$1.$ Have Focus Plastics$$ strategies, since the decision to exit the Industrial Products market, been entirely successful?

$2.$ In what ways have marketing strategies affected manufacturing?

$3.$ What have been the main features of manufacturing$$s policies up to $2007?$ What operations$-$based competitive advantages were developed by these approaches? After $2007,$ what changes do you think should be made to their manufacturing strategies?

$4.$ What changes, if any, would you recommend for the business to continue to grow in sales and profit? Do you agree with Jim Thompson$$s summing up on page $6$ of the case?