for chemtia 3
Prompt: Review the case entitled “Chapter 10 Case: Oakhurst Dairy: Operations Management and Sustainability” in the Sustainable Business Case Book. Analyze the case responding to the following questions:
- How did Oakhurst survive as the only family dairy in northern New England? What was the role of the company’s sustainable business practices?
- How did Oakhurst benefit from its relationship with the NGO Clean Air–Cool Planet (CA–CP)? In addition to earning a number of community awards for its sustainable business practices and initiatives, what other benefits did Oakhurst receive? Is its brand name more highly respected?
- How can detailed targets, calculations, and monitoring of sustainability efforts contribute to effective management?
- What are the company’s main challenges in 2012 and beyond?
- Do you expect Oakhurst to continue to be an independent dairy in 2020?
- Essay format; not bullet format.
- Minimum 5 full pages of content (Word Document) of strategic material (does not include cover page, abstract, nor reference pages).
- All charts, graphs, pictures are to go in the appendix (not a substitute for content)