Capacity Planning and Forecasting

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This week, you will analyze the product or service layout of the company you selected in CVS Health. You will also analyze how the company does capacity planning and forecasting.

Search the company’s Web site and other available sources to determine the methods of forecasting, process or service design, layout planning, and capacity planning. Additionally, if the company has outsourced its manufacturing operations, analyze the strategy that led to outsourcing.

Submit your analysis in a Microsoft Word document (containing no more than five pages) under the following headings:

  • Operations
  • Strategy
  • Positioning

Using the APA format with in text citations, cite the sources you use on a separate page.

Assignment 3 Grading Criteria

Maximum Points

Reviewed and analyzed the operations of the company, including its process or service design, forecasting, and capacity planning.

20

Reviewed and analyzed the strategy of the company, including its product or service layout and outsourcing operations.

20

Reviewed and analyzed the positioning of the company.

10

Presented a structured document free of spelling and grammatical errors.

5

Properly cited the sources using the APA format.

5

Total:

60