ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES ASSIGNMENT SECTION 1: INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT: (50 marks) TITLE: Use any manufacturing organisation (Preferably) that you are familiar with and write a report about the company. SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR REPORT: Use the following as guidelines as to what the report should contain: 1. Name of the organisation; where is it situated? What is the approximate size of the company (number of people) 2. Discuss what this company offers its customers in terms of goods and services. 3. What is the Mission and Vision of the company? 4. Based on the three (3) Key functions organisations perform, describe the business activities of the organization 5. What particular operation(s) or processes does the organisation use in converting their input resources to output goods? In addition include a flow diagram of these operations or processes (How the operation(s) or processes connect together). 6. Identify 10 strategic decisions that Operations Managers are involved in: - Then, discuss how the organisation uses or might use any Five (5) of the earlier identified strategic decisions to achieve a competitive advantage. - Mention likely Five (5) key success factors (KSFs) and Five (5) corecompetencies of the organization. - In what ways do you think this organization deal with their non-core activities? 7. Using one (1) of the organization's competitive advantage, draw an activity map that connects this competitive advantage to their KSFs and supporting activities. How many persons do you think should be employed to maintain this competitive advantage? Problem 1 An Automotive battery manufacturing company is using Exponential smoothing to forecast its automobile battery sales. Two values of are examined, =0.8 and =0.5. As an Operations Management intern, Evaluate the accuracy of each smoothing constant and identify which is preferable? (Assume the forecast for January was 22 batteries.) Actual sales are given below: Problem 2 A wholesale distribution center in Frankfurt is due to be replaced with a much larger, more modern facility that can handle the tremendous needs that have developed with the city's growth. Fresh produce travels to the seven store locations several times a day making site selection critical for efficient distribution. Using the data in the following table, Calculate the central of gravity and proposed a new distribution center