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What are the key elements of the value chain of each company in the athletic footwear industry?
Companies Off-shored manufacturing in China have been experiencing increased risks and financial losses from disruptions in the supply chain.
Describe in step-by-step detail how payments in an irrevocable letter of credit works. Discuss the non-payment risks involved.
Most people have never heard of coltan, although it is an essential ingredient in electronic products they use every day.
Using the readings, Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research supply chain management processes.
Nike is a large and successful firm in the design of athletic shoes. It could easily decide to forward-integrate to manufacture the shoes it designs.
Are any of the vertical value chain operations offshored? If so, list some of the pros and cons of having this part of the value chain outside the home country.
What are the challenges faced by a supply manager working in a highly centralized organizational structures versus in a highly decentralized structure?
How did Caterpillar, a heavy equipment manufacturer, regain a competitive advantage in the global construction machinery (or heavy equipment) industry?
Identify potential quality concerns in the traditional areas of machinery, employees, measurements, and materials.
What effect does the inward and outward flow of information have on the communication process in the supply management process? Why?
Briefly describe how a requisitions is a gatekeeping tool in the flow of information in the supply management process.
When analyzing the components of Walmart's supply chain what materials could be reused through the implementation of a reverse logistics model?
When Analyzing Walmart's supply chain for its greatest potential of negative effects on the environment which components would implementation.
Analyze the relationship between product life cycle and reverse logistics with regard to Walmart.
Analyze the relationship between manufacturers and end-customers. Why may integrating the supply chain create conflicting objectives between the two?
Draw a supply chain structure for any Telecom Vendoror, it's department, or any of it's processes as it exists.
ABC is an LTL (Less-than-truckload) trucking company that delivers loads on a daily basis to five customers.
What is the depreciation expense for year one and year two using the straight line method as well as the units of production method?
What are the pros and cons of private fleet transportation versus third party transportation services?
Omnichannel is a term described as the sales and supply chain processes that enable a customer to secure goods and services in ways that best suits.
An air conditioning company manufactures three home air conditioners: model A, model A+ and model A++.
What are some scenarios in which postponing product differentiation across all products may not be profitable?
Propose changes to the supplier contract in order for the supply chain to be successful.
The obstacles to good supply chain management are described in the course materials and other resources.