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Pinky Ice-cream ltd. is an ice-cream company that is located in the city of Palma and has branches in several communities. The brand is an emerging brand and is becoming very popular among children and young adults. One of the reasons why this brand of ice-cream is becoming so popular is because the quality is outstanding. The Operations manager work closely with the marketing manager to ensure that the best quality ice-cream is sold to customer. The OM manager uses the best quality ingredients
and ensures that the best machines and labour are employed in the transformation process. They also produce a variety of flavours to ensure that the customers have a wide choice. Weekly customer demand for the ice-cream can be seen in the table below.
Week Demand(gallons)
1 280
2 295
3 315
4 300
5 340
6 335
7 350
Seeing that the company is fairly new, management is yet to formulate a mission and a vision statement for the organization. They are planning to develop a strategic plan and would include these statements along with strategies in the plan.
1. Define Mission.
2. Formulate a mission statement for Pinkie Ice-Cream Ltd. You should incorporate the components of a good mission statement.
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