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Create one using the most recent data. Your dashboard should not consist of more than six to eight charts, which should fit comfortably on one screen.
Describe some of the key advantages this concept brings to the various modes of transportation.
What types of distribution networks are typically best suited for commodity items? Why? What type of network is best suited to highly differentiated products?
What is the cost SportStuff.com incurs if all warehouses leased are in St. Louis? What supply chain network configuration do you recommend for SportStuff?
Consider the purchase of a can of soda at a convenience store. Describe the various stages in the supply chain and the different flows involved.
Which processes within each macro process are best suited to being enabled by IT? Which are least suited?
Why does it claim to be appropriate for the supply chain process or a component of the supply chain process? What are its strengths?
Evaluate the four building blocks of a supply network strategy and how they work together to form an effective supply chain.
Discuss how supply chain management systems help reduce the bullwhip effect and how they provide value for a business.
Discuss how you consider outsourcing some of your project. What selection criteria you use to determine if outsourcing is a good fit for this project plan?
How does the existence and utilization of temporary workers affect the ethical behavior of the organization? How might this be addressed?
Discuss the history of Lean, Six Sigma, and Lean Six Sigma. This should include how each methodology came about and how they came together.
Describe the some of the key global transportation challenges. Describe the activities managers must accomplish as a part of import/export management.
Analyze the effect each of these efforts would have upon aiding Toyota's preparation and recovery from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Distinguish dependent from independent demand inventories. Describe the four basic types of inventories and their functions.
Determine the key components of supply chain management for the company you have selected.
What we learned in this module about customer service, outline any issues (both good and bad) that crowdsourcing of logistics may cause.
Examine how a supply chain supports an organizational strategy. Describe the company's information management system.
How the global supply chain functions of logistics and purchasing can be used to strategically leverage global supply chains for a manufacturing company.
Explain the pro's and con's of each potential solution, citing relevant theory and evidence from the textbook and outside references.
Give an example of a situation where one supplier has a greater impact on a firm's final product quality than another supplier.
How does the balanced scorecard concept help guide logistics managers in the development of a performance measurement system?
Explain the logic in your responses. In your option, which barrier to supplier development is the most difficult to overcome? Why?
What components for each country are examined to construct the index? Identify the top 10 logistics performers.
Explain 2 to 3 potential solutions to the international business problem, issue, or opportunity and explain the pro's and con's of each potential solution.