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...ready lost its economic position, SEL Game Division has established a new factory in Moronia, primarily focusing upon the manufacture of all the cardboard jigsaws for the company, as a strategy to reduce costs in the business. As a consequence, all packaged jigsaws will be fully completed in Moronia and be distributed to UK for onward sale. 1.3 Assumptions made for the new business In order to fully answer the question, some assumptions have been made, which are as follows: Equipment and the System capability of the factory It has been assumed that the equipment has been set up in the new factory and its capability can meet the forecast demand when the equipment is fully operational. It has been assumed that in Moronia there are reliable printers to collaborate with on picture paintings. 2. The Framework of Manufacturing Strategy When one is looking at the strategic planning activities within a company in practice, it is possible to identify different levels of strategies. In order to meet the objectives, it is essential that the corporate strategy guide all the functional operations towards the same direction. These operation strategies should be linked with the market requirements, that is, to integrate manufacturing strategy with marketing strategy. Based upon the understanding of market, company could find its own competitive advantage to win the business and set their structural and infrastructural elements correspondingly. All of these are presented in the framework of Terry Hill. Referring to the Hill’s framework, manufacturing strategy could be formulated by the five steps, which will be discussed separately in the following content. 2.1 Define Corporate Objectives The corporate objectives are there to provide the direction by which the business should be run and for identifying the goals to aim at, which then act as an over riding...