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The heart of the PowerPoint should be an overview of the steps that are needed to make a good location decision, whether it is for an additional manufacturing facility in some other state or country, or a new distribution center location in another state or country.
; Use a colored background for your slides
; Have few words but lots of eye-catching graphics, clip art, or pictures on each slide
; Have speaker notes of 100–200 words for each slide
; Assume the presentation should last 30–45 minutes and should have 15–17 slides
You are selecting a mass merchandiser that has multiple USA locations and international locations too. ; Consider the big box retailers such as Walmart for this assignment or any other retailer that has multiple USA locations and an overseas presence. ;
Your presentation is based on the following 7 facts:
1. ; The retailer has 200 retail locations all over the United States.
2. ; Right now, all shipments come from the East Coast manufacturing plant finished goods warehouse.
3. ; Western United States sales growth rates are expected to be double that of the Eastern United States.
4. ; The retailer has a total of 50 stores located outside of the United States, mostly in Europe, where population growth is averaging 1% a year.
5. ; It has no retail locations in India, China, or Mexico, where on average, population growth is averaging 10% into the future.
6. ; Your product is a “high-cube” product, like a refrigerator or color television.
7. ; The raw materials for your manufacturing facility are also high-cube and have a lot of cardboard packaging (which takes up space) to protect the high-dollar value components that the factory buys.
Finally, the CEO reminds you that this presentation ;is meant to be a how-to guide for the overall decision-making process that you will be using in your future assignments.
· ; Given these facts, what do you recommend and why?
· ; Remember that you are offering the steps to follow for this location decision.
Here is what you need to do:
- List and describe at least 12 steps
- Each of the steps are fully explained to include how they are integrated with each other.
- You have demonstrated knowledge of systems thinking.
- Be sure to label each of your steps.
- Feel free to offer more than 12 steps if needed.
- Remember that in PowerPoint presentations the bulk of your words are listed in the slide notes portion and the requirement is for 100-200 words per slide in the notes section.
- Also keep in mind that you are considered the “expert” in this presentation; that is, YOU are the presenter standing in front of the audience.
- You are telling the audience what your recommended plan is for a new location along with why you believe as you do.
- You are NOT asking for their advice; they are relying upon you to explain what you are proposing and why.
- In other words do NOT make the mistake of asking them what needs to be done or what their thoughts are on the matter.
- You are telling them what needs to be done and why.
- You are the expert on location decisions.