1.

In what ways are Hazels customers most likely to judge the quality of her lawn care
services?
Hazels customers will judge the quality of her lawn care services through the
following:-

Health of her own lawn

o

Green grass
o

Neatness and cleanliness of the lawn-

Past customers-

Conformance

2.

Hazel is the operations manager of her business. Among her responsibilities areforecasting inventory management, scheduling, quality
assurance, and maintenance.Forecasting inventory management, scheduling, quality assurance andmaintenance are important functions of an
operations manager. All of these
works are for Hazel to do alone and thats a big respnsibility.
a.

What kinds of things would likely require forecasts?I think the following needs forecasting:-

Weather and Climate Condition: Hazel needs to know whether the conditionof the weather is good in order to prepare for rain drizzles or
otherunwanted weather.-

Demand for Lawn Services: Hazel needs to know when the demand for theservice is needed in order to have a plan of when to have
discounts andwhen the demand is not that good at all.-

Cost of Equipments and Related Materials: This will help Hazel to be able toupdate her prices and to know whether she needs to increase or
decreaseher expenses.
b.

What inventory items does Hazel probably have? Name any inventory decisionshe has to make periodically.The items she has probably are:-

Mower-

Seeds-

Fertilizers-

Rakes-

Grass cutter