1. You are the owner of a medium-sized organisation which manufactures and distributes generators across South-Africa. Critically discuss the supply-, operations-, logistics-, and integration elements which may contribute to your overall organisational risk factor by including references to the types of failures each of the elements may result in.

2. An IT organization has appointed you as the key manager to manage a new strategic alliance with a computer chip manufacturer supplier. You are to present your initial, short- term, and long-term goals for each planning stage of this proposed alliance with this supplier in the manufacturing industry. It is important to include your reasoning for the chosen goals for each stage.