Academic Writing

UK ENGLISH, HARVARD STYLE A comprehensive, highly-structured, focused and concise response to the assessment task, consistently demonstrating: -An extensive and detailed knowledge of the subject matter. -A highly-developed ability to apply this knowledge to the set task. -Evidence of extensive background reading. -Clear, fluent, stimulating and original expression. -Excellent presentation (spelling, grammar, graphical) with minimal or no presentation errors. Please answer (maximum 2 pages exclude references page) the following three questions with regards to the following IKEA Mini-Case 1. How is the IKEA operations design different from that of most furniture retail operations? 2. What do you think might be the major problems in running an operation like IKEA? 3. What do you identify as the ‘operations function’ within IKEA? How is this different from the ‘sales function’? (DO REFER TO FILE ATTACHED FOR THE MINI-CASE STUDY) ******When doing the case study, do look like this few points: -Operations Strategy -Operations Processes -Process Design -Design of products and services -Capacity Planning -Inventory Planning -Lean and JIT -Quality Management -Risk & Sustainability Management