Comment:
Your report must include the following sections:
1. Marking Schema (Page 1 of this document).
2. COVER PAGE
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
4. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
o The executive summary is an abstract that gives a broad picture of the contents of the report.
o It should summarize the report as if it is the only page the reader reads; he/she will know what is in the full report. Make sure that you summarize all of the important sections of the report.
o This summary shouldnt be more than ONE page.
5. COMPANY & PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
o Give a background of the chosen company name, location, logo, mission, and SWOT analysis.
o Identify the goods and/or services the company provides.
o Is this a global company? Which global operations strategy does it follow?
o What is the competitive strategy that they follow? How are they achieving this competitive advantage?
6. QUALITY:
o Discuss the quality standards or techniques used by the organization. How does the company define the quality of its product/service?
o Does the organization have a formal quality system? How do they measure quality, any tools used? o How could the company improve their approach to quality management?
o You are expected to gather information regarding company quality and then determine and analyze what TQM techniques (Continuous Improvement, Bench-marking, JIT etc.) are used by the company. When you explain that you should support your explanation with details based on the information you gathered.
7. LAYOUT DECISIONS – INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT :
o How does the company encourage layout innovation?
o From various background reading, consider an alternative approaches to improve a chosen layout. Outline some of the tools for improvement that you would recommend as being appropriate for the selected layout in the organization and explain how they could be implemented. (USE at least 10 photos to illustrate the layout before and after improvement).
8. INVENTORY & MATERIALS REQUIREMENT:
o What techniques does the company use for inventory?
o You are expected to explain how the company is managing their inventory? What are the strategies, techniques, tools, or software used for that purpose?
9. CONCLUSION:
o Provide your final conclusions and opinions
o Workload table indicating the workload of each member.
o It should not be more than one page
10. REFERENCES.
11. EVALUATION RUBRICS. NOTE: The report should NOT be less than 4500 words Attached the guideline. http://www.baskinrobbinsmea.com/en/ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=672153979591533&id=100003908114143