Global Engineering Strategy Management

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