The research paper must focus on Fitbit’s wearables specifically Smartwatches (Versa 3 and 2) manufacturing, topics to be covered:
-Resources / production process
-Some approximation of average per unit cost
-Some cost components:
*Capital / investment
*Materials
*Labour
-Importance of economies of scale / minimum efficient scale
*Free-standing producer or using shared facilities?
-Outsourcing
*Any major components outsourced?
Task description given in the brief “Broad indications of the manufacturing resources required and the costs likely to be incurred. You might try to estimate the capital costs of plant and equipment, the costs of materials and components and costs of labour. Aspects that may be important to consider are: the relationship between production volume and cost; effects and importance of economies of scale in business expansion decisions. “