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2. BUS 631 Week 1 Assignment The Customer For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com The Customer. Write a two to three page paper discussing the concept of customer and how it relates to supply chain management. Include how unexpected changes in customer demand effects supply chain management.

3. BUS 631 Innovative Education- -snaptutorial.com BUS 631 Week 1 DQ 1 Supply Chain Forecasting For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Supply Chain Forecasting. Discuss how forecasting effects the supply chain of an automobile manufacturer. Consider especially the forecasting and supply chains involved in manufacturing a new model (entirely new, not an edition/annual change). How do the individual supply chains for the subparts effect the larger supply chain of the whole automobile. How does forecasting effect the just-in-time or lean production system used in most automobile manufacturing plants? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

4. BUS 631 Innovative Education- -snaptutorial.com BUS 631 Week 1 DQ 2 Risk Management For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Risk Management. Create a rudimentary supply chain for delivering canned peaches to the consumer. Discuss the sources of uncertainty within this supply chain. What are the risks? How could themanufacturer mediate the risks? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

5. BUS 631 Innovative Education- -snaptutorial.com BUS 631 Week 2 Assignment Supply Chain Strategies For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Supply Chain Strategies. Research any Fortune 100 company and discuss the supply chain strategy it utilizes (i.e. sequential, local, organizational, etc). Offer your opinion as to whether or not it’s thebest strategy for the company or offer the changes you believe to be the better way to go. Present your findings in a three to four page, APA-style paper.

6. BUS 631 Innovative Education- -snaptutorial.com BUS 631 Week 2 DQ 1 Manufacturing Parameters For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Manufacturing Parameters.Manufacturers have to establish parameters for what is to be produced and in what quantity how does utilizing a supply contract aid both parties in terms of their roles/responsibilities involving the supply chain? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

7. BUS 631 Innovative Education- -snaptutorial.com BUS 631 Week 2 DQ 2 Sequential Process For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Sequential Process. Manufacturing is often done in a sequential manner (i.e. we plan for how many items are to be produced and in what time frame) what are some problems with using a sequential process when one produces an item such as a cellular phone? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

8. BUS 631 Innovative Education- -snaptutorial.com BUS 631 Week 3 Assignment Manufacturing Options For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Manufacturing Options. Research your employer (or a company of your choice) and, using Table 6.1 (p. 187), determine which of the six potential manufacturing options has the greatest impact upon the organization and why. Submit a two to three page, APA style paper explaining your reasoning.

9. BUS 631 Innovative Education- -snaptutorial.com BUS 631 Week 3 DQ 1 Inventory Planning For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Inventory Planning. Read the Case: Reebok NFL Replica Jerseys: A Case for Postponement (p. 172-177). Given the uncertainty of fan demand associated with a team or player, how should a manufactured of sports apparel like Reebok approach inventory planning? What happens when a player or team suddenly loses their fan base? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

10. BUS 631 Innovative Education- -snaptutorial.com BUS 631 Week 3 DQ 2 Push-Pull For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Push-Pull. Compare and contrast the push-pull strategy used in supply chain management and in what specific ways can it impact the manufacturing process? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

11. BUS 631 Innovative Education- -snaptutorial.com BUS 631 Week 4 Assignment Conflicting Objectives For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Conflicting Objectives. Examine and discuss the relationship between buyers and suppliers. Why may there be conflicting objectives between the two? Present your response in the form of a three to four page, APA-style paper.

12. BUS 631 Innovative Education- -snaptutorial.com BUS 631 Week 4 DQ 1 Transshipment For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Transshipment. Your text explores the strategies of transshipment and inventory pooling in chapter 7. List and describe at least two similarities between transshipment and inventory pooling strategies. Identify two companies or supply chains of that use transshipment strategies and why is transshipment a good strategy for them? Why would inventory pooling not be a better choice for these companies or supply chains? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings

13. BUS 631 Innovative Education- -snaptutorial.com BUS 631 Week 4 DQ 2 Retailer Supplier Partnerships For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Retailer Supplier Partnerships.Indentify and describe the three types of retailer supplier partnerships discussed in chapter 8. Manufacturers and retailers occasionally find using third parties to perform certain aspects of the materials management and /or product distribution functions beneficial. Why might this be the case? Provide details in your response. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

14. BUS 631 Innovative Education- -snaptutorial.com BUS 631 Week 5 Assignment Risk Management and the Supply Chain For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Risk Management and the Supply Chain.Discuss an example of how an unknown-unknown risk proved damaging to a supply chain. You are free to utilize any example and any organization of your choosing. Explain specifically how each of the following might have mitigated this risk: Invest in redundancy Increase velocity in sensing and responding Create an adaptive supply chain community

15. BUS 631 Innovative Education- -snaptutorial.com BUS 631 Week 5 DQ 1 Buy vs. Make For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Buy vs. Make. Discuss how a product’s life-cycle can impact the buy/make aspect of the supply chain (refer to Section 9.3 in your text). Are there different times/phases in a product life-cycle when it would make sense to change from a buy/make aspect to an outsourced aspect (for the same part/aspect)? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

16. BUS 631 Innovative Education- -snaptutorial.com BUS 631 Week 5 DQ 2 Wal-Mart For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Wal-Mart. Read the Case: Wal-Mart Changes Tactics to Meet International Tastes (p.309-311) in chapter 10. Other than profit, what other reasons would Wal-Mart have for opening stores globally? Why would Wal-Mart want strong centralized or localized control of its stores? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

17. BUS 631 Innovative Education- -snaptutorial.com BUS 631 Week 6 DQ 1 Clock Speed For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Clock Speed. The manufacturing process utilizes technology clock speed for the manufacturing of a product or good. In what ways may clock speed differ and what products are manufactured under a particular clock speed. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

18. BUS 631 Innovative Education- -snaptutorial.com BUS 631 Week 6 DQ 2 RFI For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com RFI. Radio Frequency Identification (RFI) utilizes technology which emits radio signals to help track the shipment of goods. Discuss two or three companies you know that use this technology and how does this benefit the organization’s supply chain? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

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