Assessment Task

After you have carefully read and analysed the case study, write an essay discussing the operational issues facing Hawkesbury Cabinets. The essay should identify and discuss the operational aspects that are affecting the organisation, paying attention to both medium -term and day-to-day implications. Your argument should address the following three issues with responses integrated within the essay.

1.The current production systems and processes used by Hawkesbury Cabinets (a technical analysis). 

2.The effect of the new builders’ kitchen line on Hawkesbury Cabinets’ operations 

(problem definition). 

3.The effect the move to producing builders’ kitchens might have on the company’s financial structure 2. (broader organisational issues caused by operational problems). 

Your essay should be a properly constructed academic essay. It should contain an effective introduction, body and conclusion. The introduction should introduce the essay and include your argument. The body should present the evidence you have collected to support your argument, and the conclusion should restate your argument, summarise the evidence and make a conclusion regarding your argument.

The essay should contain a coherent, but necessarily restricted review of the academic literature on the Production and Operations Management topics in question. The literature review should be integrated into the essay, not a separate section. Do not use headings or include an abstract. A reference list is compulsory. Do not include a bibliography.

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