Question

1. A brief, introductory description of your hypothetical business

2. The approach you will use regarding globalization

3. How you will utilize forecasting in your operations 

4. Define the culture you will want at your company and how you will structure your Human Resources system to achieve that culture

5. Define how you are going to develop a sustainable supply chain for your company

6. Explain how you will approach planning in your company and the methodology you will use. 

7. Define how you will use lean operations in your company to reduce waste and improve productivity

Answer 1

1) Sports apparel are clothes worn during workout sessions or while playing sports. They are designed in a way that provides comfort while performing physical movements. Sports apparel are allows sweat to evaporate faster,remain the person fresh for longer. Sports apparel has been gaining attraction, due to growth in health awareness. Moreover, rise in participation of women in sports and fitness activities is opening another opportunity.. The end users are, children, men, and women.

2) The globalization of many manufacturing and retail industries has led to increased levels of competition,lowering cost and High level of product variety in small quantities. According to globalist approach globalization is a positive process characterised by economic growth, increasing prosperity and the national harmony. Sports apparel manufactures can bring investment and jobs to developing countries. Sponsoring Sports events ,world cup and the Olympics is globalist view of globalisation.it concrete state harmony.we believe in positive globalist as the role of the nation state is diminished by the establishment of international organizations such as the United Nations and the International Monetary fund (IMF)

3) Forecasting the operation could be

Qualitative Methods

Qualitative models can be useful in predicting the short-term success of companies, products, and services, due to over opinion. It include Market Research and Delphi Method for forecasting the sports apparel demand so on....

Quantitative methods

These approaches are concerned with data and avoid the opinion of the people underlying the numbers.this will be in the long term, measured in months or years. Quantitative include: Econometric modelling,Time Series Methods etc....

4) Organisational culture means the way employees complete tasks and interact with each other in an organization. Corporate culture binds the workforce and provides a direction for the company in our company employees are structured according to The Clan Culture: employees themselves are part of one big family who are active and involved.leaders Invite employees to share their thoughts during company culture discussions and during day-to-day operations. Align department, initiatives, processes, etc. To support company culture Conduct periodic culture audits too

5) Sports apparel clothing industry is facing a great number of challenges like environmental disasters and hazards to human health caused by toxic materials, resource exhaustion .following are the ways to achieve sustainability

1. Map your supply chain

Early step is to understand comprehensive sustainability impacts of their supply chain

2. Communicate expectations

Focusing on sustainable goals communicate corporate values and culture to your suppliers and customers

3. Baseline supplier performance

Collecting data from suppliers through a simple questionnaire will provide you an understanding of your starting point.

4. Develop training

5. Drive performance improvement

Once supplier baseline performance is understood, an audit program can measure performance improvement.

6. Join industry collaboration

6) Planning is done as per the experience and skill.team managers having skills in their functional areas are assigned the job of planning.the plans are reviewed and approved by the top management over time

7) Ways for applying lean manufacturing in sports apparel manufacturing

· Start by eliminating waste

· Reduce unnecessary inventory.

· Shorten production cycles.

· Speed up response time

· Quality-test of all clothes.

· Value customer feedback.