Global Engineering Strategy Assignment
This individual assignment requires research. Based on a company's manufacturing site of your choice (as per accompanying instructions) you are required to design a manufacturing strategy for it.
Required layout- Manufacturing Strategy Document (an executive summary), followed by the body of the assignment text based on the Terry Hill Model. The report structure should be exactly as below and follow the format of the marking scheme. There will be a 10% penalty if this is not done.
Manufacturing Strategy Document - To be a 1 - 2 page statement of the final manufacturing strategy proposed for the SBU I division (summarized from The Assignment Text below), and to include decisions, as appropriate, relating to the following issues (a list which can be extended):
Process choice
- Choice of process
- Role of inventory
- Make or buy
- Capacity (size, timing, location)
Infrastructure
- Function support
- Manufacturing planning and control systems
- Quality assurance and control
- Manufacturing systems engineering
- Clerical procedures
- Salary I wage agreements
- Work structuring
- Organization structure
The assignment text - This is the body of the report, and should include:
Development/completion of SBU I Division objectives and strategies which support corporate level objectives and strategies.
This will require the application of appropriate theory, including strategic concepts. (It is expected that this will represent approximately 15-25% of the assignment text)
Based on the above, design of the manufacturing strategy, to include:
- Discussion of options for each element
- Reasons as to why particular options have been selected to the exclusion of others (Evidence of application of appropriate theory in i) and ii) is required)
Compare your proposed manufacturing strategy with the deduced existing strategy.
Address implementation/communication issues.
Propose relevant strategy evaluation measures.
Recognition of and methods of ensuring that, the strategy remains current within a changing environment.
Assignment Files -
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6z9vhonc2j6biqr/Assignment%20Files.rar?dl=0