Manufacturing Systems Assignment3

Conduct online research to select a minimum of three (3) businesses to browse their plant and tour their web site. The purpose of your tour is to assess the company’s capabilities and determine if you would select this company as a future vendor to supply a specific product that your company needs to complete its supply chain. You will be outlining the overall capabilities of the selected companies to justify why this company would be a good supplier or not. Indicate why you would select or not select each company as your vendor for their goods and services.

Format for your 3-5 page Paper:

Introductions – Define each company, what they do, reasons to consider selecting this company, financial and competitive position, and any important historical considerations.

Review - Outline important facts that are mandatory to selecting a specific company for the mission of being a vendor and the most important reasons why a company should be selected. Specify the critical benefits a selected vendor should offer in priority order with most important benefits listed first. Include an explanation of why each benefit is important.

Table Selection – For each company, create a comprehensive comparative table for each criterion outlined in the Review section and provide positive or negative remarks based on your plant tour using the following template:

Summary – Based on the plant tour and report, please provide a summary of reasons to select or deny each company’s vendor status.