Evaluate Ikea based on the following information below and indicate the references or links where the info is taken from for citation.

Evaluate Ikea's Strategic planning and productivity Provide background information (e.g., mission, vision, competitive advantage, market segment, strategies, etc.) of the organization (e.g., furniture factory) Describe the product or service to be analyzed (e.g., sofas) Describe the production process for the product/service Define which type of productivity would be relevant for the specific product line or service that you are analyzing (e.g., labour, machine, material productivity)

B. Chap. 5: Strategic capacity planning

Describe the strategic capacity planning for a new or existing product/service.

Calculate the capacity requirements

Select one of the following: 1. Find the bottleneck process (e.g., define tasks for processing the product/service, define workers available, estimate time to perform tasks, calculate capacity and bottleneck)

2. Perform a break-even analysis for evaluating capacity alternatives (e.g., new machines)

C. Chap. 6: Facility layout

Describe the type of layout for the production process (e.g., product layout, functional layout) (layout drawing is not necessary)

Select one of the following: 1. Balance a line of a specific set of workstations in your process (e.g., define cycle time, define the precedence network, task times, and allocation of tasks to workstations)

2. Design a process layout (e.g., minimize transportation costs or distances)

D. Select one chapter of the following and connect to Ikeas operations Management

Chap. 10: Statistical Quality Control o Select a variable or attribute and design a control chart (e.g., proportion of defectives items generated by a process)

Chap. 12: Aggregate operations planning o Define and justify the aggregate operations planning strategy for a product family (e.g., chase demand strategy) o Determine the aggregate production plan using a trial-and-error procedure.