISBN: 0−390−55313−1 Finance Contents Ross−Westerfield−Jaffe • Corporate Finance, Seventh Edition I. Overview 1 1 20 34 34 69 97 129 151 151 192 192 214 214 248 1. Introduction to Corporate Finance 2. Accounting Statements and Cash Flow II. Value and Capital Budgeting 4. Net Present Value 5. How to Value Bonds and Stocks 7. Net Present Value and Capital Budgeting 8. Risk Analysis, Real Options, and Capital Budgeting III: Risk 10. Return and Risk: The Capital−Asset−Pricing Model (CAPM) VII. Short−Term Finance ...
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