Greener Rises is an Australian company that develops and manufactures sustainable technologies. It is now looking to explore international markets and has identified Asia as a potential for high growth. It has determined that strategically, it is important to have a manufacturing operation closer to its potential market. Greener Rises is currently looking at a shortlist of four countries as shown in the table below. The senior management team have identified a number of Key Success Factors (KSFs) and relative importance to Greener Rises. A comprehensive study has providing an assessment on each of these factors in each country as shown.

You have been asked to provide a number of recommendations to Greener Rises as follows: - Based on your determination, are you able to you recommend a specific location to build a manufacturing plant? Explain why? (75 words)

b) Assume that Japan introduces an export embargo and the company wishes to produce a device which will monitor household electricity consumption and turn off lighting and air-conditioning in unoccupied rooms. Conduct a cost-volume analysis on the remaining three locations to determine which location you would choose to manufacture the device based on the following information: - (8 marks) Show all working

Selling Price: $150 per unit Expected Demand: 2,600 units LOCATION Fixed Costs Variable Costs Korea $37,000 $76 Singapore $70,000 $58 Indonesia $130,000 $33

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