Question $1$ Your executive, Mr Bennet, has returned from his business trip to Singapore where he attended the annual AAMA$-$TEX Expo. He has briefed you on various new trends in the textile industry, and also provided you with other details, such as potential business partners. He has asked you to prepare a PowerPoint or Prezi presentation for the Board of Directors that displays this information clearly and in a visually appealing way. Use your knowledge from Module $4$ Unit $3$ to create your presentation. Consider the following before you begin creating your presentation: Create no more than $10$ slides or frames. Do not merely copy and paste the information below into your slides or frames. Consider overall readability of your presentation. Do not clutter your slides or frames with too much text, transitions and effects. Proofread your work to ensure it is error free. Ensure your presentation is professional and business$-$like. From the information below, you should extract the most relevant detail and restructure it in the way you think is most suitable for a visual presentation. $1.$ Geotextiles Permeable fabrics are made from polypropylene or polyester that helps to create a solid foundation in civil engineering projects $($i$.$e$.$ roads, airfields, embankments, retaining structures and construction$).$ While geotextiles have been around since the $1950$s$,$ there have been major advancements in this industry and Mr Bennet thinks this could open up a significant hidden market for Rainbow Textiles. $2.$ Digital textiles Mr Bennet was introduced to some new machinery that print colourants onto fabric and some revolutionary new software. A representative at Konica Minolta approached him at the expo, asking Rainbow Textiles to be the lead distributor in South Africa of the Inkjet Textile Printer Nassenger PRO$1000.$ Rainbow Textiles will need to create a face$-$to$-$face meeting with Hitaro Sato to discuss the logistics about this project. The following image was received from Mr Sato of the Nassenger PRO$1000$: Mr Bennet also spoke to Adalina Bianchi from Reggiani Macchine in Italy about their product ReNOIR. This is Konica$$s biggest competitor. Rainbow Textiles will also have to organise a meeting with Ms Bianchi to weigh up its options. Here is the ReNOIR: $3.$ iTextiles and MOOCs iTextiles is an online interactive textile learning centre. Rainbow Textiles can look at using this program to educate its employees. You can include this iTextiles video in your presentation. MOOCs $($Massive Open Online Courses$)$ are free and this is another way the company could implement training. You can include this MOOC for textiles presented by Marist College, called The Fold. $4.$ Corporate social responsibility One of the major worldwide trends is to incorporate CSR into business strategy. It has been a long time coming, but Rainbow Textiles needs to discuss how they can incorporate this into their business. The company needs to give back to the community in some way to project a positive image. Mr Bennet suggests a brainstorming session with the Board of Directors to consider a CSR strategy. A speaker named Dov Seidman spoke at the expo about his book HOW: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything, which considers best practices in CSR$.$ You can include Dov Seidman$$s video in your presentation. You can also look at some other videos from local organisations and their CSR strategies, such as BMW$,$ and Tiger Brands. $5.$ Sustainable textile consumption and fair trade material sourcing There was an interesting seminar on creating sustainable consumer$-$focused textiles, focusing on renewable, recyclable, organic and reusable materials. Mr Bennet thinks that there is potential in Rainbow Textiles to create $$greener$$ clothes, which also has the capability to improve the bottom line. Rainbow Textiles needs to look into how much of their material can be made from organic fabrics, like using Alcantara instead of leather to reduce the carbon footprint. It seems as though fashion retailers are also moving into greener fashion consumption. Truworths and Woolworths are both going in this direction. Mr Bennet also included an image of the Merlion statue, with a face of a lion and a body of a fish, for the presentation, if necessary. Depending on which software you choose, take note of the following: For a PowerPoint presentation: Use the file name $$First name Surname Presentation M$5.$ Upload the PowerPoint file onto the Online Campus. For a Prezi: Visit this site to learn about Prezi, creating accounts, and its features. Once you have created your Prezi, exit edit mode and then click $$Share$.$ In the pop$-$up window, click $$Copy Link$$ and then paste that link into this document. Title your Prezi as $$First name Surname Presentation M$5.$ Paste your Prezi link at the bottom of this document, where indicated. Paste your Prezi link here: