Faculty of Business and Law: Swinburne Business School ACC80011 Strategic Cost Management Case Study Two: BHP Billiton BHP Billiton Case (Hubbard et al. Case 7) Read the Case Study and answer the following requirements: 1. Complete a SWOT for the company as at 2013 2. Analyse the performance of BHP Billiton over the case time frame and prepare a Balanced Scorecard for the company for 2012-2013, establishing objectives given from the case or making assumptions about what these would be. 3. Comment briefly on the relative cost position between BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. What strategies could be implemented to close this gap? Note: • Present your answers in a report format (no need for an Executive Summary). • Due Date: To be submitted in hard copy in Week 9 classes. • This assignment is to be done individually