MANF6860 STRATEGIC MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT Additional Assignment 1: Of the different types of capacity planning decision made by companies, which would you classify as strategic in nature and which would you classify as operational? (~500 words, 10 marks) 2: What are the main problems that would occur in managing a supply chain that would not occur in the management of a single organisation? (~500 words, 10 marks) 3: Read “The Balance Scorecard – Measures that Drive Performance” (Reading 11.4 in the course notes) and describe the four perspectives on which the Balanced Scorecard is built and how they differ. ? (~500 words, 10 marks) 4: How might focused manufacturing solve the issue for firms that risk becoming ‘stuck in the middle’? Give examples of how firms have achieved this.(~500 words, 10 marks) Due by email to me at bernard_kornfeld@baxter.com by 23:59 on 17/6/14
