Answer Q5 Only..

A manufacturing organization which has two plants, a corporate head office and five sales offices at different locations in the country, is embarked on a capacity expansion strategy. It is planning to double its production and sales in the next two years. The expansion is taking place because the company has acquired a new robotic manufacturing technology which has not only increased production capacity and product quality significantly but has also reduced costs substantially. A new software has also digitized supply chain and sales transactions online.

The new technology and software have raised sales by 180% and profits by 210%. However, on an overall basis, the companys manpower is being reduced by 20% even though as part of the capacity expansion, a new plant and office will be set up in a neighboring country.

Given the expansion of the company,

3) The company wants to right size. What strategy should the company adopt for downsizing? Which departments would be most affected by the downsizing and why? Will any departments have a shortage of manpower?

4)To induct the new technology, an intensive training program must be implemented at all the companys locations. Describe the process that should be followed in designing this training program.

Q5. Make a Gantt chart incorporating the steps mentioned in (3) (4) above.

Please give detailed assumptions, reasons and justifications for your answers. Apply the concepts, processes and practices taught in the course. Write at least 6 pages. Upload a Word document in Moodle before the deadline. The Gantt chart could be uploaded as an Excel document. Late submissions will be penalized. Resubmissions are not allowed.