The Production of Nike's Product Leather Belts

Management Assessment
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Management Assessment
Part 1
Metal piecesSpider-Diagram
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TailorSkin and hidesNike leather belt
CustomersCotton
fig1. This figure illustrates a spider-diagram of Nike’s product leather belts.
The production of this leather belts requires some raw materials like cotton which is likely gotten from African countries which grow it in large scale. The cotton is used to make a soft lining that will be put on the inner side of the belt to avoid easy worn out. Nike Company prefers to use either camel or cow skin in the making of the belts because the two kinds of skins are easy to sow and they are durable. Most of the skins come from different slaughterhouses; however, the organization imports the skins from Africa.
The production of these belts requires a good designer who is responsible for the appearance of the belts. These people are tasked with the role of ensuring that the belts fit the required standards for the customers. The designers check the particular market that is most satisfied with the belts to make sure that enough of them have been made and according to their preferences.
At this stage, it is critical to state that, even though Nike is responsible for the production of the belts, this exercise does not fall only on Nike. There is a chain of global supplies and other associations that make this process a success. For instance, there is the importation of cotton and skin from different parts of the world. Thus, the existence of organizations is also determined by various global and external factors which if not well taken care of can result in the collapse of the organization.
Part 2
Section 1
Globalization and external environments of different organizations have a significant impact on its success in the short and long term periods it stays operational. Thus, these aspects remain crucial and need to be carefully analyzed, studied and safeguarded to ensure that they do not produce adverse effects on the growth of a business. All outside factors that are bound to affect an organization's activities are referred to as the external environment while the term globalization refers to the process by which organizations develop and acquire global influence in the products or services in which they deal.
Customers are considered as a major external factor that affects the way an organization carries its activities. Customers are the real reason for the existence of any business. Thus companies strive to produce products that suite the demands of the customers. The customers dictate the kind of product they want, its appearance or modifications and the form in which they prefer to have it. Customers’ needs have to be well understood before production begins. For instance, in the case of Nike leather belts produced majorly for men, it is prudent for the Company, Nike, to emphasize the production of black belts which are flexible and considerably lo...