Select two companies in the same industry, either in service or in
manufacturing. You can select industries such as fast-food, banking,
healthcare, computer manufacturing, or auto manufacturing.
Use the Internet to visit the selected companies’ Web sites and collect the
following information:
– Their mission statement,
– Target market, and
– Specifics of their product and service offerings.
Then explain the differences between the companies’ business strategies
and target markets.
How do their product and service offerings differ relative to their target
markets and their overall strategies?
Finally, how does their operations function support their business
strategies?
Try to explain how operations utilizes specific organizational resources to
support the business strategy.