Assignment Questions –
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2.    Should you offer special rates for rush orders? Suppose you have just put a tray of cookies into the oven and someone calls up with a “crash priority” order for a dozen cookies of a different flavor. Can you fill the priority order while still fulfilling the order for the cookies that are already in the oven? If not, how much of a premium should you charge for filling the rush order?

3.    When should you promise delivery? How can you look quickly at your order board (list of pending orders) and tell a caller when his or her order will be ready? How much of a safety margin for timing should you allow?

4.    What other factors should you consider at this stage of planning your business?

5.    Your product must be made to order because each order is potentially unique. If you decide to sell standard cookies instead, how should you change the production system? The order taking process?