Model Memos

Want to see what excellent memos looks like? Examples of outstanding memos written by students in my various classes appear below. These memos scored a 9 out of 10 or better. Remember, I grade these memos using the same scale that I used in industry. Rest assured that work marked as excellent here would be regarded as top shelf in nearly any organization.

If you open up multiple memos on the same topic, you'll note that there is not just 'one best way' to achieve excellence. Many approaches are possible.

One thing that all these works do share is professional, well organized format. As we've noted in class, you can have the best analysis in the world but if you don't present it well, then your message and the reader will not connect.

I've been accumulating this work over a few semesters and hope to add more as opportunities arise. Many thanks to students who have agreed to share their work here.

I shouldn't have to mention that plagiarism of this work will be dealt with accordingly (i.e., severely). These examples are meant to help you observe what excellent work looks like--so that you can incorporate ideas from these models into your own stylistic approach.

Table 1: Model Memos by Analytical Topic

Topic	Examples
Capacity	Capacity1 Capacity2 Capacity3
Inventory	Inventory1 Inventory2 Inventory3
Layout	Layout1 Layout2 Layout3
Location	Location1 Location 2 Location3
MRP	MRP1 MRP2
Productivity	Productivity1
Scheduling	Scheduling1 Scheduling2 Scheduling3 Scheduling4 Scheduling5 Scheduling6
Quality Control	QC1
Supply Chain Mgt	SCM1 SCM2 SCM3 SCM4

Here are a couple of model extra credit memos as well (EC1, EC2)

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