The score on the analysis will be awarded to all members of the team.

For the first case, Superior Clamps, the key question is to prepare the information wanted by a retired manufacturer who is interested in possibly investing in Superior Clamps. It will be important to complete the viewing of the Unit 3 lecture before analyzing the case.

The Superior Clamps case is a short and fairly straightforward case.

Scenario: A potential investor wants information to help decide whether to buy stock of Superior Clamps. Each team needs to decide how to provide the information requested by the potential investor.

The case write-up in this situation would ideally include:

1. Introduction: brief overviewno need to restate the facts of the case

2. Analysis

1. Determination of the problem(s) to be solved (the information requested)

2. Alternative approaches to providing the information, if more than one approach exists

3. Recommended solution or solutionsthat is, provide the information requested based on your analysis (this could be provided in the body of the write-up or as spreadsheet or other attachments)

3. Conclusion: whether the investor should buy the stock based on the teams analysis and any limitations that should be considered