$1.$ What are the implications for the change in corporate strategy on Spartan$$s operations? How easy a task will it be to make this change?

$2.$ How does a change from a job shop to a flow operation impact the requirements on the materials function and Spartan$$s suppliers? What changes will have to be made?

$3.$ Is it reasonable to expect an improvement inventory turns from four times to twenty times? How can this be accomplished?

$4.$ Should Rick Coyne commit to a $10$ percent reduction in prices from suppliers? Do you think this target is achievable? If so$,$ how?

$5.$ Can we cut lead times from $14$ weeks to six weeks? What changes will have to be made to Spartan$$s the supply chain to achieve this objective?