Begin this project by picking a manufacturing organization that produces products you are familiar with at your place of work or have an interest in. Start your essay with a brief description of the company, its core products/services. Once you have this initial section completed, carefully review and expand on the five points below that, you are to cover in this project. Research and describe in some detail: 1. The field of competition and what you can find in the internet regarding their position among competitors 2. Describe the basic manufacturing process and what you can find or assume to be the flow of materials through the value-added chain. 3. Research and then describe the challenges to scheduling these products through the manufacturing process 4. Research and describe how Artificial Intelligence, robotics, and advanced technology is employed in producing this product or products 5. Does this company’s technology provide a competitive advantage over closest rivals? If so, how?

General Requirements: 1. Your exam response must be formatted as follows:a. A Microsoft Word document.b. A cover page that includes the name of the course, the name of your instructor, your name, and the date of your submission.c. 12 Point Times New Roman font.d. Double-spaced.e. Margins 1 inch on top and bottom, and 1.25 inches on left and right.2. You must cite both in-text and in a separate References page any and every source you use.a. Your citations must be in APA Publication Manual 6th Edition format.b. Your paper will be compared against all sources in the Turnitin Database. To the extent you use external references, you must rephrase the source into your own words. Direct quotations and/or “cut and paste” copies will not be acceptable.c. Your paper must have an Originality Score of less than 25%. Any more than that may result in a 50 point reduction in your grade based on the instructor review of your specific paper. In the event it is evident that any significant portion of your paper has been plagiarized, you will receive a zero on the final exam.3. You should begin each response section using a bold headline indicating which question you are responding to. Your response should be question by question, with each section complete. In other words, your response should be able to stand on it’s own. 4. If you use the term “as stated before” or any variation of that term in this paper you will receive a zero for the question you are answering and any question you may be referring to. 5. Your responses must be critically thought out and factually supported.a. Most of these questions could be supported with either a “pro” or a “con” response.b. Whichever path you choose, you need to provide factual support. How you “feel” or how you personally “think” about something is irrelevant in a professional environment.c. To the extent you use external resources, you need to insure they are credible.Question 1: Franchising has proven to be a successful and durable business model since its’ introduction. List and comprehensively discuss 3 of the primary reasons for this success. Question 2: From the perspective of the Franchisor there are many advantages and several critical disadvantages to the Franchise business model. List and comprehensively discuss 3 advantages and 3 critical disadvantages from the Franchisor perspective.Question 3: From the perspective of the Franchisee there are many advantages and several critical disadvantages to the Franchise business model. List and comprehensively discuss 3 advantages and 3 critical disadvantages from the Franchisee perspective.Question 4: What are the differences between Franchising and Licensing from a business perspective? Describe a situation in which Licensing may be a more appropriate relationship than Franchising, and why.Question 5: Franchisees often form an association in order to represent their positions with the Franchisor. List and comprehensively discuss 3 Franchisee positions that are typically the most contentious in the Franchisor/Franchisee relationship.Question 6:The control of quality and the ability to sanction or terminate a Franchisee in the event the Franchisee is not maintaining the quality level of a Franchise may be critical to the success of the Franchise. List and comprehensively discuss 3 of the methods that are most often used by the Franchisor to accomplish this.Question 7:Select the most important attribute a Franchisee must possess in order to be successful as the owner/operator of a Franchise. Defend why you chose this as the most important.Question 8:Business location and the decision as to whether to own or lease the Real Estate at the location is a critical component of the Franchise business plan. List and compressively discuss 2 situations in which it would be important to own the real estate, and 2 situations in which it would be important to lease the real estate.Question 9: The Obama Administrations National Labor Relations Board ruled recently that Franchisors – who are not legally the employer of a Franchisees employees – could be held as employers and forced to collectively bargain with Unions seeking to unionize the Franchise. This ruling – if it stands – may effectively alter the Franchise Business model in the United States and place a strain on hundreds of thousands of small businesses. Describe why this ruling has such major negative consequences.

During Module 3, you will proceed to implement your source-gathering strategy by collecting or at least examining and recording the key sources that you will be citing in your literature review. It is expected that you may need to modify your strategy in some ways, if you are having difficulty obtaining the kind of information you seek. During this module, you want to assemble the bulk of the material you put into your literature review. You will also begin to develop paragraphs for the review as you read and review your sources and fit them into the proposed structure of your review.As your SLP submission for this module, you are to prepare a short paper describing your success or lack thereof in obtaining materials that you need and your success or lack thereof in finding within the sources the support material you need for your draft (quotations, etc.) You need to include at least one sample paragraph from your literature review draft that you are assembling, in which you use sources for the purpose of reviewing literature. The aim of this part of the submission is to show that you can in fact construct a suitable literature review paragraph based around your sources.You should also include any additional information about the progress of your project overall, including difficulties that you might be facing, changes that might need to be made in your draft, and any help that you might need from your instructor as you move toward a complete draft of the literature review. SLP Assignment Expectations Length: The written component of this assignment should be 3-4 pages long (double-spaced) without counting the cover page and reference page.Organization: Subheadings should be used to organize your paper according to the questions.Grammar and Spelling: While no points are deducted for minor errors, assignments are expected to adhere to standard guidelines of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence syntax. Points may be deducted if grammar and spelling impact clarity. We encourage you to use tools such as grammarly.com and proofread your paper before submission.As you complete your assignment, make sure you do the following: Answer the assignment questions directly. Stay focused on the precise assignment questions. Do not go off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background materials. Use evidence from your readings to justify your conclusions. Cite at least five credible resources. Reference your sources of information with both a bibliography and in-text citations. See the Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper, including pages 11-14 on in-text citations. Another resource is the “Writing Style Guide,” which is found under “My Resources” in the TLC Portal. Your assignment will be graded using the following criteria: Assignment-driven Criteria: Student demonstrates mastery covering all key elements of the assignment. Critical Thinking/Application to Professional Practice: Student demonstrates mastery conceptualizing the problem, and analyzing information. Conclusions are logically presented and applied to professional practice in an exceptional manner. Business Writing and Quality of References: Student demonstrates mastery and proficiency in written communication and use of appropriate and relevant literature at the doctoral level. Citing Sources: Student demonstrates mastery applying APA formatting standards to both in text citations and the reference list. Professionalism and Timeliness: Assignments are submitted on time.