Global Tel, Inc., is a US telecommunications company that has developed a new type of low-cost cellular telephone system technology. The technology has the potential to provide widespread access to telephone service at a very reasonable cost to users. Global Tel is planning to design an engineer the telephone system in United states, manufacture most of the components in Mexico and Taiwan, assemble the finished products in South Korea, and initially sell the products in China and India. Global Tel plans to establish joint ventures with manufacturers in Mexico, Taiwan and South Korea, and to contract with local distributors in China and India. 

(a) Write the list of elements that should be included in an operation strategy for Global Tel. Discuss.. 

(b) Briefly list the information you would need to know before an operations strategy could be developed for Global Tel. 

ii) Describe how forecasting is integral to business planning

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