Global Engineering Strategy Management

Global Engineering Strategy Management Order Description Important Notes: - The writer must be expert and specialist in Global Engineering Strategy - Before start the work, read the course work carefully and select the company which can be used to achieve the course work tasks exactly. Send me three companies names and to be in this format (Company name-City-Country) and I need to get approval in one company from lecturer before moving ahead. List the company on order their information and they can be excellent choices to write this coursework and their applicability to meet the task objectives and structures. List of excluded companies are listed below and there constraints about the company to select. Check the constraints below. - All parts of each task must be written professionally as each task is worth some percentage. The mark percentage is indicated clearly next to each task. All the elements in each part must be answered properly. One part is worth 53%, so its elements must be answered totally and clearly to get the full mark. - The final deliverable must meet the all coursework requirements and objectives so no comments are on final submission. However, The product can be sent back to you to revise if there is any comments even after 2 months of the submission - No plagiarism is allowed and accepted. The writing must be from the scratch - You must read the lectures notes attached and use the theories and the case studies to help answer the course work parts. Using the theories, models , materials of the lectures notes are extremely important - You must delivered a draft submission before final submission Coursework Description This assignment requires research. Based on a company of your choice (as per accompanying instructions) you are required to design a manufacturing strategy for it and apply theories. Required layout- Manufacturing Strategy Document (an executive summary), followed by the body of the assignment text based on the Terry Hill Model. 1) Manufacturing Strategy Document - To be a 1 – 2 page statement of the final manufacturing strategy proposed for the SBU I division (summarized from The Assignment Text below), and to include decisions, as appropriate, relating to the following issues (a list which can be extended): a) Process choice i) Choice of process ii) Role of inventory iii) Make or buy iv) Capacity (size, timing, location) b) Infrastructure i) Function support ii) Manufacturing planning and control systems iii) Quality assurance and control iv) Manufacturing systems engineering v) Clerical procedures vi) Salary I wage agreements vii) Work structuring viii)Organisation structure 2) The assignment text- This is the body of the report, and should include: a) Development I completion of SBU I Division objectives and strategies which support corporate level objectives and strategies. This will require the application of appropriate theory, including strategic concepts. (It is expected that this will represent approximately 15-25% of the assignment text) 20% b) Based on the above, design of the manufacturing strategy, to include: 53% i) Discussion of options for each element ii) Evidence of application of appropriate theory iii) Reasons as to why particular options have been selected to the exclusion of others c) Compare your proposed manufacturing strategy with the deduced existing strategy 7% d) Address implementation I communication issues 7% e) Refer to relevant strategy evaluation measures 7% f) Recognition of, and methods of ensuring that, the strategy remains current within a changing environment 6% Notes: 1. It is important to demonstrate the application of theory, the development of options, and justified selections 2. You are required to develop/complete the SBU I division objectives and strategies(strategic and financial objectives), and then to design (not report on) its manufacturing strategy. You will get no marks for just restating the actual or presumed current strategy. 3. The number of words for each part of above structure must be based on the worth mark grade. For example, designing the manufacturing worth is 53%, and then around 2120 words of 4000 total words must be for this part and so on. ASSIGNMENT COMPANY SELECTION A Manufacturing Company (or an SBU within a holding company) of Your Choice 1) Constraints: a) Currently trading b) UK , German, USA, or Japanese manufacturing site (location of Head Office/ownership not important) c) Site employees no more than 1000 (total Group employees may be more than this) d) Not in the automotive sector e) Not high volume production (i.e., not “line” or “continuous” production) such as , oil company, car company, etc… f) Not a publically available case study or previous assignment company, or one referred to or used during the module. (You will get zero marks if you use such a company) Excluding the following companies: *** You are to reserve a company by research. Please ensure the company is not already reserved and listed below on restricted companies list. If you do not do this, or ignore his response, you will get zero marks. (You take responsibility for the appropriateness of the choice. So before start the work, read the course work carefully and select the company which can be used to achieve the course work tasks exactly. Send me three companies names and to be in this format (Company name-City-Country) and I need to get approval in one company from lecturer before moving ahead. List the company on order their information and they can be excellent choices to write this coursework and their applicability to meet the task objectives and structures)*** The following companies cannot be used: Abc Packing Adam Carpets Limited (Uk) Adnams Pic Airspring Furniture Limited Airsprung Group Plc Ajax Machine Tools Alder Manufacturing Ltd Alpha Heating Innovation Alumasc Precision Ltd Amazone (Agricultural Company) Ancon Anderson-Sheppard Suit Company Apc Technology Group Aphrodite Kitchens Apollo Lighting Ltd Avk Uk Ltd Avon Rubber Plc Azimut Yachts-Benetti Shipping Bac Corrosion Control Ltd Bae Electronic Systems Bae Systems (Typhoon (Combat Aircraft)) Balmoral Tanks Ltd. Bas Casting Ltd Base Structures Bespoke Concrete Products Beyerdynamic Company Bisley Office Equipment Ltd Blue Diamond Uk Ltd Bocm Pauls Bodmin Joinery Ltd Bowers & Wilkins, Miller Harris Bpi-Films (British Polythene Industries/ Films) Bradken Uk Ltd Bremont Brillopak Limited Bristol Storage Equipment Broadland Windows Brook Guitars Brookd Forgings Ltd Burberry Byworth Boilers C.Bechstein Cabletronics Calligaris Cambridge Satchel Company Ltd Camden Group Limited Cammell Laird Cannock Gates Ltd Caparo Group Cavendish Ceccontti Collezioni Celsa Manufacuring Uk Ltd Charbonnel Et Walker Ltd Cnc Mack Coda Plastic Connection Seating Ltd Corndell Furniture Co Ltd Cove Industrial Enterprises Limited Craven Dunnill Jackfield Cube Precision Engineering Cummins Daval Furniture Ltd Delta-T Devices Ltd Uk Derby Cycles Design & Creation Designer Ceramics Dg Flugzeugbau Dirty Dicks Kitchen Dm Midlands Limited Domino Printing Sciences Dulas Ltd Uk Dyson Easat East Kent Cartons Ltd Edbro (Manufacture Hydraulic Tipping Hoist) Ege Carpets Ltd Ei Whirlpools And Spas Ltd Empteezy Ltd English Sofa Ercol Furniture Ltd Express Transformers & Control Ltd Fairline Boat Limited Fci Connectors Finmeccanica Uk Ltd Fluidlink Hydraulics Ltd Forest Contract Ltd Fortress Interlocks Limited. Frontier Pitts Ltd Furniture Village Limited. G.G.I Office Furniture Limited Gardner Aerospace Wales G-Ettinger Ltd Graphics Plc Gresham Office Furniture Limited Grimme Grob Aircraft Ag Gunn And Moore (Cricket Bats) H.I.Quality Steel Casting Ltd Hammonds Furniture Limited Handmade In Britain Hans Leffer Gmbh Harland And Wolff Hi Quality Steel Castings Ltd Hilti Kunststofftechnik Holmer Maschinenbau Holzma Plattenaufteiltechnik Gmbh Hugo Boss Hydram Hypnos Limited Inspirepac Ltd Inverter Fusion Ltd J H Fenner & Co Ltd Jacuzzi Spa And Bath Ltd Jaffabox Ltd Jane Norman Jardin Corrugated Cases Limited Javelin Plastics, Chess Plastics, Duo Plastics Ltd John Crane Uk Ltd Johnson Tiles Kewell Converters Ltd King Of Cotton Knightsbridge Furniture Products Ltd Köckerling (Agricultural Company) Kuhn (Agricultural Company) Kverneland Group (Agricultural Company) Lamy (Writing Instruments) Land Rover Leica Camera Ag Lemken (Agricultural Company) Liebherr Sunderland Works Ltd Litron Lasers Loake Shoemaker London Undercover Ltd Lst-Ropeway Macfarlane Group Uk Mall Environmental Systems Mapie Marlborough Tiles Marstons Brewery Martin Baker Aircraft Company Ltd Mast Carbon Maynard And Harris (Newco) Limited Meggit Uk Ltd Melcal Marine Mereway Kitchen Ltd Midland Aerospace Miele Mores Morgan Contract Furniture Morganite Crucible Ltd Multiyork Furniture Ltd Naylor Industries ( Manufacture Building And Construction Products) Nelsons For Cartons And Packaging Ness Furniture Ltd Nest Europe Next Plc Nobia Kitchen Furniture Norcros Adhesives Norcross Norton Motorcycles Oceaneering International Incorporated Ogle Models & Prototypes Ltd Orion Steel Valves Parker Hannifin Manufacturing (Uk) Ltd Parker Knoll Parker Knoll Pasotti Pelicans Manufacturing Co Ltd Pfeil Gmbh From Eisingen Phillips Avent Piaggio Aeronautica Pv Crystalox Solar Plc Q-Cells Solar Rapiscan Systems Relyon Limited Renishaw Storehouse Renold Plc Rixonway Kitchens Limited Company Rolls-Royce (Gas Turbine) Rotork Controls Ltd Roundband Ltd -Doncaster Russkell Furniture Rutland Plastics Sargison Schloetter Co. Ltd Selwood Pumps Senior Uk Ltd Sennebogen Maschinenfabrik Gmbh Sharp Manufacturing Shimpack Engineering Uk Ltd Shimtech Industries Ltd Siemens Wind Power (Sbu),Wind Turbine Simplefit Ltd Simpson Strong Tie Sirdar Spinning Ltd Sleepeezee Ltd Sms Electronics Solarcentury Sophia Watch Co Ltd Specialized Bicycle Ltd Spirax-Sarco Ltd Stahl- Und Apparatebau Hans Leffer Gmbh & Co. Kg Stanton Bonna (Manufacture Pre-Cast Concrete Pipes) Steiner Steinway & Sons Sterling Furniture Group Limited Surrey Satelites Technologies Ltd Swizzels Matlow Taylor's Foundry Teal Furniture Ltd Teignbridge Propellers Tharsus Engineering Ltd The Royal Oak Furniture Company Thermal Engineering( Manufacture Aerospace Components) Thompson Friction Welding Ltd Tile By Design Trend Marine Triton, Triumph Furniture Trumpf Group Tullis Russell Group Uk Led Ltd Ultra Electronics Ltd Ultra Electronicss Unisto Unlimited Fashion Vado Verco Office Furniture Limited Vertu Vinci Construction Uk William Jackson Bakery Ltd Wilson Power Solutions Winchester Tile Co Ltd Wittenstein Wolfcraft Worldmark International Ltd Wren Living Limited Wusthof Yorkshire Fittings Ltd Dr Martens AirWair International - Northampton – UK, Finkeldei Polstermöbel GmbH - Nieheim - Germany 2) Some data sources (for company, market, customer, competitor, and product analysis- understanding of ALL of these is important): Company Report and Accounts Kompass Emerald Business Source Complete Etc ... 3) Assignment length: To be 4,000 words exactly, excluding references,. In text references are required, and to be in CUHarvard style with minimum 30 references books and academic journal 4) Submission: Submit a draft before final submission. Also the submission must contain a title page, contents page and all text which you have included, from identified sources should be referenced. The deliverable product must meet the following criteria Knowledge and Understanding: You consistently demonstrate an ability to absorb, reflect upon and deploy a wide range of subject-related knowledge and concepts, with few if any lapses in accuracy and understanding. You are able to apply excellent critical judgment to new information and ideas, comparing different data and perspectives in order to develop, substantiate and defend your own position. Problem Solving: You regularly demonstrate the confidence to go beyond the limits of the task, identifying additional issues and suggesting ways of addressing any problems. Research and Reading: You clearly recognise the importance of wide and independent reading, and are developing effective research skills, which take you well beyond the obvious or suggested sources of information. This is reflected in work, which demonstrates an impressive grasp of relevant knowledge and an original approach to the topics and problems involved. Often this is reflected in work that goes well beyond the scope of the task. 5) Conduct Statement: Task work to be original and no plagiarism is allowed and accepted. Plagiarism report to be submitted. 6) Reading list: The following reading list is useful 1) Course notes 2) Hill H and Hill T, (2009) Manufacturing Operations Strategy, Palgrave Macmillan 3rd ed. 3) Cooper R J (2001), Winning at New Products, Perseus Books, 3rd ed) 4) Exploring Corporate Strategy Text and Cases by Johnson G; Scholes K, Whittington RPrentice Hall, 8th ed, 2008 5) Operations Management by Slack et al, Pitman Publishing, 3rd ed., 2001 6) Strategic Management by John L. Thompson, Chapman and Hall, 12th ed., 2001 7) Strategic Management by Bowman and Asch, MacMillan, 1987 8) Operations Strategy by Slack N, Lewis M, Prentice Hall, 2002 9) Competitive Manufacturing Management by Nicholas, McGraw-Hill, 1998 10) New Wave Manufacturing Strategies by Storey J, Paul Chapman, 1994 11) Lean Thinking by Womack JP; Jones DT, Simon & Schuster, Rawson Associates, 1996 12) Principles and Practice of Marketing by D. Jobber, McGraw Hill, 2006 5th ed 13) Organisational Behaviour by Huczynski and Buchanan, Prentice Hall, 4th ed., 2001 14) Operations Management Strategic Context and Managerial Analysis by Hill T, Palgrave, 2000 15) Japanese Manufacturing Techniques by R Schonberger, The Free Press, 1982 16) Restoring Our Competitive Edge by Hayes and Wheelwright, John Wiley, 1984 17) Manufacturing Systems by V. Bignell et al, 1985