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Besides costs, what other factors should be taken into consideration as part of the analysis? How do these influence your decision?
Describe the impact of private equity firm acquisition of manufacturing and retail firms.
Analyze why this has occurred and what the benefits are, if any? Document your sources. Respond to at least two of your fellow classmates' postings.
How might a company's agility in terms of the supply chain and/or logistics improve the movement of goods and /or products?
Determine how many and types of containers are needed in a most economical way, how they are being loaded per each container.
Conclusion and recommendations - Provide a clear set of recommendations defining your ideas how to establish a supply chain, based off your academic research.
Define why Manufacturing Companies emphases on lean thinking? Justify your answer with suitable example.
Explain why this has occurred and what the benefits are, if any? Document your sources. Respond to at least two of your fellow classmates' postings.
What opportunities exist to improve supply chain activities through better alignment of logistics and the company's strategic plan?
What do you recommend senior executives and the board of Wynn Resorts do now?
Draw a supply chain map of IKEA's cotton supply chain. What social, ethical, and environmental risks were present in IKEA's cotton supply chain?
Identify the steps in the high-level value chain required to fulfill the customer requirements from beginning to end.
Identify those factors and describe each while providing an explanation of how each provides value within the cooperative relationship. Document your sources.
Identify the capacity constraint for Fabricadas, the new facilities in Chicago, due to the sudden increase in demand for their products in the US.
Are one or more of the fundamental principles found in codes of conduct more important than the rest? Why?
Supply Chain Management. Manufacturer/End-Customer Relations. Analyze the relationship between manufacturers and end-customers.
Estimate the change in the inventory position to understand the working capital impact in one of the most critical plants in Switzerland, GlasWork.
Describe the sourcing implications in near and long term. New suppliers needed? Local vs Global implications? Single/Sole/Multiple sourcing strategy implication
How do you envision the use of AI in the supply chain in the future? What are the benefits of using AI? Can efficiency be impacted by its use?
What do you do to increase the operational efficiency of the ports? How to develop logistics services?
Why may integrating the supply chain as discussed in Chapter 8 of Logistics Management and Strategy create conflicting objectives between the two?
This demonstrates that you know how to organize content and makes it easier for the reader to follow your train of thought.
Write a 250 to 300 words reflection on Supply and Demand from the website. What have you learned new? How can you use that for your business?