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Perform a Value Chain analysis and identify what your company does best and what functions of your organization might require additional support.
Conclusion - Draw conclusions based on your overall research. How sustainable is it? What future developments in this area are required and why?
Which must be accounted for, because replenishment of stock is no longer instantaneous. Assuming all other parameters stay the same.
At what probability would you pay millions to mitigate supply chain risk? Does it depend on the risk category? What other factors are involved in your decision?
Describe a time you experienced some form of discrimination: What happened? What did it feel like? What did you learn about your identity and society?
In what ways can transport infrastructure be climate proofed? What are main problems inherent within food supply chains in developing countries?
The set-up costs are $15.00 and carrying costs are estimated at 2%. Each pad costs $4.50. What is the economic order quantity?
Is being a first mover as advantageous for a service company such as DHL, as it is for a manufacturing company such as Boeing? Explain.
Provide a real life application case. What was the main problem? Was the selected initiative/measure successful in solving or reducing related negative effect?
Explain the Just-in-Time (JIT) inventory management approach. Discuss thoroughly how JIT inventory management was used effectively at FORD.
Direct B2C home deliveries (often called the "Last Mile" of Logistics) is the most expensive component of moving products through supply chains?
Since medical assistants are often patients' first contact with the facility and the provider, what attributes must medical assistants possess?
How to account for goods returning to Canada after repairs from FTA and Non-FTA countries. Use examples and customs regulations whenever possible.
Suppose you needed to make a low-volume custom product. What kind of production layout would you adopt? Why?
Compare existing software in Canada that employ supply chain management information in terms of features, required infrastructure, cost and usability.
What types of challenges would a company like Northvolt, who claims to make the world's greenest battery, face from an environmental standpoint?
How much onshoring back to the US has happened over the past 5 years in the fashion industry? And in which states is it occurring?
Design and develop improvements to one of the processes chosen above to ultimately deliver a better product or service to the end customer.
Share the summary of your findings in one paragraph in your own words with your classmates on a Discussion board post. Cite your reference(s).
What elements are necessary for a service company to achieve global success? What do you think are the dangers, if any, of being a first mover?
Compare Fiedler's contingency model with the path-goal theory. What are the similarities and differences? Which do you prefer?
Identify how Easy Flowers Make, Buy, Move, and Sells its Flowers. From the Harvard case study: Easy Flower: Flowers Meet Business and Technology.
Why do you think Penner handles its own inbound transportation? Would you consider outsourcing transportation?
What is the cost of a gearbox quality issue? Is it time for CCM to make a statement to BGK and change suppliers?
Describe your competence level within your core AFSC. Consider all aspects of different areas of your AFSC and what you would say your level of expertise is in.