Instructions: Orion Manufacturing is a small business that builds solar panels. Orion is located in a community that has just made the minimum wage requirement $17.00 per hour. Orion was paying its lowest paid workers - line workers - $9.00 per hour. Orion currently employs 1250 line workers at 40 hours per week. The plant operates for 47 weeks per year but pays its employees for 52 (vacation/mandatory holidays, closed two weeks at Christmas and one week during Thanksgiving). The company produces 7500000 items per year and sells 90% of what it produces. The company has fixed costs of $11,500,000 per year regardless of the number of items it produces, and variable costs of 1.15 per item produced, not including the line worker costs. Each item sells for $9 each. Your task is to determine if Orion should remain in its current location or move to the next town where the minimum wage is $12.50 per hour but Orion would incur a one-time moving charge of $1 million and the variable costs not including wages would be $1.50 per item produced. Analyze both options for Orion's CEO. She wants to know how her profit would be impacted by each option. Please analyze the options and write a report to the CEO that explains the financial impact of each of the options and then make a recommendation that is in the best interest of the short term, e.g. this year, if profit is the CEO's main concern. Your recommendation should include re-cap of the current condition (e.g., $9 per hour minimum wage and $1.15 variable costs), the two options, an explanation of the financial impact of the options, and finally, your recommendation. You should include a table IN THE REPORT that shows the calculations of income, fixed costs, variable costs, line worker salaries, and net income of the two options. Do NOT include the table in a separate spreadsheet! REMEMBER to use the Technical Writing Checklist! Focus on the purpose of your writing Focus on your readers (Audience) Satisfy document requirements (Documentation style; visuals; data) Get to the point. (Concise, uncluttered sentences) Provide accurate information (Research) Present your material logically Express yourself clearly (Grammar; Proofreading) Use efficient wording (Word Choice) Make your ideas accessible (Clarity) Use lists for some information (organized bullets) Format your pages carefully (be neat and leave white space) Manage your time efficiently (Meet deadlines) Paper Format Cover Page Name Date Title of Report Report Start with the purpose of the report. List the three options. State which option you selected. Then explain your logic as to why the option you selected is in the best interest for the long term survival of the company. Do NOT explain your math but do include a table. Don'ts: Do not use I, we, me, you, us, they, our, etc in your paper. Do not explain what Orion is. Your audience (The CEO) already knows. Do not end your sentences with prepositions or with words ending in "ing." Do not use informal language such as "being that", "on the other hand",firstly,, secondly, on one hand, By the way, off of, by the way, with that being said, in the first place, came up with, cutting out, I believe, by going by, being, that is asked for, due to the fact etc. Dont misuse prepositions Don't use "that" as a conjunction Do not end your sentences with "with." Do not spend time explaining the situation (the CEO already knows the situation). Do not spend much time explaining the three options (the CEO gave you the three options and therefore already knows the three options). Do: state the purpose, goal and then complete the analysis. Do not repeat what Orion is (the CEO already knows what Orion is). let the tables do most of your talking. If you have good visuals you do not have to write a long paper!

Instructions: Orion Manufacturing is a small business that builds solar panels. Orion is located in a community that has just made the minimum wage requirement $17.00 per hour. Orion was paying its lowest paid workers - line workers - $9.00 per hour. Orion currently employs 1250 line workers at 40 hours per week. The plant operates for 47 weeks per year but pays its employees for 52 (vacation/mandatory holidays, closed two weeks at Christmas and one week during Thanksgiving). The company produces 7500000 items per year and sells 90% of what it produces. The company has fixed costs of $11,500,000 per year regardless of the number of items it produces, and variable costs of 1.15 per item produced, not including the line worker costs. Each item sells for $9 each. Your task is to determine if Orion should remain in its current location or move to the next town where the minimum wage is $12.50 per hour but Orion would incur a one-time moving charge of $1 million and the variable costs not including wages would be $1.50 per item produced. Analyze both options for Orion's CEO. She wants to know how her profit would be impacted by each option. Please analyze the options and write a report to the CEO that explains the financial impact of each of the options and then make a recommendation that is in the best interest of the short term, e.g. this year, if profit is the CEO's main concern. Your recommendation should include re-cap of the current condition (e.g., $9 per hour minimum wage and $1.15 variable costs), the two options, an explanation of the financial impact of the options, and finally, your recommendation. You should include a table IN THE REPORT that shows the calculations of income, fixed costs, variable costs, line worker salaries, and net income of the two options. Do NOT include the table in a separate spreadsheet! REMEMBER to use the Technical Writing Checklist! Focus on the purpose of your writing Focus on your readers (Audience) Satisfy document requirements (Documentation style; visuals; data) Get to the point. (Concise, uncluttered sentences) Provide accurate information (Research) Present your material logically Express yourself clearly (Grammar; Proofreading) Use efficient wording (Word Choice) Make your ideas accessible (Clarity) Use lists for some information (organized bullets) Format your pages carefully (be neat and leave white space) Manage your time efficiently (Meet deadlines) Paper Format Cover Page Name Date Title of Report Report Start with the purpose of the report. List the three options. State which option you selected. Then explain your logic as to why the option you selected is in the best interest for the long term survival of the company. Do NOT explain your math but do include a table. Don'ts: Do not use I, we, me, you, us, they, our, etc in your paper. Do not explain what Orion is. Your audience (The CEO) already knows. Do not end your sentences with prepositions or with words ending in "ing." Do not use informal language such as "being that", "on the other hand",firstly,, secondly, on one hand, By the way, off of, by the way, with that being said, in the first place, came up with, cutting out, I believe, by going by, being, that is asked for, due to the fact etc. Dont misuse prepositions Don't use "that" as a conjunction Do not end your sentences with "with." Do not spend time explaining the situation (the CEO already knows the situation). Do not spend much time explaining the three options (the CEO gave you the three options and therefore already knows the three options). Do: state the purpose, goal and then complete the analysis. Do not repeat what Orion is (the CEO already knows what Orion is). let the tables do most of your talking. If you have good visuals you do not have to write a long paper!