Assessment Task: After you have carefully read and analysed the case study, write an essay discussing the operational issues facing Hawkesbury Cabinets. The essay should identify and discuss the...

Assessment Task: After you have carefully read and analysed the case study, write an essay discussing the operational issues facing Hawkesbury Cabinets. The essay should identify and discuss the operational aspects that are affecting the organisation, paying attention to both medium-term and day-to-day implications. Your argument should address the following four issues with responses integrated within the essay.
1. The current production systems and processes used by Hawkesbury Cabinets (a technical analysis).
2. The effect of the new builders’ kitchen line on Hawkesbury Cabinets’ operations (problem definition).
3. The operational decisions that Fung Chen has to make on a daily basis to maintain effective production under the current operating protocols (day-to-day operational issues).
4. The effect the move to producing builders’ kitchens might have on the company’s financial structure2. (broader organisational issues caused by operational problems).