1 Carlos owns a private limited company called BettaBakers Limited. It produces a variety of cakes which are sold in local shops. The method of production

used by BettaBakers is batch production. Carlos says 'I have been told that lean

production techniques in the bakery would help me to increase profits'.

a) What is meant by 'lean production'?

b) Identify two ways lean production might be achieved.

c) Identify and explain two ways, other than lean production, Carlos could

use to increase productivity.

d) Identify and explain two advantages to Carlos of using batch production.

e) Do you think Carlos should change his production methods to flow

production in the bakery? Justify your answer.

Explanation:

A) Lean production basically focuses on using all of the waste that a company produces in all of its processes so that no actual resources are left unused.

B) In this scenario, this can be achieved by using all of the excess baking mixtures and combining them into extra products as well as recycling used containers.

C) Carlos could either lower costs by using cheaper materials or hire more employees.

D) Batch production allows Carlos to produce large quantities of his products at a much faster and therefore more efficient pace. This also increases profits as they have more supply to match the demand.

E) This depends on whether or not Carlos has sufficient demand for his products. Otherwise, he would waste large amounts of money on implementing a flow production method and then not have enough demand to sell all of his products, which will therefore cost him even more money in losses.

C. Fair Credit Reporting Act

Explanation:

Fair Credit Reporting Act was brought into action to lay governance on the credit bureaus regarding their consumers' credit information. The act presents the rules and regulations to be followed to obtain and present the credit details of the consumers. Also, it looks over the manner in which the details are shared with the consumers and others for various other purposes.

According to the given excerpt, the Fair Credit Reporting Act allows Carlos to take an action in case of any error found in his credit report.

To determine the possibility of expansion in the Rooney’s menu, the most important factor is feedback from the existing customers. Being a marketing consultant both internal and external factors must be considered. Internal factors - company's internal available resources such as fund, employees etc. Capabilities and strategies. 

External aspect is environmental context competitor's customer wants, needs and potentials. 

Options:

a. The small land-owner had an advantage in the negotiations by possessing something that the mine needed. 

b. It allowed for equality in the negotiations between interested parties. 

c. The impoverished context allowed the government to gain access to the land. 

d. No real impact?

Answer:

c. The impoverished context allowed the government to gain access to the land. 

Explanation:

The explorations that led to the discovery of Tintaya mine go back to 1917. In 1971, the Peruvian government promoted the exploitation  of the mine. In 1980, the expropriation of approximately 4,000 hectares of land, owned by the communities, was carried out. It is for this reason that started a dispute between the commoners and the Company. In 1985 the exploitation of Tintaya began and it became the third producer of the country. In 1994, the mine was bought by Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP), who subsequently merged with the company Billiton, forming the second biggest group in the world production of minerals. In 2001, the first proposal for the framework agreement was made public. An agreement was reached and the framework agreement was consolidated in 2003. The signature of the framework agreement was an innovative milestone. Never before, a mining company had agreed to transfer a percentage of profits to communities and to engage to dialogue with them at all times. In 2005, a violent takeover occurred of the Tintaya facilities. A reformulation of the framework agreement was demanded. The implementation of the framework agreement was taking place very slowly. The president of BHP Billiton had to suspend the mining activity until a new agreement was reached. Then the negotiations began again. Xstrata Cooper (now Glencore) bought Tintaya from BHP Billiton in 2006. The owner changed, but the same conflicts and mobilizations continued until 2012. The last stoppage lasted eight days. During this paralysis, violent acts occurred and even the mine was asked to close, which was completely rejected by the government. At present, no resolution or reformulation of the framework agreement has been reached. 

So is often the case, the expansion of mining activity led to the expropriation or purchase of land, back in 1980, from five communities and left open conflicts (low prices, evictions, illegitimate negotiations, etc.), as well as various environmental and human rights problems.