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Identify and describe the functions of a functioning supply chain management system from the standpoint of purchasing, inventory and logistics controls and JIT.
Discuss the factors or considerations when you make your industrial location in a foreign county. Explain the factor by using an example.
Analyze your findings and propose which country and organization has implemented a better approach.
Discuss why it may not be as important to protect users of managerial accounting information, compared with users of financial accounting information.
Discuss four negative environmental and social impacts of transportation. Discuss three external costs of transportation and their impact on the sector.
How you will coordinate, collaborate, delegate, direct and lead operations bringing certainty, stability and overall effectiveness and efficiency.
Daily demand for product sample kits is normally distributed. The price of one kit is $12.50. If demand had no variation, what would the reorder point be?
Suppose customers are willing to wait if all copies of the movie are rented out. If we round up to the nearest dollar, what is the change in daily rental sales?
Give a real-life example of companies using flexible contracts to coordinate their supply chains, either from your own experience or from news reports.
Describe the two benefits of lean production. For each type explain why this a benefit for the organization.
Take any company in which there has been successful innovation. Explain which type of strtegic innovation was used to achieve success.
Develop a spreadsheet model and solve the problem of finding the optimal location and sizing for UBike factories. Comment on your results.
Develop a plan in the Word document and explain when and how many products should be ordered in order to minimise the total cost.
A Comparison Among JIT, MRP, and MRP With Information Sharing Using Simulation. Summarise this article in relation to supply chain analytic.
How does the economy affect your project topic? Is this effect beneficial or detrimental? Why? If beneficial, is there room for improvement?
Which variables are continuous/discrete? Which are ordinal? Which are nominal? What are the methods for transforming categorical variables?
Analyze perspectives on global supply chain design. Evaluate sustainability initiatives impact on global supply chains.
What is the monthly inventory turnover ratio for each of the twelve months for 2013? What is the total cost of goods sold for the year?
What personality traits should each of these managers possess in order to perform their respective jobs.
The length of a vessel is 203 m, breadth 59 m, and the waterplane area is 7,394 m2. What is the vessel's waterplane coefficient, Cw?
Provide a description and overview of shipping and receiving. In/outbound order to shipment reconciliation and Grief/impound process.
How should relationships with suppliers be structured? Describe an example of segmentation and how you would come up with the categories for segmentation.
Determining the location of a warehouse is one of the essential aspects to take into account before setting up the project for its installation.
Identify two areas for professional development and examine the range of self-development techniques that can be used to assess your levels of performance.
Explain how dependent demand is handled in service organizations and describe the use of technology. List the reasons for and against having inventory.