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1. Knowledge Management

• Suggest a model that can be used to understand how the company is managing knowledge for innovation, between its suppliers and its customers. Provide evidences from credit-worthy sources that the model, as clarified by its dimensions, is being used OR not being applied in the company. How does this suggest the choice of the technology used?

• How is the technology used? Explain how it is set up in the company and what its intent is, from your inferences, supported by concepts learned in the module, and correlated by readings about the company.

2. Relationship Management

• What are the challenges in managing a diverse set of suppliers and customers? Explore and explain whether the company's suppliers or customers are in it for the long-haul or not? Provide evidences to support your views.
• How can technology be used to overcome these challenges? Based on the concepts learned in the module, explain the ways that technology can be used to address the needs of both the company's customers and its suppliers.

3. Conclusion

• Is the company's current strategy working? Explore the business performance of the company, over the last 5 years, and infer whether the company's strategy is working or not.
• Suggest an innovation model that may enhance or rectify (based on your findings) the business performance of the company, and explain how this can be achieved, with reference to the model.