Reference no: EM133676222
Assignment:
By answering the bullet points below, your operations management team will analyze the factors (including global) that need to be considered when deciding on where to locate the new facility and show how a life cycle assessment will help the company reduce its environmental impact, including making a case to the CEO that the benefits are worth funding the effort.
* Use decision making and life cycle assessments to determine opportunities for sustainability in operations.
* Differentiate which location factors below should be considered.
* Describe the expected multicultural collaboration.
* Evaluate the following aspects of the life cycle
* Cradle-to-grave assessment
* End-of-life programs
* Reduction of costs and materials used
* Reuse of parts of returned products
* Recycling
* Address the following in the Supply Chain and Competitive Advantage Analysis:
* Introduce the reader to facilities location decision making and using life cycle assessments to determine opportunities for sustainability in operations.
* Differentiate what location factors below should be considered by your furniture company's CEO and operations management team when determining the location for the new manufacturing facility and explain why each selected factor is relevant to achieving the company's four goals.
* Country
* Government
* Culture
* Customer preference
* Labor
* Resources
* Financial
* Technological
* Market
* Region
* Raw materials
* Markets
* Labor
* Community
* Education
* Shopping
* Recreation
* Transportation
* Utility cost
* Taxes
* Regulations
* Site
* Land
* Transportation
* Zoning
* Other restrictions
* Global
* Trade agreements
* Technology
* Legal
* Regulatory
* Multicultural collaboration (across business functions)
* Describe expected multicultural collaboration opportunities between marketing and sales, finance, and operations teams in the United States and their peers who will work at the new facility in Latin America.
Evaluate the following aspects of the life cycle assessment for the ability of each to help your furniture company reduce its ecological impact and operations costs, including making a case in support of funding the assessment to the CEO:
* Cradle-to-grave assessment
* End-of-life programs
* Reduction of costs and materials used,
* Reuse of parts of returned products
* Recycling