Case Directions:

All work will be completed in your groups.

$$ Read the case on Southern Electronics, Inc.

$$ Complete your analysis.

$$ Prepare a fifteen minute presentation using PowerPoint slides.

$$ Type a two page $($double spaced$)$ executive summary of your findings.

$$ Submit your file$($s$)$ through Carmen by the start of class indicated on the course schedule. Only

one group member needs to submit the file$($s$).$

$$ Complete your group evaluation form individually and submit it through Carmen.

$$ Present your analysis on the date listed on the course schedule $($Case Presentations$).$ Be prepared

to ask the other groups questions during the Q&A period.

Use the questions below as a $$GUIDELINE$$ to help you analyze the case. Do not answer each question

in painful detail in your presentation.

Goal: You should be able to identify the lowest cost solution and become familiar with using a

foreign$/$free trade zone in international trade. Then, make a recommendation considering all factors $($cost$,$

flexibility, control, quality standards, political and economic conditions, etc.$)$ and recommend the best

solution. You should consider factors beyond price.

Expected Deliverables: $($i$.$e$.,$ what you have to turn in$)$

$$ PowerPoint with the following minimum requirements:

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Costs associated with each option

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Analysis of the various options

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Excel spreadsheet analysis

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Recommended solution

$$ Two page $($double spaced$)$ executive summary covering the same topics as above

$15-$minute discussion of your findings

$$ Ask the other groups questions during the Q&A period

Guideline: $($the case should address these, but don$$t just answer #$1-5$; these are the basics.$)$

$1.$ Calculate the total manufacturing and distribution costs if the widgets are assembled in the three

locations.

$2.$ What are the major cost factors at each location that create the differences in your calculations?

$3.$ What assembly location do you recommend? Why?

$4.$ What are the potential drawbacks or limitations of the location that you selected?

$5.$ What other international logistics issues $($not presented in this case$)$ should be considered before

selecting an assembly location?

Hints: Don$$t focus all of your energy on the numbers. Yes, they are very important, but there are a lot of

non$-$quantifiable aspects that you also need to consider. Ensure you provide adequate effort analyzing

those portions. Remember that there is not a perfect answer, you must support your choices!