Based on your analysis in the previous section, as an Operations Manager write a brief report with your recommendations for the business owner. For full marks you must include the following:

1. Outline the current situation of the organization based on the numbers you calculated.

• What is your analysis showing?
• What are your numbers showing?
• Is there enough capacity to meet demand for each product line? [10 marks]

2. Provide a solid recommendation to the business owner on how to address the problem(s) in the current situation.

• What do you recommend that the business owner do as next steps?
• Ensure that your answer is clear, consice, evidenced based and includes the numbers from the analysis to support your recommendation. [10 marks]

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 141 115 35.94% 93 29.06% 0.29 0.87 130 40.63% 0.41 1.23 0.36 1.08 44.06% 0.44 1.32 Plastic Demand for plastic sprinklers Percentage of capacity used Machine requirements Labor requirements Bronze Demand for bronze sprinklers Percentage of capacity used Machine requirements Labor requirements 211 35.00% 1.05 2.10 24 40.00% 1.20 2.40 34 56.67% 1.70 3.40 56 93.33% 2.80 5.60