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Assignment 3 Part 1: Operation, Technology, and Management Plan

Use the “NAB Company Portfolio”.

Write a three to six (3-6) page paper in which you provide the following information below.

Operations Plan (1 – 2 pages)

Note: Remember to assign a dollar amount to each operational cost you find, as you will need these figures for your income statement and cash flow in Week 8.

Create an operations plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 214 | Operations Plan Preparation Form - Click here for help accessing a specific page number in your eBook). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.

Provide a rationale for the competitive advantages section using appropriate functional-level and business-level strategies to explain the competitive advantages.

Note: Much of the research pertaining to the hints provided here can be found in the NAB company portfolio.

Hints: Consider whether you will rent or buy your facilities or outsource production to an existing company.

Hints: One of your biggest expenses as a startup non-alcoholic beverage company will be transitioning from a small batch prototype of your beverage to production on a large scale. Research the equipment you will need (vats, refrigerators, burners, ovens, bottling equipment, and so on), whether you will rent or buy, how you will maintain and clean it, and so forth. Consider how you will ensure quality control. What capacity do you intend to reach?

Hints: Deliberate your inventory control. Where do your supplies come from and what is your turnaround time to produce your beverage once you have received an order?

Hints: Consider your distribution method. Refer back to your notes for the SWOT analysis assignment in Week 2 of class.

Hints: How will you stay abreast of new developments in your industry? What new products do you have in development now, in addition to your flagship product?

Describe your research and development activities and explain how they will contribute to the company.

Technology Plan (1 – 2 pages)

4.Create a technology plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 227 | Technology Plan Preparation Form ). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.

5.Provide a rationale for the personnel needs section by incorporating appropriate functional-level strategies.

Hints: Consider the type of technology your company will use to conduct the following activities: manage personnel; take, fulfill, and track orders; manage inventory; communicate with customers and provide customer service; and produce your beverage.

Management & Organization (1 – 2 pages)

6.Create a management plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 248 | Management Plan Preparation Form ). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.

Using the flow charts on p. 242 as a guide, outline your company’s management hierarchy. Note: Charts or diagrams must be imported / included in the MS Word document.


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Operation, technology, and management plan
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Introduction

Among many companies that produce organic healthy and flavor drinks, Café Fresco
Healthy Drinks Company is one of them. The company should increase the accessibility of its
operations in various regions like India, Europe, China, and Africa for it to have a good operation
plan. The organization is also needed to develop plans, policies, and strategies to enable it to
produce other types of drinks and products like its major rival companies do. For Café Fresco
Healthy Drinks Company operation plan to expand its business activities to the global market to be
effective, reliable, and efficient, the firm should make its manufacturers aware in ensuring that they
take the necessary decisions to increase their level of productions. The firm ought also to conduct
market research to establish the demands in the anticipated areas (Subramanian & Ramanathan,
2012). The corporation should create certain competitive edges over their rivals in the industry and
the marketplace in ensuring that it enjoys good public and business relations with its customers.
Key Aspects of Operations
Café Fresco Healthy Drinks Company pays great focus on the operation plan because it
gives direction in the establishment and management of procedures and processes on the customer
services, shipping, storage, and inventory controls (Stevenson, Hojati, & Cao, 2007). The success
of the organization relies on the campaign plans efficiency and effectiveness. Subsequently, there
have been great efforts to include effective and efficient procedures and processes in guiding the
operations at Café Fresco Healthy Drinks Company in the process of producing the Wacky Crazy
Bubblies Flavour drinks. The technique purposes to minimize material holding and storage costs.
The company shall have various raw materials vendors to limit the scenarios of lost production and
shortage linked with the use of only a single supplier. The company shall operate all its business
activities out of the home of the owners in Philadelphia. There is a medium-sized office that will

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efficiently and effectively serve the start-up team. The firm shall also part of the building
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