Important Info: This assignment is being submitted through turnitin, as such it will need to be 100% original. This assignment should further be free from all grammatical errors. The source amount is just a placeholder, if you feel you should or need to use more sources feel free to do so. The textbook and the subject background information are attached as files. The textbook will be attached in a couple of hours. Please provide the excel sheet you had to use/produce for me with the formulas as well at the end (if one was used or needed). For this assignment you will just be expanding on the topics I have already begun discussing, this assignment is a group assignment. The company being discussed is General Motors and specifically, discussing the Shortage of chips and the impact on the production of vehicles. Written work created thus far and specific subtopics to be provided within a few hours.
Description
This project addresses your ability to apply strategic operations management principles learned throughout the course to a company of your choice. You will work in teams to prepare and submit a video presentation that uses media such as clips, audio, pictures, and slides to relate operational issues for a subject company. The submission should look like a documentary video report that addresses the strategic operations of the organization including their operations strategy, supply chain risk management strategies, and lean and sustainable operations. You are expected to perform analysis on such issues and provide your critical input regarding how these operations are exemplary, facing troubles, or can be improved.
Instructions
Use iMovie or Microsoft Photos to create a narrated video or narrated PowerPoint about a company of your choice. The company may be a manufacturing or service one, working for-profit. The digital story should include information about the company as an introduction along with the following:
Introduction to the company: Mission/ vision/ corporate strategy (2 minutes)
Operations strategy and how it provides competitive advantage to the company (2 minutes)
Comment on their application of JIT or lean concepts if any. If not, comment on how lean quality concepts can be used/ applied to improve their operations (3 minutes)
Sources of risk for the company and how they can/ should devise strategies to mitigate them (2.5 minutes)
The company’s sustainable operations (1.5 minutes)
Conclusion (1 minute)
Combination of media is up to the group for the best digital story, but there should be some narration (i.e., the inclusion of audio components by team members). Team size should be 3-4 with the video size around 12 (maximum of 15) minutes. Make sure that all sources are cited, including video clips. Note that company logos can be used as long as the video is not publicly shared (e.g., on YouTube), and is only submitted for educational purposes. Non-copyrighted royalty free images or CC-free images
(https://search.creativecommons.org) can be used. These still should be properly cited in your produced video report.
The project will be developed in three Parts. While ungraded, Part 1 is mandatory and lateness penalties for this part will be applied to the graded components, Parts 2 and 3.
Part 3: Research Project Completion
Due no later than 11:00 p.m. on Sunday of Unit 11
Worth 20% of final grade
Deliverables Expected in This Part
The video clip that is 12-15 minutes long. This is a group submission.
Peer Evaluation to fill for your team members. This is an individual submission.
Materials/Resources
Microsoft Photos: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/p/microsoft-photos/9wzdncrfjbh4
Software support for iMovie if you are a Mac user http://www.apple.com/mac/imovie/
Citing a YouTube video: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/reference_list_electronic_sources.html
Copyright free images can be found at: https://www.freepik.com/
Uploading the Video Clip
Note that in most cases the video clips generated will exceed the limit allowable as a regular submission in Moodle.
As such, your team will have to upload the completed video clip to an online storage service such as OneDrive, and then provide the link to this in your submission.
Click here to read about OneDrive as this is the file transfer method we recommend you use to upload your video.
Once uploaded, ensure it is a shared link, and include the URL to this link in the Word document describing the project. This will allow the instructor to download the video to review.
Evaluation
Final Group Project – Strategic Operations – Part 3 will be marked in its entirety out of 100. The following rubric indicates the criteria students are to adhere to, and their relative weights to the assignment overall.
ACTIVITY/COMPETENCIES DEMONSTRATED
1. Content (55%)
a. Correctness of operations strategy outlined /10
b. Correctness of risk management strategies outlined /10
c. Correctness of lean operations outlines /10
d. Correctness of sustainable operations outlined /10
e. Critical analysis of strategic operations in the company /15
2. Aesthetics (30%)
a. Uses language clearly and effectively (spelling, grammar, formality) /10
b. Effective usage of media /10
c. Smooth transitions during the clip /5
d. Formal Introduction and Conclusion to clip /5
3. Teamwork (15%)
a. Proper division of work /5
b. Peer evaluation /10
Total /100
