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Provide a background of the organization and fully describe six components of the organization's supply chain.
What are some ways that organization measures supply chain performance?
1. Why should Wal-Mart be worried about a mid-life crisis? 2. How might Wal-Mart use holistic marketing to address its mid-life crisis?
And our Supply Chain Strategy must be in sync with our Business Strategy which in general must be driven to increase market share, sales and profit.
Define supply chain management. Compare and contrast the traditional adversarial approach to suppliers and customers with the supply chain management.
Describe the problems and risks Avon faced in the supply chain prior to their transformation, and respond to the following questions:
Compare the most significant challenges of managing the supply chain for a manufacturing company to that of a service company
Explore a challenge in the area of logistics. You have now gained an understanding of supply chains and issues that occur within a specific extended set
Describe the supply chain for their current employer. This description will have to start with a description of your internal supply chain
How does utilizing a supply contract aid both parties in terms of their roles/responsibilities involving the supply chain?
Discuss an example of how an unknown-unknown risk proved damaging to a supply chain.
What is the different in what a shipper and a customers considered a sucessful supply chain transaction.
Cite examples of how employing this analysis technique could be used in it's supply chain as a competitive advantage.
Question: Describe the roles and responsibilities of people working in retail supply management.
Discuss the benefits of supply chain management. How does the implementation of supply chain management result in enhanced customer value?
Explain the role of a buyer in an organization's supply chain and purchasing process.
Explain the operational components of planning, sourcing, making, and delivering.
Discuss the concept of alignment in the supply chain process.
All supply chain activity involves some degree of risk. Identify six potential sources and causes of risk in global supply chains.
The agile supply chain utilizes the idea of "speed to market" in order to get the product to the end-consumer as quickly as possible
A convenience store chain attempts to be responsive and provide customers what they need,
Discuss the performance chain as it applies to your organization or one with which you are familiar.
Do you think supply chain integration has long promised to smooth the wrinkles between sales and operations planning?
It is possible to implement a lean supply chain while using a global supply chain however the process must be implemented in a safe manner.
What if a company never had a global supply chain and wanted to grow that supply chain?