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Using the "TSC Stores: Supply Chain Management for Profitable Growth" case by Professor P. Fraser Johnson please assist with the following questions:
Based on your experience or readings, discuss how supply management benefits organizations in the public and private sectors.
What are the salient factors that contribute to the successful implementation of a supply chain management initiative?
Are supply chain management and the establishment of strategic alliance agreements with select suppliers more conducive to private sector organizations?
Describe how the supply chain supports the organization's vision, mission, and values.
What information would be required to utilize these performance indicators to evaluate the performance of a supply chain?
Imagine a fictional hardware manufacturer located in Taiwan. Describe strategic approaches to supply chain management that they could take to remain competitive
Consider the supply for breakfast cereal. There are farmers, who grow and make the raw materials.
Discuss the impact of technology on a firm's supply chain. Discuss the impact of technology on business.
A manufacturer has identified the options for acquiring a machined part. It can make the part on a numerically controlled lathe for $150 per unit.
Provide a list of competitive supply chain strategies. Provide at least 2 issues that could affect a competitive supply chain strategy.
Identify the different components of the supply chain for that product or service (list them from beginning to end)
Consider all the readings, research, and discussions throughout your supply chain courses until this point. How do you define "success"
Define e-commerce and its benefits and limitations, as well as its forms of application among suppliers/businesses and customers.
What is wrong with the "Iron Mountain" philosophy for supply chain management used by the military in the past?
How does Home Depot maximize supply chain efficiency through the use of location?
Why have supply chain management issues often been ignored by senior management?
My question is, how does Carrefour's model differ from other supply chain models?
How do we improve packaging to improve efficiency in supply chain logistics ?
Should you purchase the new equipment? Under what conditions?
In what way does the Nokia supply chain management approach foster cross-functional and cross-organizational communications?
How do the practices described above relate to operations and supply chain strategy and process design and analysis?
How does supply chain management help reduce costs? Please include references.
Supply chain management is an important part of a company's distribution strategy.