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Sanchit, after completing his entrepreneurship course from Sweden returned to India and started a coffee shop 'AromaCoffeeCan' in a famous mall in New Delhi. The speciality of the coffee shop was the special aroma of coffee and wide variety of flavours to choose from. Somehow, the business was neither profitable nor popular, Sanchit was keen to find out the reason. He appointed Sandhya, an MBA from a reputed college, as a Manager to find out the causes for the same.
Sandhya took feedback from the clients and found out that though they loved the special unique aroma of coffee but were not happy with the long waiting time being taken to process the order. She analysed and found out that there were many unnecessary obstructions in between which could be eliminated. She fixed a standard time for processing the order.
She also realised that there were some flavours whose demand was not enough. So, she also decided to stop the sale of such flavours. As a result of a short period, Sandhya was able to attract the customers
Identify and explain any two techniques of scientific management used by Sandhya to solve the problem.
Solution
Sandhya analysed and found that there were many unnecessary obstructions which could be solved through fixing the standard time and discontinuing the sale of flavours not demanded in the market. Hence, Sandhya adopted the following two techniques of scientific management to solve the problem of the business:
1) Time Study: According to this technique, there must be a standard time limit for the completion of a task. With repeated observations with regard to the time taken in completing a task, a standard limit is set. This helps in deciding the number of employees which would be required in completing a task. For example, if it is observed that one person can manufacture one unit of a commodity in two hours, then in a working day of 8 hours, each worker can manufacture 4 units of the commodity.
2) Simplification and Standardisation of Work: Standardisation refers to a process wherein standards are set for any production activity. The standard is then used as a benchmark for evaluating the tasks done. In simplification, unnecessary varieties in design, size etc. which add to the cost should be avoided. This technique aims at the full and efficient utilisation of resources, reducing inventories and increasing the turnover.
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