PROCESS STRATEGY 30 MARKS Part 1a The local Tasty Patty Shop makes beef patty. Currently, their process makes complete patties, fully cooked, for the customer. This process has a fixed cost of $20,000, and a variable cost of $1.75 per patty. The owner is considering a different process that can make patties in two ways: completely cooked (as before), or partially cooked and then flash frozen, for the customer to finish at home. This alternate process has a fixed cost of $24,000, but a lower variable cost (because much less energy is used in baking) of $1.25 per pizza. i Construct the crossover chart ii. Determine the crossover point between the existing process and the proposed iii. If the owner expects to sell 9,000 patties, should he get the new oven? iv. Over what range would each process be economically feasible. Part 1b 1b. Discuss the 4 types of focused operations-one(1) page only 8 marks process? 5 4 marks 3 marks 10 marks

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