MGT613 Assignment no 1 solution fall 2012

Semester “Fall 2012”

“Production and operations management” (MGT613)

 

Assignment:

Suppose Green Textile Mills (GTM) has just entered the Pakistani market and is competing with the major textile manufacturers of Pakistan. Company is facing a very tough time in Pakistani market due to high cost of raw materials used and drastic power crisis.


In this situation company management has very comprehensible idea that they have to undertake strong and immediate steps in order to attain the market share and compete with the existing industrial giants.

You as an operations manager of the GMT are required to provide a comprehensive overview of the factors that may be closely monitored by the company to compete the strong competitors in Pakistani markets efficiently and effectively.

Instructions:

Please read the following instructions carefully before preparing the assignment solution:

• This Assignment can be best attempted from the knowledge acquired after watching video lecture no. 01 to lecture no. 15 and reading handouts as well as recommended text book).
• Support your analysis with rational reasons and recommendations.
• Supposition must be logically justified and explained in answer.
• Don’t copy from blogs and internet it will be marked zero.

Note:

Only in the case of Assignment, 24 Hrs extra / grace period after the above mentioned due date is usually available to overcome uploading difficulties which may be faced by the students on last date.  This extra time should only be used to meet the emergencies and above mentioned due dates should always be treated as final to avoid any inconvenience.

Important Instructions:

 

Please read the following instructions carefully before attempting the assignment solution.

 

Deadline:

• Make sure that you upload the solution file before the due date. No assignment will be accepted through e-mail once the solution has been uploaded by the instructor.

 

Formatting guidelines:

• Use the font style “Times New Roman”/ “Arial” and font size “12”.
• It is advised to compose your document in MS-Word 2003.
• Use black and blue font colors only.

 

Solution guidelines:

• Every student will work individually and has to write in the form of an analytical assignment.
• Give the answer according to question.
• For acquiring the relevant knowledge don’t rely only on handouts but watch the video lectures and use other reference books also.

 

Rules for Marking


Please note that your assignment will not be graded or graded as Zero (0) if:

 

• It has been submitted after due date.
• The file you uploaded does not open or is corrupt.
• The solution file of some other subject is provided.
• It is in any format other than .doc (MS. Word).

   It is cheated or copied from other students, internet, books, journals etc…