Fonterra report writing task.

Your report needs

Section/vocabulary Guide
Completed?
Y/N
Introduction
Two or three sentences describing Fonterra,
and stating what your report will show.

Description
Natural, human and capital
resources
Use your workbook & notes to define, explain
and refer to Fonterra.

Use of renewable and non-
renewable resources
DER. For higher grades, what resource use is
good and what is a problem in Fonterra.

Labour and capital intensive DER. Justify and explain what type Fonterra is.
Higher grades; any problems with this type?

Production process Choose one product, and describe how it is
produced, from raw material to end product.

Decisions
Goals of firms; profit
maximising, sales maximising,
quality, social goals.
DER all but justify and explain which one(s)
Fonterra focusses on.

Business expansion How has Fonterra expanded? What are the
consequences and implications for Taranaki
and New Zealand?

Price and non-price
competition
How can Fonterra increase sales and revenue?

Economies and diseconomies
of scale
DER; how Fonterra can increase production.
Consequences to producer and society.

Conclusion
What have you shown, what are the major
areas of your research?


Remember to DER; Define, explain/example, refer. Refer in relation to
Fonterra.