You are a consultant for the ABC consulting group. Yourfirm has been contacted b

You are a consultant for the ABC consulting group. Yourfirm has been contacted by a XYZ Venture Capital Group which isseeking a consulting outfit to give advice on where (whichcompanies) it might make a significant investment. XYZ has nopreference for investing in the service or manufacturing sector butdoes believe that operational excellence can lead to permanentvalue creation and superior profit and ROE performance. Becauseother consulting firms are also bidding on this large consultingproject XYZ has asked your firm to pick any 2 for-profit firmsfrom one of the industries listed below and to analyze them froman operations management perspective. XYZ will then compare yourconsulting firms depth and quality of analysis with otherconsulting outfits to finalize the consulting group. It will thenperform an actual investigation. XYZ has asked you to address thefollowing in a white paper using the outline structuredemonstrated below.