Casa Ruiz Is a Mexican Restaurant in Southern California

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Essay

Casa Ruiz is a Mexican restaurant in southern California.Its inventory purchasing process involved several steps.On a weekly basis, the head chef estimated the total supplies needed in the kitchen; the head waiter estimated the total supplies needed for the dining room.The head waiter summarized all the information and prepared a list of needed supplies for Mr.Ruiz, the owner.Mr.Ruiz kept an alphabetized list of potential suppliers; each week, he would contact one supplier from the list to place the restaurant's order.The order was placed over the phone; the salesperson quoted the total price for the order to Mr.Ruiz.When the goods arrived, Mr.Ruiz would check the total order price against the supplier's catalog.If the prices matched, Mr.Ruiz received the inventory and paid the delivery person in cash.If the prices did not match, Mr.Ruiz sent the entire order back and called the next supplier on the list.You have been hired to develop a better inventory purchasing process for Casa Ruiz following the generalized model of business process management discussed in the text.Fill in each blank below with one action you would take to achieve that goal; the first two steps have been completed as an example.Do not list the steps in the model; rather, explain what you would do for each step.1) This project will analyze the inventory purchasing project, beginning with initial needs identification and ending with paying for delivered inventory.2) You have interviewed Casa Ruiz employees and observed the process from start to finish, yielding the description above.3) _______________________________________________________________
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Definitions:

Weber Fraction

A concept in psychophysics that describes the proportionate relationship between the magnitude of a physical stimulus and its perceptible increment needed to detect a difference.

Psychological Magnitude

The perceived size, intensity, or importance of a psychological process or stimulus, often related to how individuals assess and experience various psychological phenomena.

Physical Intensity

The magnitude or strength of a physical quantity or phenomena, such as light, sound, or exercise.

Psychophysics

The branch of psychology that studies the relationships between physical stimuli and the sensations and perceptions they produce.