For the supply strategy to be effective it should be cheap and client conscious. Once the potatoes are in the distribution centers, the different retail stores should first be determined. The recommended strategy works on proximity of the retail centers to the nearest distribution channel. In California there are widespread retail stores for the potatoes. However, the stores can be arrangement in term of distance from a distribution center. Retail stores in one particular area should be supplied from the same distribution channel. This joint distribution strategy will also provide accuracy on the quantity of potatoes to be supplied in a particular area. This move may reduce significantly the surplus. To make the strategy more effective, the organization should try and match different demand time of different retail stores. For instance, retail stores in one particular area should have a synchronized supply schedule. If this is implemented effectively, the cost of transportation would be reduced significantly. This is because the number of trips made to the retail stores is reduced significantly. However, this is no predictable as man retail stores have fixed time for supplies.
In this adjustment the drop in the expenditure in the will decrease by about 20 percent. In applying the least cost method, the company should maximize on the transportation of to the retain store with the least transportation cost. In this case, the last row which cost $160 for transportation should be considered. This particular route should be used for transportation to other retail stores. The calculation of the least cost method is attached.
At a first step the zoo should ensure that the employees in the zoo are of the best quality. From the time period between 8 and 10 the schedules should be reduced. This time schedule gives room for two 6 hour shifts to be completed before 10 pm. using the integer programming method this case could be easily solved by linear time as a LP type. In my recommendations, I would be against the rewards of employees in hourly basis. This strategy is expensive and the staffs are not paid regarding to their output. To ease the burden of employee maintenance, the number of employees should be significantly dropped (Der-San, Robert & Yu, 98). This will also increase the number of experts in the zoo. This move will greatly promote division of labor and specialization (Der-San, Robert & Yu, 98).
Works cited
Der-San , Chen., Robert, Batson. & Yu, Dang (2010). Applied Integer Programming: Modeling and Solution. New York: John Wiley and Sons
