1. Pick a public company.

2. Internally, what do you think are the key weaknesses of this company?  What specific recommendations do you for the company to overcome these weaknesses.  Be specific with your recommendations because your grades will be highly dependent on how specific and executable your recommendations are.

3. Break the company operations into a number of departments or stages.  For each of the stage, provide 3 specific recommendations for ways to increase values to the products/services for customers and to minimize waste in the operation.

4. Based on your analysis above, what is the most important thing the company should do that will bring it the most benefit?