OPS 2

Session 2 Assignment

For this assignment, continue your investigation of the company Amazon.

· Discuss the degree to which the business model depends upon the operations function relative to the other five functions.

· Discuss the criticality of operations to Amazon’s success.

· What makes Amazon different from Walmart since both sell retail goods to the general public?

· Are the differences related to operations strategy?

· What is the difference in firm performance?

· R.O.A., R.O.I., gross margin

· Revenue growth

· Stock price growth past and forecast

Draft a single page typed response (using 12 point times new roman font at 1 inch borders). Place the document into Isidore drop box by the due date listed in the syllabus.

Title the document using this format: Last name – assignment 2 – YY MMDD (e.g. Jacobs – assignment 2 – 14 0202)