The new OCS Pre-seen for the November 2024 and February case study is out. Featured are BackOffice, who design, manufacture and market backpacks.
They are a high-value fashion product, founded in 2015 (so quite a young company).
Top tutor Andrew Mower’s initial reaction was it is a ‘great pre-seen’, although on the longer side (back to nearly 30 pages). He says everyone hopefully knows what a backpack is, and it is not a complicated product!
Mower felt the company has a great ethos – they want their product to be beautiful, useful, durable (check out the special material), and comfortable.
BackOffice also want to be sustainable, and this will be a key thing in the case.
Mower said the other key themes of the OCS case are growth (9% growth expected), quality, IT (digital design is key), and production (where are they made?).
Innovation (4 new products ready to go), is going to feature too.
Mower’s Examinable topics included:
ABC (BackOffice could switch to ABC).
Stress Testing Budgets (only one supplier of ballistic nylon).
KPIs and variance (in most exams).
PPE and leases (spare capacity – lease new equipment?).
Expect Values (launching new products, think decision trees).
Inventory management (currently hold 2 months of stock).
- Check out Mower’s initial thoughts at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NARLeBOkigk.
