Select a company that you are familiar either from past experience or by researching on the Internet and address the four points below. Explain the strategic importance of the supply chain Identify six supply-chain strategies Explain issues and opportunities in …
Case Study: Walmart Environmental Sustainability Walmart’s Environment Sustainability Progress Walmart had faced severe backlash from its consumers, NGOs and environmental critics due to their unsustainable environmental practices and non-committal attitude and policies towards the environment up until mid-1990’s. It was …
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Identify an organization (perhaps the college’s computer lab) that experiences frequent equipment or process failures. What could the organization do to improve the reliability of the equipment or processes, and could some of the improvement come through improved maintenance? Talking …
Identify some of the changes that were implemented in the car racing world to enable such a fast setup time (these include product design, having replacements available where and when needed, devoting human resources to the task, using automation, etc.). …
Study the advantages and disadvantages of ERP. Based on these lists and the other information provided in the chapter 14, do you think that installing an ERP system would be worth it, even at a cost of, say $100 million …
Describe your inventory policy. Analyze if it’s affective or not. What suggestions could you give other students? To answer this question try to think about the following: Do any of you purchase in bulk at a price club? How do …
Multi-facility companies must decide whether to purchase goods centrally or let each site purchase on its own. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of centralized purchasing. Advantages and disadvantages of centralized purchasing There are multiple advantages and disadvantages associated with centralized purchasing. …
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Statistical Process Control-Honda Please watch the following video and post your thoughts to the discussion board about the pros and cons that Honda is using and an explanation about why. Also, add your thoughts about how things might be …
McDonalds Forecasting Please go to the following website and read the information about using Demand Management and Forecasting Techniques: http://businesscasestudies.co.uk/mcdonalds-restaurants/managing-stock-to-meet-customer-needs/introduction.html#axzz3mhiMMFEX After reading through the case study, please post 3 different areas that would be helpful to forecast better for McDonald’s. …
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Operations Management: Annotated Bibliography of 6 Articles Lambert, D. M., & Cooper, M. C. (2000). Issues in supply chain management. Industrial marketing management, 29(1), 65-83. According to the point of view of the authors in the research article, there has …