Description of the assignment:
Students are requested to choose an international manufacturing firm within the industry of their
own interest and submit a case report addressing the following issues:
• Identify and critically discuss the company’s strategic decisions.
• State what transformed and transforming resources are used in the production process.
• Describe the firm’s domestic and foreign operations.
• Explain the concepts of quality, speed, dependability, flexibility and cost and relate them to
the firm’s competitiveness and operations.
• Suggest a process for the design of new products.

You must acknowledge all sources of information and evidence using the Harvard Referencing System.

Objectives of the minor assessment
The aim of this assignment is to give students a chance to test their ability to apply the tools
presented in the “Operations Management” course to the analysis of real-world business cases.
Description of the assignment
Students are requested to choose an international manufacturing firm within the industry of their
own interest and submit a case report addressing the following issues:
• Identify and critically discuss the company’s strategic decisions.
• State what transformed and transforming resources are used in the production process.
• Describe the firm’s domestic and foreign operations.
• Explain the concepts of quality, speed, dependability, flexibility and cost and relate them to
the firm’s competitiveness and operations.
• Suggest a process for the design of new products.