For this assignment, you’ll be assuming the role of a lead field hand at M-Globa

Question

For this assignment, you’ll be assuming the role of a lead field hand at M-Global and you’ll have to write a 2-page memo report by the end of the week. A memo report is a type of informative report.

You should use the ABC Format.

The Scenario
For six months, you have driven a new Ford F-150 company truck at remote job sites. As lead field hand for M-Global’s Boston office, you have been asked to write an evaluation of the vehicle for Brenda Seymour, Director of Procurement at the corporate office in Baltimore.

Seymour will use your report to decide whether to recommend ordering five more F-150s for other offices. She has told you that you must discuss only major positive or negative features, not every detail. If she needs more information after reading your report, she will let you know.

Consider the following list of your random notes. Select only the major positive or negative features from this list and use this information to write a 2-page memo report that evaluates the truck.

My 150 has been very reliable—it never failed to start, even during subzero ice storms last winter.

The 4.6-liter small V-8 has provided plenty of power to handle any hauling I have done. No need to order the more expensive and less fuel-efficient 5.4-liter V-8.

Have been to 18 job sites with the truck, from marshes in Maine to mountains in New Hampshire. Have put about 12,000 miles on it, on all kinds of roads and in all conditions.

Tires that came with the truck did not work well in muddy locations, even with four-wheel drive. Suggest we buy all-terrain tires for future vehicles. Continue to order four-wheel drive—it is necessary at over half our job sites.

The short bed (six feet) did not provide enough hauling room, once I put my toolbox across the truck bed near the back window. Suggest company buy long-bed trucks with the added two feet of room.

From my experience, I give the truck a good to excellent rating.

Automatic transmission worked great. Am told by other owners that the automatic is better than the manual for construction jobs because the manual tends to burn out clutches, especially when the truck needs to be “rocked” back and forth to get out of mud holes. My automatic has taken a lot of abuse without problems.

Have had some problems with front-end handling on rough roads. Suggest that future trucks be ordered with special handling package, which includes two shock absorbers—not just one—on each front wheel.

Have had no major repairs, just the regular maintenance checks at the dealer.

There was one recall from the manufacturer concerning an exhaust pipe hanger that might bend, but the dealer fixed the problem in 20 minutes.

Really need to have another six months to see how well truck holds up.

Explanation / Answer

A report memo on a new FORD F-150 company truck

DATE: January 3, 2016

TO: Brenda Seymour, Director of Procurement at the corporate office in Baltimore

FROM: Insert name

RE: An evaluation of a new FORD F-150 company truck.

Thank you for allowing me to work with your company. Recently, you informed me that you needed to know whether the truck that I am using is fully suitable for the job so that you could buy six more of them. As requested, I have evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of the truck that I have been driving and analyzed the desirability of purchasing more of the trucks. My evaluation is based on the durability of the truck, fuel consumption rate, ability to access remote areas which fully suits the current job that I am doing and its ability to carry load and two passengers at the back. The next section presents the observations that I made, and the section following that presents my recommendations on your question about whether to add six more of the trucks or to buy a new model.

Based on my study, I have observed that:

The truck has been very reliable since it has never failed to start even during very adverse weather conditions and the 4.6 liter small V-8 has a lot of power to handle any tasks I have done.
The truck can travel over long distances without developing mechanical problems and can access different geographical regions with all kinds of roads and in all conditions ranging from marshes in Maine to mountains in New Hampshire.
The truck has a strong body structure and it is slightly high above the ground hence it can easily move on any ground.
The automatic transmission of the truck works well and I interviewed some of the people who own the same truck and they asserted that automatic is better than manual for construction jobs since the manual tends to burn out clutches, especially when the truck is stuck in muddy areas and it needs move out of such holes. I have worked with truck for some times now without its automatic developing any mechanical problem.
However, the truck had some minor problems. The tiers that were bought with the truck did not function well in muddy areas, even with four-wheel drives.
There is no enough hauling room in the short bed.
I have had no major repairs apart from the regular maintenance checks at the dealer.

Recommendations

In regards to your question on the suitability of the new FORD F-15 company, I suggest that:

1. The company buys all-terrain tires for future vehicles and order more four-wheel drive since it is very suitable for the jobs that we do.

2. The company should buy longer bed trucks with an added two feet of room.

3. The company should order for six more FORD F-15 trucks

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