Welcome to the wonderful world of lean manufacturing and cost cutting initiatives, unfortunately this is here to stay as companies look to increase efficiency.  During my MBA program I took the course MGT 705-50 or Global Economic Climate for short.  One of the course objectives was to be able to evaluate a company that has been successful in going global.  Anyways here was the final assessment of the course we had to do a thorough analysis of a firm and its industry in terms of its actual and potential globalization, and the extent to which the firm’s competitors have global...