Assignment 3: Operation, Technology, and Management Plan
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Assignment 3 Operation, Technology, and Management Plan with Financials Due Week 8 and worth 100 points Use the NAB Company Portfolio (see Required Course Files in Week 1). Write a 3–6-page paper in which you provide the following information below. Operations Plan (1–2 pages) Note: Remember to assign a dollar amount to each operational cost you find, as you will need these figures for your income statement and cash flow in Week 8.
1. Create an operations plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 214 | Operations Plan Preparation Form). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company Portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.
• Note: Most of the research pertaining to the hints provided here can be found in the NAB company portfolio.
• Hints: Consider whether you will rent or buy your facilities or outsource production to an existing company.
• Hints: One of your biggest expenses as a startup non-alcoholic beverage company will be transitioning from a small-batch prototype of your beverage to production on a large scale. Research the equipment you will need (vats, refrigerators, burners, ovens, bottling equipment, and so on), whether you will rent or buy, how you will maintain and clean the equipment, and so forth. Consider how you will ensure quality control. What capacity do you intend to reach?
• Hints: Deliberate your inventory control. Where do your supplies come from and what is your turnaround time to produce your beverage once you have received an order?
• Hints: Consider your distribution method. Refer back to your notes for the SWOT analysis assignment in Week 2 of the class.
• Hints: How will you stay abreast of new developments in your industry? What new products do you have in development now, in addition to your flagship product?
2. Describe your research and development activities and explain how they will contribute to the company.
Technology Plan (1–2 pages)
3. Create a technology plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 227 | Technology Plan Preparation Form). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company Portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.
• Hints: Consider the type of technology your company will use to conduct the following activities: managing personnel; taking, fulfilling, and tracking orders; managing inventory; communicating with customers and providing customer service; and producing your beverage.
Management and Organization (1–2 pages)
4. Create a management plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 248 | Management Plan Preparation Form). Extract appropriate information from the NAB
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Company Portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.
5. Using the flow charts on page 242 as a guide, outline your company’s management hierarchy. Note: Charts or diagrams must be imported/included in the MS Word document.
Create an ethics and social responsibility plan (1-2 pages) a. Describe the ways in which your company is committed to being a good corporate citizen.
• Hints: Consider the following areas: o Creating jobs o Following the laws of every jurisdiction in which your company operates o Fair and honest treatment of employees o Non-discrimination of employees and increasing diversity of your work force
• Hints: If your company is designed as a social venture—in which you have a primary purpose of achieving a social or environmental goal—describe what that goal is and what aspects of your company are designed to reach that goal. Provide a rationale for why you have or have not chosen this to be a social venture.
b. Discuss how your company’s activities will affect the environment and identify the steps you
will take to mitigate any negative impacts. • Hints: As a beverage company, consider such issues as your choice of packaging,
disposal of bottles/packages by consumers, and your use of resources, such as water in areas where water may be scarce.
c. Determine any health issues/claims related to the product you are making, whether negative
or positive. Suggest the strategy your company will use to mitigate any negative issues and to ensure any positive claims are true.
d. Many beverage products have negative health impacts on certain segments of a population
(e.g., children, pregnant mothers, etc.). Suggest your company’s plan, through advertising, distribution, and/or other methods, to target and reach only appropriate market segments.
Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:
1. Cite the resources you have used to complete this exercise. Note: There is no minimum requirement for the number of resources used in the exercise.
2. Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with 1-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
3. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are as follows:
• Recommend effective business strategies based on an analysis of domestic and global operating environments, market dynamics, and internal capabilities.
• Produce a comprehensive business plan. Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
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Points: 100 Assignment 3 Part 1: Operation, Technology, and Management Plan
Criteria Unacceptable Below 70% F Fair
70–79% C Proficient 80–89% B
Exemplary 90–100% A
1. Create an operations plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 214 | Operations Plan Preparation Form). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company Portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences. Weight: 16%
Did not submit or incompletely created an operations plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide.
Partially created an operations plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide.
Satisfactorily created an operations plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide.
Thoroughly created an operations plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide.
2. Describe your research and development activities and explain how they will contribute to the company. Weight: 16%
Did not submit or incompletely described your research and development activities and did not submit or incompletely explained how they will contribute to the company.
Partially described your research and development activities and partially explained how they will contribute to the company.
Satisfactorily described your research and development activities and satisfactorily explained how they will contribute to the company.
Thoroughly described your research and development activities and thoroughly explained how they will contribute to the company.
3. Create a technology plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 227 | Technology Plan Preparation Form). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company Portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences. Weight: 16%
Did not submit or incompletely created a technology plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide.
Partially created a technology plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide.
Satisfactorily created a technology plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide.
Thoroughly created a technology plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide.
4. Create a management plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 248 | Management Plan Preparation Form). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company Portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal
Did not submit or incompletely created a management plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide.
Partially created a management plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide.
Satisfactorily created a management plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide.
Thoroughly created a management plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide.
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preferences. Weight: 16% 5 Create an ethics and social responsibility plan. Weight: 16%
Did not submit or incompletely created an ethics and social responsibility plan.
Partially created an ethics and social responsibility plan.
Satisfactorily created an ethics and social responsibility plan.
Thoroughly created an ethics and social responsibility plan.
5. Using the flow charts on page 242 as a guide, outline your company’s management hierarchy. Note: Charts or diagrams must be imported/included in the MS Word document. Weight: 10%
Did not submit or incompletely outlined your company’s management hierarchy, using the flow charts on page 242 as a guide.
Partially outlined your company’s management hierarchy, using the flow charts on page 242 as a guide.
Satisfactorily outlined your company’s management hierarchy, using the flow charts on p. 242 as a guide.
Thoroughly outlined your company’s management hierarchy, using the flow charts on p. 242 as a guide.
6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10%
More than 6 errors present
5–6 errors present 3–4 errors present 0–2 errors present