LEARNING LAUNCH

Hypothesis

Our company was in a plan to create new packaging material that would act as an alternative to

the normal polythene paper packaging bags. Studies show that large populaces of Kenyans are shoppers,  and therefore, need cheap and an alternatively effective solution for their goods and services. In this case,  our company targets mostly small scale shoppers who buy goods for domestic purposes

Assumption

Our assumption was that biodegradable bags are cheap and durable when compared to polythene

bags. They are also easy to dispose, since they can easily decompose. Moreover, biodegradable bags can  be used for other purposes such as storage of items such as food staffs.

The other assumption was that biodegradable bags are the best when dealing with environmental

pollution, in fact the government of Kenya has already put into implementation the ban on polythene bags  because of their environmental pollution.

Testing Key Assumption

We therefore, assembled three people from each department who would assist in fact finding

from various stakeholders to ascertain whether our ideas are viable or not. For instance, the production  department has been tasked with production of a few bags that would be distributed to the various  distribution channels such as shopping malls and centers, to get their views act as agents of awareness  creation.

The sales people have a task to collect customer response to the product, whether it is acceptable

to the customers, and if not, litigation measures to be taken.

The finance team was to make a quick test on the actual economic impact of the bags to the

company. They had to ascertain production cost in comparison to the returns, and whether the company  was able to finance the project. They also had to liaise with company suppliers to get their views on the  best material for making the bags.

The technical team had been tasked with finding out the aesthetic viability of the bags. They had

to test the production cycle to ensure that the bags produced met the set standards by the country’s  environmental regulatory body.

Confirming Data

After testing, our product received positive quality response from the various stakeholders and

customers. This subsequently, brought us to our most important step of production and distribution of our  bags in large quantities to our target customers.


LEARNING LAUNCH Hypothesis Our company was in a plan to create new packaging material that would act as an alternative to the normal polythene paper packaging bags . Studies show that large populaces of Kenyans are shoppers , and therefore , need cheap and an alternatively effective solution for their goods and services . In this case , our company targets mostly small scale shoppers who buy goods for domestic purposes Assumption Our assumption was that biodegradable bags are cheap and durable when compared to polythene bags . They are also easy to dispose , since they can easily decompose . Moreover , biodegradable bags can be used for other purposes such as storage of items such as food staffs . The other assumption was that biodegradable bags are the best when dealing with environmental pollution , in fact the government of Kenya has already put into implementation the ban on polythene bags because of their environmental pollution . Testing Key Assumption We therefore , assembled three people from each department who would assist in fact finding from various stakeholders to ascertain whether our ideas are viable or not . For instance , the production department has been tasked with production of a few bags that would be distributed to the various distribution channels such as shopping malls and centers , to get their views act as agents of awareness creation . The sales people have a task to collect customer response to the product , whether it is acceptable to the customers , and if not , litigation measures to be taken . The finance team was to make a quick test on the actual economic impact of the bags to the company . They had to ascertain production cost in comparison to the returns , and whether the company was able to finance the project . They also had to liaise with company suppliers to get their views on the best material for making the bags . The technical team had been tasked with finding out the aesthetic viability of the bags . They had to test the production cycle to ensure that the bags produced met the set standards by the country ’s environmental regulatory body . Confirming Data After testing , our product received positive quality response from the various stakeholders and customers . This subsequently , brought us to our most important step of production and distribution of our bags in large quantities to our target customers .