Question 1: What role should employees or customers, in general, play in developing an organization's supply chain metrics?
Question 2: Using a spreadsheet, construct a supply chain finance model and calculate the following: the profit margin; ROA; inventory turns; and transportation, warehousing, and inventory costs as a percentage of revenue for the following:
a. Sales = $200,000,000
b. Transportation cost = $12,000,000
c. Warehousing cost = $3,000,000
d. Inventory carrying cost = 30%
e. Cost of goods sold = $90,000,000
f. Other operating costs = $50,000,000
g. Average inventory = $10,000,000
h. Accounts receivable = $30,000,000
i. Cash = $15,000,000
j. Net fixed assets = $90,000,000
k. Interest = $10,000,000
l. Taxes = 40% of (EBIT - interest)
m. Current liabilities = $65,000,000
n. Long-term liabilities = $35,000,000
o. Stockholders' equity = $45,000,000