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Key-Person Dependency in Production

A short specialty bakery decision problem. Use the supplied facts, commit to one action, then check your reasoning. Fictional practice; no leaderboard score is recorded.

Specialty bakery · single point of failure

One baker knows every recipe and holds them in his head. He has not taken a vacation in two years, and production stops entirely on the rare days he is out.

Given factScenario data
Recipe knowledgeOne baker; held in memory
Time since baker's vacation2 years
Production when baker is absentStops entirely
What should you do?

Choose an action, then lock it in to reveal the reasoning. This is untimed practice.

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