1. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com

2. ISCOM 424 Entire Course For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 1 Individual Assignment Supply Chain Visual Representation ISCOM 424 Week 1 DQ 1 ISCOM 424 Week 1 DQ 2 ISCOM 424 Week 2 Individual Assignment Supply Chain Management Strategy Training Document ISCOM 424 Week 2 DQ 1 ISCOM 424 Week 2 DQ 2 ISCOM 424 Week 3 Individual Assignment Statement of Professional Ethics

3. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 1 DQ 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com What are the advantages of designing the supply chain, as opposed to allowing it to develop over time, according to business demands? What are the potential disadvantages of using a design process? How can some of them be prevented?

4. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 1 DQ 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com How can supply chain management strategy help a company develop an exclusive competitive market advantage? What, in your opinion, constitutes a competitive market advantage? Other than cost-saving and revenue-increasing strategies, what are some innovative ways companies can create or maintain a competitive advantage?

5. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 1 Individual Assignment Supply Chain Visual Representation For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Resource: The Virtual Organization of Riordan Manufacturing Research the following aspects of Riordan Manufacturing: · Operations · Divisions · Products and services Create a visual representation—such as a graph, chart, or diagram— that illustrates Riordan’s supply chain. This visual representation

6. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 1 Supply Chain Visual Representation (New Syllabus) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 1 Supply Chain Visual Representation Supply Chain professionals need to research various elements of a business in order to comprehend the impact of effective and ineffective supply chain elements, goals, and objectives of a particular organization. Supply Chain professionals cannot successfully execute their duties without this comprehensive overview.

7. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 2 DQ 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com How can companies benefit from sharing transactional information with their suppliers? What might be some consequences for a company that decides to share proprietary information with third parties?

8. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 2 DQ 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com What are some ethical considerations organizations must address in supplier selection and ongoing supplier relations? What are some ethical concerns that may arise in SRM collaboration processes? How would you recommend an organization protect itself from these concerns?

9. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 2 Individual Assignment Supply Chain Management Strategy Training Document For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Write a 500- to 700-word paper explaining supply chain management strategy to new hires at Riordan’s operation in Hangzhou, China. The new hires may or may not deal directly with the supply chain. Your paper must cover the following topics: · Supply chain management theory · Competitive strategy · Customer fulfillment strategy · Process thinking

10. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 2 Statement of Professional Ethics (New Syllabus) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 2 Statement of Professional Ethics Supply Chain Professionals must possess strict ethical character in today’s global market. Developing relationships with suppliers and customers in a global environment requires a strong understanding of culture, expectations, and what win-win relationships mean in building relationships. Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper critiquing your interpersonal skills when developing business relationships in a global environment. Identify the following:

11. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 2 Supply Chain Complexities (Amazon) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 2 Supply Chain Complexities The team will select the same company that was used during the Week 1 Individual Assignment and write a 1,050-word paper which discusses the following:  Information about how the organization delivers its value proposition and goals to customers  The team’s predictions about how management’s decisions may affect supply chain operations and how the decisions should be regulated

12. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 3 DQ 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Consider your current workplace. What are some expectations your customers have? How do these expectations affect your organization’s supply chain? What actions should your organization take if it fails to meet customer expectations, and how could these actions affect lifetime customer value?

13. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 3 DQ 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com How has information technology changed customers’ expectations of product quality and delivery? What supply chain management information would positively affect customer satisfaction? What information may compromise customer satisfaction? Provide an example of information technology’s effect on supply chain and organizational operations from your own life experience as a customer or from your organization’s experience as a supplier to its customers or other organizations

14. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 3 Individual Assignment Statement of Professional Ethics For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com You are seeking a promotion to a supply chain management position. Your company requires each candidate to write a statement of ethics as part of the application process. Select three to five ethical considerations for supply chain managers regarding their behavior in supplier relations. Write a 400 to 600 word paper describing the three to five ethical considerations you chose that analyzes how these issues can affect an organization’s supply chain and explains your professional goals for dealing with

15. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 3 Learning Team Supply Chain Complexities For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Research the following aspects of Riordan Manufacturing: · Mission · Value proposition · Customer-focused goals Using your one diagram. Work together to find areas in the supply chain where inefficiencies occur. Write a proposal of 800 - 1200 words to the director of supply chain operations. Include the following:

16. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 3 Supply Chain Skills Assessment (Amazon) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 3 Supply Chain Skills Assessment In order to meet today’s supply chain challenges, training employees is vital to an organization. Your team has been given the responsibility to develop and implement a supply chain skills assessment and training plan. Select a company used in Week 1 individual assignment and identify three key supply chain positions that you want to use in the skills assessment. Examples include: Supplier Order Management, Customer Order

17. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 3 Voice of the Customer (New Syllabus) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 3 Voice of the Customer With a focus on meeting customer requirements, the voice of the customer is an essential tool in driving organizational performance. As a Supply Chain professional, you have an obligation to be aligned with the customers you support, both internally and externally. You must become familiar with the value the customer expects from your organization.

18. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 4 DQ 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com How does supply chain visibility benefit the operations of a global supply chain? What are some considerations that must be made when global communications are necessary for successful product delivery? How do supply chain communications and visibility affect the competitive advantage of an organization?

19. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 4 DQ 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com What processes and functions are strategic to Riordan Manufacturing? Of these processes, which provide Riordan with a potential competitive advantage? How can analyzing this information lead to the discovery of a core competency for Riordan?

20. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 4 Individual Assignment Customer Lifetime Value Metric For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Individual Assignment: Customer Lifetime Value Metric Use the course materials supplement Customer Lifetime Value Metric, found on your student Web page, to calculate the lifetime value of a customer who has recently contracted with Riordan Manufacturing. Customer Lifetime Value Metric Read the scenario below, then use the table to calculate customer lifetime value.

21. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Best Practices for Customer Relationship Management For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Riordan has assembled your team to create a CRM best practices proposal. You were chosen because of your exemplary skills in management and your ability to collaborate to create quick and effective results. Write a 700 to 1,000-word proposal. Choose at least three specific processes in Riordan’s supply chain that directly affect customer satisfaction. Include a description of your assessment of customer satisfaction improvements and the organization’s ability to meet customer expectations.

22. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 4 Supply Chain Efficiency (New Syllabus) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 4 Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chains may be efficient but not always effective. Why is it important to create a balance of efficiency and effectiveness in the supply chain? Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that does the following:  Identifies two areas within your supply chain that are efficient but not effective.

23. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 5 Individual Assignment Globalization and Competition Training Document For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com You have earned your promotion because of your excellent values, ethics, integrity, and hard work. Riordan is hiring hundreds of new employees, and one of your first responsibilities is to prepare training materials for new hires.

24. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Supply Chain Management Plan For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Develop a clear plan for improving supply chain operations. Outline this plan and use it as a guide when creating your presentation. Begin by comparing and contrasting methods that may enhance your supply chain’s efficiencies. Your recommendations must include the outlook for your company’s production efforts and its customers. Create a presentation with a minimum of 12 slides. Your presentation must include the following: ·

25. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 5 Supplier Performance Improvement Plan (New Syllabus) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 5 Supplier Performance Improvement Plan Identify a current supply chain problem within your company. Using your academic and professional experience develop a supply improvement proposal that addresses the following:  Draft a clearly defined problem statement.  Define the impact of the problem on the organization.  Identify the stakeholders that are impacted and the severity and frequency of the negative impact.

26. ISCOM 424Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 5 Supply Chain Metrics (New Syllabus) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com ISCOM 424 Week 5 Supply Chain Metrics Your team has been charged with identifying a set of KPI’s that will drive improvements throughout your supply chain. Create a 15- to 20-slide presentation with speaker notes that addresses the following:  Explain the method(s) used to determine which metrics are the most important.  Provide justification for using these specific metrics

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