HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE AND COCOA INDUSTRY
Product R&D, Technology and Systems Development Discuss your company’s activities in Product R&D, Technology and Systems Development. What company functions are associated with this activity? This may take from one paragraph to a few paragraphs, depending on how this activity is being performed and how much detail you are providing (refer to “HINT” for what you need to focus on). Discuss how value is added (a strength) and how your company’s activities in this area are detrimental/harmful to your company (a weakness).
After describing the activity, summarize Strengths and Weaknesses below. S&Ws MUST be derived from the above description of this activity. Strengths: Summarize your strengths (you may use bullet-format as long as strengths are clearly identified). If there are no strengths identified, then so state and provide justification. Weaknesses: Summarize your weaknesses (you may use bullet-format as long as strengths are clearly identified). If your company has no weaknesses identified, then so state and provide justification.