3 – 5 PAGE PAPER. MUST USE AT LEAST 2 SCHOLARLY SOURCES IN ADDITION TO THE TEXT (REFERENCE TO CASE 12-2 “CAN WALMART CRACK THE RETAIL CODE IN INDIA” IS ATTACHED). PLEASE USE AT LEAST 3 SENTENCES PER PARAGRAPH AND CITE EACH FACT USED, EVEN IF IT APPEARS TO BE REPETITIVE. THE INSTRUCTOR IS STRICT WHEN ALL FACTS ARE NOT CITED. THERE ARE 2 PARTS TO THIS PAPER (PART A & B) PLEASE NOTE THAT FIGURE 12.4 (USED FOR BOTH PARTS A & B) AND CASE 12-2 (NEEDED FOR PART A) ARE BOTH ATTACHED. REFERENCE FOR COURSE TEXT (CASE 12-2 & FIGURE 12.4): Keegan, W. J., & Green, M. C. (2020). Global marketing (10th ed.). Retrieved from https://www.vitalsource.comYour assignment has two parts. Part A will be based on a case in Chapter 12, and Part B will be built upon your Final Paper about Walmart from your BUS621: Leadership and Teamwork course. In fact, the purpose is for you to analyzed Walmart from different angles: leadership style, marketing strategies and tactics, HR, Financial aspects, etc. so by the end of your MBA program you have completed Walmart’s big-picture puzzle.undefinedIntroduction Walmart today is a global retail giant. According to Carbonara (2018) in the recommended resource Walmart, Amazon Top World’s Largest Retail Companies (Links to an external site.) article, Walmart is the world’s largest retail company with continued plans for global growth. There are many competitors, one of which is Amazon. How will Walmart continue to be a global giant in the years to come? To maintain the market leader position Walmart will be required to continually look for ways to outgrow its global competitors (Carbonara, 2018).undefinedTo understand Walmart and where it is today and what tomorrow holds, it is important to understand the company’s foundation. “Sam Walton opened his first five-and-dime in 1950. His vision was to keep prices as low as possible” (Wilbert, 2018, para. 1). Walton opened the first Walmart in the early 1960s in Rogers, AR (Wilbert, 2018, para. 2). One thing that has and will always remain a key component for all Walmart stores is to keep expenses low. There has always been a mentality behind the vision of Walton to demand that employees always keep costs to a bare minimum (Wilbert, 2018, para. 3). On average, “Walmart saves a typical American family of four about $2500 a year. That’s about what a family of four gets from the government in food stamps. That makes Walmart a major antipoverty force in the United States” (Kestenbaum, 2017, para. 3). Another factor to consider when thinking about Walmart is that “since 1990, the global rate of poverty has been cut by two-thirds. That’s the sharpest decline in human poverty in all of history, more than one billion people have been lifted out of poverty during that period and Walmart is a major force in that effect” (Kestenbaum, 2017, para. 3).undefinedToday, Walmart has grown considerably and continues to expand. Just to get an idea of how large this retail giant is, consider the following:undefinedWalmart employs 1.6 million people.Walmart has 6,200 retail outlets. In contrast, Home Depot has 2,040. (Wilbert, 2018, para. 4)undefinedOne might question, “What does Walmart do to continue to be successful and keep costs to a minimum?” There are several things that this retail giant has incorporated into the operations. First, “Walmart became the first major retailer to demand manufacturers use radio frequency identification technology (RFID). The technology uses radio frequencies to transmit data stored on small tags attached to pallets or individual products. As explained in the recommended resource How Wal-Mart Works (Links to an external site.), RFID tags hold significantly more data than bar codes” (Wilbert, 2018, para. 6). For information on how RFIDs and radio waves work, you may like to review the articles How RFID Works (Links to an external site.) and How Radio Works (Links to an external site.). You may also be interested in reviewing the Is Walmart Good or Bad for America? The Question May Be Outdated (Links to an external site.) article which explains another interesting fact, which is that “Walmart is the single most important pipeline distributing wealth from rich countries to poor countries” (Kestenbaum, 2017, para. 3).undefinedOne concern pertaining to Walmart is how employees are treated. It is well known that Walmart not only pays low wages, but their practices have impacted how their suppliers manage production costs while sacrificing the safety of their labor force (Kestenbaum, 2017). Walmart tends to hire mostly part-time workers (Kestenbaum, 2017). Some may even say that Walmart “pays their workers poverty wages” (Kestenbaum, 2017, para. 4). There have long been ethical concerns about how Walmart operates and manages its employees.undefinedCase Study Assignment Throughout your MBA program you will cover various subjects as they relate to business. You will initially have an opportunity in BUS621 Leadership and Teamwork to create and build your own Walmart in a new global location. Your choices for location include Peru, New Zealand, Philippines, Egypt, Czech Republic, and United Arab Emirates. As you progress through each course in the program you will build upon your case study of Walmart.undefinedThe purpose of this Walmart Case Study is to give you an opportunity to apply the subject matter from each course in the MBA program to an ongoing strategic development. The knowledge gained from the case study in each course will be cumulative. The knowledge will assist you in demonstrating your ability to conduct critical analysis and decision making across a wide range of subjects throughout the MBA program.undefinedMethodology The case study is based upon past and current information about Walmart and the country of destination. You will select a country to develop your case and will use the same country in each course of the MBA program.undefinedYou will be responsible for gathering as much information as needed that will help you with determining the course of action that Walmart should pursue in the company’s quest to growth and to meeting the needs of international markets.undefinedPart A: Read Case 12.1: Can Walmart Crack the Retail Code in India? and answer the following questions:undefinedSummarize some of the elements in India’s political, economic, and cultural environments that can impact the market opportunity.Explain some of the obstacles facing Walmart and other foreign retailers in India.Review Figure 12-4 (Global Marketing). Explain which quadrant of the matrix applies most directly to India. Provide your rationale.undefinedPart B: In your BUS621: Leadership and Teamwork course, you selected a country for Walmart to expand to, and you also analyzed the nine dimensions of the culture and the leadership models and skills that would apply to your selected country. In this assignment, you will work and build on your previous Walmart work, and develop some place strategies as Walmart expands on its global marketing activities to the country of your choice. Address the following points for the selected country:undefinedSummarize some of the elements in your selected country’s political, economic, and cultural environments that can impact the market opportunity for Walmart expansion.Based on your environmental review and referring to Figure 12-4, discuss what market expansion strategy you would suggest for Walmart in your selected country.You learned that channels create utility for customers (place utility, form utility, time utility, and information utility) that can be leverages as a source of competitive advantage. Analyze each of these utilities that Walmart may be creating in the country of your choice, and explain which one can potentially work as a competitive advantage for Walmart considering its target market and their needs, wants, and preferences in your selected country.Considering the growth of global online retailers like Amazon.com, Aliexpress.com, Target.com, and eBay.com as competitors of Walmart.com, and based on the factors you evaluated in Part A, formulate a SWOT analysis for Walmart.com in your selected country.undefinedThe Walmart Case Study paperundefinedMust be three to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource.Must include a separate title page with the following: Title of paperStudent’s nameCourse name and numberInstructor’s nameDate submittedFor further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).Must use at least two scholarly sources for each environment topic in addition to the course text. The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.

Complete five problems in which you analyze common approaches to determining product or service quantities based on financials, contribution to profit based on a specific price and volume, product reliability, and quality control.This assessment explores the quality tools companies use to monitor, control, and analyze their products or services. Most businesses in today's economy must invest in quality to survive. Experts on quality have consistently shown that investing in programs and processes to ensure high quality does pay off.SHOW LESSBy successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:Competency 2: Apply the tools and technology used in operations management. Apply operations management tools associated with determining a breakeven analysis.Apply operations management tools associated with determining contribution to profit.Apply operations management tools associated with determining reliability based on a product with subcomponents used in series.Apply operations management tools associated with determining reliability based on a product with subcomponents used in parallel and in series.Apply operations management tools associated with determining control limits.Competency MapCHECK YOUR PROGRESSUse this online tool to track your performance and progress through your course.Toggle DrawerContextToday's customers want high quality products at the lowest possible price. Businesses establish quality expectations and conform to those expectations based on the customer or market segment they are going after. Today's consumers also demand organizations to be concerned with sustainable resources; this is evident with the passage of recent regulations and laws.SHOW LESSWhat Is Quality?It is important to understand that quality is not just an issue for companies that provide products. Services are measured by quality expectations as well, and are monitored to ensure high levels of quality. Organizations that provide services are extremely vulnerable to high quality expectations, because they are usually face-to-face with the customer on a regular basis. Service is not as easy to quantitatively measure, but it is still important to measure the service quality through the use of surveys, questionnaires, and other tools.In service, the idea is to make sure that customer's expectations have been exceeded, thus establishing the client as a return customer. Businesses have started to recognize the important role their employees play in this process, and have invested heavily in education, training, and team development. The best practice of investing in employees helps a company survive in today's competitive economy.A company determines its level of quality based, in part, on the specific expectations an individual is willing to pay. Once this and other factors are considered, a company sets its quality standards. The transformation of inputs to outputs creates many variables—from materials used to shipping and handling of the final product—that can affect quality. More importantly, industry metrics need to be considered to better manage effective resource use and determine organizational performance for sustainability.Total Quality ManagementTotal Quality Management (TQM) is a process by which companies strive for zero defects while delivering high quality products. By understanding the process, a company can identify the causes of defects and work towards eliminating them. Companies monitor and improve the development of a product or service with the use of statistical process control (SPC), control charts, process capabilities, Six Sigma, and other tools. Six Sigma is a tool that involves the whole company, especially top management, with the intent of reducing defective workmanship to 3.4 parts per million transactions. This is not a quick-fix program, but a long-term, corporate culture mindset that strives to eliminate defects completely so they do not return again.Toggle DrawerQuestions to ConsiderTo deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the business community.How would you describe product or service design, and its processes?How do the quality tools selected by a company impact the company's performance?Does the company you work for incorporate Six Sigma?How can incorporating Six Sigma improve a company's performance?Toggle DrawerResourcesSuggested ResourcesThe following optional resources are provided to support you in completing the assessment or to provide a helpful context. For additional resources, refer to the Research Resources and Supplemental Resources in the left navigation menu of your courseroom.Library ResourcesThe following e-books or articles from the Capella University Library are linked directly in this course:Naidu, N. V. R., Babu, K. M., & Rajendra, G. (2006). Total quality management. Delhi, IN: New Age International.Shridhara Bhat, K. (2010). Total quality management: Texts and cases. Mumbai, IN: Global Media.Kemp, S. (2005). Quality management demystified. Blacklick, OH: McGraw-Hill.SHOW LESSCourse Library GuideA Capella University library guide has been created specifically for your use in this course. You are encouraged to refer to the resources in the BUS-FP4014 Operations Management for Competitive Advantage Library Guide to help direct your research.Internet ResourcesAccess the following resources by clicking the links provided. Please note that URLs change frequently. Permissions for the following links have been either granted or deemed appropriate for educational use at the time of course publication.General Electric Company. (2014). What is six sigma? Retrieved from http://www.ge.com/en/company/companyinfo/quality/w...American Society for Quality. (n.d.). Six sigma forum. Retrieved from http://asq.org/sixsigma/ISSSP. (2014). International Society of Six Sigma Professionals. Retrieved from http://isssp.com/iSixSigma. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.isixsigma.com/Six sigma systems. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.sixsigmasystems.com/index.php APICS. (2013). Retrieved from apics.orgBookstore ResourcesThe resources listed below are relevant to the topics and assessments in this course and are not required. Unless noted otherwise, these materials are available for purchase from the Capella University Bookstore. When searching the bookstore, be sure to look for the Course ID with the specific –FP(FlexPath) course designation.Reid, R. D., & Sanders, N. R. (2016). Operations management: An integrated approach (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Chapter 5, "Total Quality Management."Chapter 6, "Statistical Quality Control."Assessment InstructionsScenarioSuppose that you were recently hired as the operations manager for ABC Manufacturing, a small manufacturing company founded two years ago. The company has been reasonably successful since it was founded, but has recently been experiencing several production issues. You were hired to recommend and implement improvements to get the company back on track.ProblemsComplete the following problems based on the ABC Manufacturing scenario above. For each question, briefly describe the operations management issue and describe how you would approach an analysis, then provide answers to the algebraic equations.Question 1. ABC Manufacturing is unsure of the ideal price to quote for one of their products, a pump. ABC's president has asked you to do a break even analysis for the pump, and to recommend the optimal price. The fixed costs (FC) associated with manufacturing this particular product are $100,000, and the variable costs (VC) are $50 per unit. ABC's president is considering a selling price (P) for this product of $100. The president wants to know how many units have to be sold in order to break even (BEU).Analyze this operations management issue.Provide the algebraic equation (using BEU, FC, P, and VC as variables) for the breakeven analysis.Calculate and provide the numeric breakeven value.Question 2. ABC's president believes there is substantial competition for this type of pump, and that price is a significant factor in potential customer's purchase decision. He estimates that the company will sell 3,600 pumps (unit volume or UV) if they are priced at $100, and will sell 2,900 pumps if they are priced at $110. He wants to know what contribution to profit (CP) would result from each of those two selling prices, and thus which is the better price.Analyze this operations management issue.Provide the algebraic equation (using CP, UV, P, and VC as variables) for this analysis.Calculate and provide the numeric contribution to profit (in dollars) for each of the two price points.Question 3. Another issue ABC is facing is reliability of their products, in part because they are manufacturing increasingly complex products. One such product is designed and manufactured with five different subassemblies combined in series. It was determined through testing that those subassemblies have reliabilities, which are R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5; of .997, .998, .995, .999, and .990, respectively (refer to the Question 3 Flowchart). ABC's president has asked you what the reliability of the overall product (RP) is, given those subassembly reliabilities utilized in series.Analyze this operations management issue.Provide the algebraic equation (using RP, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 as variables) for this analysis.Calculate and provide the overall product reliability, given those subassemblies utilized in series.Question 4. ABC's president has also asked you what the overall reliability of a different product (RP) is. That product has four subcomponents (SC1, SC2, SC3, and SC4). The components are organized as SC1, followed by SC2 in parallel with SC3, which are then both followed by SC4 (refer to the Question 4 Diagram). Their respective reliabilities are SC1R=.97, SC2R=.98, SC3R=.95, and SC4R=.93.Analyze this operations management issue.Provide the algebraic equation (using RP, SC1R, SC2R, SC3R, and SC4R as variables) for this analysis.Calculate and provide the overall product reliability given those subassemblies.Question 5. ABC Manufacturing is also concerned about the quality of its manufacturing processes. One of the products the company sells is a bottle of liquid lubricant associated with the pump product line. ABC's president is familiar with the operations management concept of control limits (determining an upper and lower numerical threshold such that a process is considered in control as long as it stays within those limits).The president has asked you to take samples of the amount of liquid in those bottles and determine the upper control limit (UCL) and lower control limit (LCL) of three standard deviations. He told you that, based on previous testing, the standard deviation (SD) for this process is 0.035. You took sample measurements of the volume of liquid in the bottles, done at different times of the day (in case that somehow impacted the volume), and this produced the data in the Sample Measurements Table below:Sample Measurements TableTimeVolume of Liquid in Bottles of Lubricant (in Ounces)8:00am30.039:00am30.0410:00am29.9811:00am30.0112:00pm30.001:00pm29.972:00pm30.083:00pm29.984:00pm29.995:00pm29.98Mean (M)30.006Analyze this operations management issue.Provide the algebraic equation for the UCL and for the LCL (using UCL, LCL, M, and SD as variables).Calculate and provide the numerical ULC and LCL values.Additional RequirementsWritten communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.APA formatting: Any references and citations should be formatted according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting.Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12-point.