Question

Create a matrix of ingredients by customer. Put an “x” for each item ordered. Put in the time for each ingredient in each cell.

What’s the most popular ingredient?

What’s the least popular ingredient?

Which sandwich takes the longest?

Customer number, their order:

1. Turkey, lettuce, tomato, mayo, pepper, whole wheat (4 minutes)
2. Ham, swiss, lettuce, tomato, mustard, white (3:30 minutes)
3. Turkey, ham, lettuce, mustard, rye, hot (3 minutes)
4. Turkey, ham, lettuce, provolone, tomato, salt, pepper, olive oil, whole wheat ( 6 minutes)
5. Lettuce, tomato, cheddar, swiss, salt, pepper, mayo, rye ( 3 minutes)
6. Peanut butter, white ( 2 minutes)
7. Cheddar, swiss, mustard, hot ( 2:30 minutes)
8. Beef, provolone, lettuce, tomato, mustard, white ( 5 minutes).

Note: this is a simple practice on how to creat a mental map matrix

Answer 1

Ingredient	Order 1	Order 2	Order 3	Order 4	Order 5	Order 6	Order 7	Order 8	Total
Turkey	X		X	X					3
Lettuce	X	X	X	X	X			X	6
Tomato	X	X		X	X			X	5
Mayo	X				X				2
Pepper	X			X	X				3
Whole-wheat	X								1
Ham		X	X	X					3
Swiss		X			X		X		3
Mustard		X	X				X	X	4
White		X						X	2
Rye			X		X	X			3
Hot			X				X		2
Provolone				X				X	2
Salt				X	X				2
Olive oil				X					1
Cheddar					X		X		2
Peanut butter						X			1
Beef								X	1

--The most popular ingredient is the Lettuce

--The least popular ingredients are the whole-wheat, Olive oil, peanut butter, and beef

--The sandwich of the customer order 4 took the longest where the ingredients were turkey, ham, lettuce, provolone, tomato, salt, pepper, olive oil, whole wheat