Case assignment questions

Reference no: EM1317285

3) Barilla SPA (A)

Case Assignment Questions:

In the environment in which Barilla operated, do you believe JITD would be feasible? If so, which customers would you target next? How would you convince them that the JITD program was worth trying? If not, what alternatives would you suggest to combat some of the difficulties that Barilla’s operations face?

The report should contain a minimum of 2500 and a maximum of 3000 words. The word count is from the start of the Executive Summary to the end of the Conclusions sections and does not include the cover page, references and appendices.

• The required format for the layout of the report is as follows:

• Executive Summary

• In a single paragraph, summaries the contents of the entire report. This should be written last when the rest of the report is completed, so that you know what you are summarizing.

o Introduction to the selected project

? Briefly give an introduction to the case you are analysing.

? Outline your plan to analyse the case

o Analysis of the case

? Using the theory in the topic, analyse the case.

? You should devote most of the effort to applying the theory to answer the case study questions.

o Discussion and Conclusions

? In this section, you discuss your answers

? Identify the key learning points in the case and what your group learned from undertaking the assignment.

o References

? All third party material used in the report must be listed here using a formal referencing system such as the Harvard system. These must be correctly cited where used in the body of the report.

The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate the practical aspect of OM and to illustrate how the topics in the module are related to the case studies.

This assignment will enable students to identify the challenges of OM in the global business environment, and to develop the following skills: teamwork due to the group nature of the task, written and oral communication, and research skills from gathering information from multiple sources about their chosen case study.

references to be APA or Harvard. Attachment:- Barilla Spa (A).pdf

Reference no: EM1317285

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