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LGMT 683

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Discussions

1.3 Discussions

 

Post your answer to only one of the topics below. Begin your post with the question you are answering and then make your response.

1. Of the three macroprocesses in a firm, one process is the most important. Comment on the previous statement or comment if you think otherwise.
2. Read the purpose of the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) Model and about its major processes. Read about the Council of Supply Chain Management Professional’s (CSCMP) Supply Chain Management Process Standards. Comment on the need of the above standards and present an example from industry which has benefitted from the standards and how.

Reply to at least two of your classmates on different topics than your original post.

 

2.2 Discussion Questions

 

Post your answer to only one of the topics below. Begin your post with the question you are answering and then make your response.

1. What is the purpose of benchmarking and how can benchmarking be used to improve supply chain performance? Give at least one industry example to illustrate your point.
2. The text states that the intercompany scope of strategic fit is essential today because the competitive playing field has shifted from company versus company to supply chain versus supply chain. Briefly describe at least one industry example to illustrate this important point.
3. The text states that a company’s partners may determine the company’s success. Do you agree or disagree? Why?

Reply to at least two of your classmates on different topics than your original post.

 

3.2 Discussion Questions

 

Post your answer to only one of the topics below. Begin your post with the question you are answering and then make your response.

1. Briefly describe one example of a firm that appears to have done a good job in balancing their e-business distribution network with their “brick and mortar” distribution store network. Use at least four criteria from the e-business scorecard in the text to justify your response.
2. Why is it important to ensure that incentives are aligned in a supply chain? (Hint: see summary at end of the presentation for Chapter 4)

Reply to at least two of your classmates on different topics than your original post.

 

4.2 Discussion Questions

 

Post your answer to one of the questions below. Begin your post with the question you are answering and then make your response.

1. As noted in the text, supply chain network design decisions are not easy to change in the short term. Why? Give at least one example to illustrate your point.
2. Briefly describe the implications of poor forecasting on a supply chain. In other words, what are some of the bad things that can happen as a result of inaccurate demand forecasts?

Respond to at least two of your classmates, at least one response to a different topic than your original primary post.

 

5.2 Discussion Questions

 

Post your answer to only one of the topics below. Begin your post with the question you are answering and then make your response.

1. Why is collaboration important in supply chain planning? Give at least one industry example where an organization has been practicing CPFR along with the benefits gained and challenges faced.
2. Briefly describe how a major retailer is using one or more of the strategies addressed in the text to promote and/or discount selected products to improve their profits. What are the implications of this strategy on their supply chain?

Reply to at least two of your classmates on different topics than your original post.

 

6.4 Discussion Questions

 

Post your answer to only one of the following topics. Begin your post with the question you are answering and then make your response.

1. Select and briefly describe one managerial lever (or strategy) for reducing lot size and cycle inventory in the supply chain, without increasing costs.
2. Discuss bull whip effect and how a retailer can hurt supply chain profits by making lot-sizing decisions to minimize its own costs.

Reply to at least two of your classmates on different topics than your original post.

 

7.2 Discussion Questions

 

Post your answer to only one of the following questions. Begin your post with the question you are answering and then make your response.

1. Briefly describe at least one example of how a public or private enterprise can use the postponement of product differentiation to increase profits.
2. Select a company or industry and describe what metrics you would use to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of your transportation strategy? Briefly explain your choice of metrics.

Reply to at least two of your classmates on different topics than your original post.

8.2 Discussion Questions

 

Post your answer to only one of the questions below. Begin your post with the question you are answering and then make your response.

1. Based on your own experience or research, briefly describe at least one example of a public or private enterprise that has outsourced the management of one or more of its supply chain related activities. Include in your answer the name of the firm, the name of the third party, and a brief statement regarding the benefits claimed. In your opinion, what are the downside risks?
2. Based on your own experience or research, briefly describe at least one example of a public or private enterprise that has offshored the management of one or more of its supply chain related activities. Include in your answer the name of the firm, the name of the third party, and a brief statement regarding the benefits claimed. In your opinion, what are the downside risks?
3. Supply chain-related electronic auctions have been increasing in sophistication and popularity over the years. Using the Internet, briefly describe at least one firm that offers electronic supply chain-related auctions and summarize the services they offer. Also, please share their Internet address with your classmates.
4. Please describe at least one example of a firm that is using dynamic pricing to increase revenue. Be as specific as possible.

Reply to at least two of your classmates on different topics than your original post.

9.2 Discussion Questions

 

Post your answer to only one of the questions below. Begin your post with the question you are answering and then make your response.

1. Discuss some of the differences between take back legislations in US compared to other countries.
2. Describe some of the challenges in the integration of forward and reverse supply chains.

Reply to at least two of your classmates on different topics than your original post.

 

 

Assignments

 

1.4

Submit your answers to the following textbook discussion questions:

 

Chapter 1: Questions 2 and 6.

2.3

Submit your answers to the following textbook discussion questions:

 

• Chapter 2: Question 6
• Chapter 3: Questions 5 and 7

3.3

Submit your answers to the following textbook discussion questions:

 

 

• Chapter 4: Questions 4, 5, and 6
• Chapter 5: Questions 6 and 7

3.4

Chapter 5: Network Design in the Supply Chain

Right click and save the Sun Oil Exceldemo to your hard drive.

If the demand in Asia doubles, what happens to the total cost and what is the best configuration of plants for Sun Oil under these conditions? Note: Use the “Solver” capability under the ”Tools” menu (but you need to change the demand for Asia in cell E9 from 16 to 32 prior to running “Solver”).

*Note on using the “Solver” Add-In:The Solver Add-in is an Excel add-in program that is available when you install Microsoft Office or Excel. To use it in Excel, however, you need to load it first. Instructions for doing so were included within the module.

4.3

Submit your answers to the following textbook discussion questions:

 

 

• Chapter 6 – Question 1
• Chapter 7 – Question 2

4.4

Submit your answers to these additional textbook exercises:

 

 

• Chapter 6:Exercise 2
• Chapter 7: Exercise 2

5.3

Submit your answers to the following textbook discussion questions:

 

 

• Chapter 8 – Question 3
• Chapter 9 – Questions 1, 2 and 4.

5.4

Chapter 8: Aggregate Planning in a Supply Chain

1. Right click and save the Red Tomato Demo to your hard drive.

Using the original data in the file, what happened to inventory and stockouts over the six periods of the planning horizon?

2. Right click and save the Red Tomato Demo for Example 1 to your hard drive.

What happened to stockouts as demand fluctuation increased? What happened to profits? What did you learn from this exercise?

3. Right click and save the Red Tomato Demo for Example 2 to your hard drive.

What happened to the use of subcontractors as holding costs increased? What happened to profits? What did you learn from this exercise?

6.5

Submit your answers to the following textbook discussion questions:

 

 

• Chapter 11 – question 7
• Chapter 12– question 1,3, and 5

6.7

Chapter 12: Managing Uncertainty in a Supply Chain: Safety Inventory

1. Using the Wal-Mart Demo for Example 4, what happens to the Required Safety Stock inventory when the Desired Customer Service level is increased to 95%? What happens to the Required Safety Stock inventory when the Desired Customer Service level is decreased to 80%? What about 70%? What did you learn from this exercise?

Note: This is not a “Solver” problem. Just change the service level directly in Excel from .90 to .80 and .70 to see the impact on safety inventory.

2. Using the Wal-Mart Demo, what happens to the Required Safety Stock inventory when the periodic review interval is changed to quarterly, i.e., 12 weeks versus 4 weeks? What happens when it is changed to weekly, i.e., 1 week versus 4 weeks? What did you learn from this exercise?

Note: This is not a “Solver” problem. Just change the Review Interval directly in Excel from 4 weeks to 12 weeks to 1 week, respectively.

7.3

Submit your answers to the following textbook discussion questions:

 

 

• Chapter 13 – Questions 4 and 7
• Chapter 14 – Questions 3 and 4

7.4

Submit your answers to the additional Homework exercises for Chapter 13.

 

Chapter 13: Determining the Optimum Level of Product Availability

Using the Sportmart Demo, the manager decided to conduct market research and, based on the additional information she obtained from the research, she believes that the standard deviation of demand can be reduced to 50 instead of 100. What is the impact of profitability? What happens to profitability if the standard deviation of demand increases to 150? What did you learn from this exercise?

8.3

Submit your answers to the following textbook discussion questions:

 

 

• Chapter 15 – Questions 5 and 8
• Chapter 16 – Question 5
• Chapter 17 – Questions 2 and 4

8.4

Submit your answers to the additional Homework exercises for Chapters 15 and 16.

 

Chapter 15: Sourcing Decisions in a Supply Chain

1. After reviewing the last three lines of Table 15-4 in your text, as the buy-back price for each disc increases from $0 to $6 while the wholesale price is held constant at $7, what happens to profits for the music store (the retailer) and the supplier (the manufacturer)? What about overall supply chain profitability? What is the lesson to be learned from this exercise?

The information presented in Table 15-4 assumes that there are no costs associated with returning the “buy-back” products to the supplier. As the transportation costs to return the goods being bought back increases, what happens to the profitability of the supply chain?

Chapter 16: Pricing and Revenue Management in a Supply Chain

2. Right click and download the Pricing to Multiple Segments data to your hard drive. What happens to prices and profitability when the sensitivity for customers that are willing to wait (i.e., segment 2) increases from 40p1 to 80p1? What did you learn from this exercise?

Note: Use the “Solver” capability under the ”Tools” menu (but you must set sensitivity in cell C6 to desired level before you run “Solver”).

3. Right click and download the Dynamic Pricing Data to your hard drive. What happens to the quantity purchased and profitability if the price sensitivity increases to from 1.8p3 to 1.9p3 in the third period? What did you learn from this exercise?

Note: Use the “Solver” capability under the ”Tools” menu (but you must set sensitivity in cell C8 to desired level before you run “Solver”).

*Note on using the “Solver” Add-In:The Solver Add-in is an Excel add-in program that is available when you install Microsoft Office or Excel. To use it in Excel, however, you need to load it first. You should have completed doing so in Module 3.

9.3

Submit your answers to the following textbook discussion questions:

 

 

Chapter 18: Questions 3 and 6.

 

research paper

Guidelines for your Research Paper

Each student must prepare a formal 10 page research report paper on a topic of your choice related to global logistics or supply chain management. Your instructor must approve your specific topic within the given time frame. Your final paper is worth 100 points and contributes 20% toward your course grade. Your paper will be evaluated according to the criteria in the rubric linked in the submission activity.

Your paper should include the following:

 

• Demonstrating quality and depth of content
• Organizing the report properly
• Following formatting requirements):
  • Times New Roman, 12 pt. Font
  • Double Spaced
  • Use of Page Numbers
  • Title Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Appropriate labels on figures and tables
• Demonstrating correct grammar and evidence of proof-reading, i.e., no spelling errors
• Including a variety and documentation of references used; format for references follows APA Guidelines

Below are the due dates for all parts of your research paper:

• Module 2: Submit topic for approval
• Module 4: Outline due
• Module 7: Rough Draft should be complete
• Module 8: Final Research Paper Submitted (graded, worth 20% of total grade)

Required APA Format for Research Paper

The format for your research paper can be found in the current Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association(APA). Take this opportunity to become familiar with the APA Manual (Links to an external site.)and its format.

Review the grading rubric attached to the Research Paper Submission Activity (8.5) for detailed grading criteria.

Upon submission, your final paper will automatically be evaluated through Turnitin (Links to an external site.), an originality detection tool. Your paper will be checked against a database of millions of written works and provide feedback on originality. You may view your originality report; however, you will not be permitted to submit your paper a second time. Ensure your work is entirely your own and cite your sources!