The Box Company
Scenario:
The Marketing Department of _______________Box Company has just presented a sales report to the President of the company. The figures look bleak, at the present time your major competitor is out selling you 2 to 1. If this continues your company is in jeopardy of bankruptcy. Changes must take place immediately to forgo this disastrous outcome.
We are going to re-organize and a new company is now being formed. You need to develop the following:
1. A company name
2. A company logo
3. Size of your projected company
4. Elect a President
5. Develop Strategies and a Plan of Action
6. How many boxes your team will produce that meet quality control specification.
Assignments:
Each Company will have a minimum of 4 to 5 employees.
Names of companies, projected production run, actual production run, approved production run
Production Run A:
Your newly formed company must decide how many 3 1/16” x 3 1/16” square boxes you can mass produce in a 15 minute production run.
Production Run B:
Your newly formed company must decide how many 3 1/16” x 3 1/16” square boxes you can mass produce in a 15 minute production run.
Key Concept:
Your goal numbers must be determined prior to the production run.
All boxes will be run through quality control.
Presentations:
Each team will be given 5 minutes to present a job analysis and a sales presentation on why their box company should be given the new contract to produce this product. This is a team effort.
Materials:
Scissors - 1 per team
Variety of Colored Paper
Box Template: 2 per team
Pencils: 2 per team
White paper for presentation and notes: 4 to 5 blank sheets
