You run the manufacturing side of a large US buisness. As a result of rising cost of labor in the US your company's shareholders want you to look into relocating the Maryland based manufacturing plant to an island in the Caribbean. The purpose of the decison to move the plant offshore is to make the company more ptofitable, and thus make the share holders wealthier. Just last year, your company's chief competitor was able to save 75% in labor costs by moving thier plant overseas. This savings has enabled them to drop their prices, thus increasring thier overall sales in the US. As a result, your company needs to take similar action in order to stay in the competition.
Step 1
The first order of buisness is to decide what your company manufactures. This is essential in helping you to select the location for the proposed plant.
Step 2
Next you will need to investigate which of the hundreds of habitable islands is best suited for the plant. This will determine exactly what is needed for the actual site. For instance:
Step 3
Once you and your partner have selected the island, then you will be ready to begin preparing a presentation for the company's major share holders that clearly explains why you have decided on the island. While working on this project, you need to keep in mind the fact that in the end it is the shareholders that ultimately will decide wheter or not to accept your proposal. In other words, you really need to "sell" them on your proposal by using charts, pictures, and raw data to convince them that your ideas are worth investigating.
Step 4
After creating a rough sketch of the proposal you will be ready to create the final project. Your final project will be a 10 minute presentation for the "shareholders". The presentation will be given using tools such as iphoto, itunes, and imusic (for a mac).
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