Week #1
Part 1 (Chapter 1): What is a supply chain and why do we need supply chain management?
Part 2 (Chapter 2): What was Redbubbles objective and what did they do to achieve their desired outcome? What is your personal take-away from their actions?
Part 3 (Chapter 3): On p. 61, processes are described. What in the world is process thinking and why might this be valuable or not?
Week #2
Part 1 (Chapter 5): Review the Batch Process on p. 146 and provide an example of a good or a service that is produced in this manner.
Part 2 (Chapter 6): Go to p.197 and read the Case, A Comment on Management Attitude and then address the questions on p. 198.
Week #3
Part 1 (Chapter 7): On p. 268, the author describes Walmarts implementation of autonomous scanning robots to manage their available on-shelf inventory. Your task is to identify an organization, other than Walmart, that employs drones or robots to perform this task. Conduct a Google search to locate your sources. Briefly describe the organizations use of this/these technology tool(s).
Part 2 (Chapter 8): Refer to the website https://www.l2l.com/blog/what-is-lean-manufacturing and briefly describe the history of Lean Systems.
Week #4
Part 1 (Chapter 9): In your opinion, what impact has Amazon had on consumers expectations? Explain.
Part 2 (Chapter 10): On p.343, review the various factors that contribute to an organizations risk. Explain risk, then identify one component you personally deem to be the most critical. Support your selection.
Part 3 (Chapter 11): Describe the role of reverse logistics in relation to online activities. How has GameStops actions contributed to a clean environment?
Week #5 Part 1 (Chapter 12): How does Walmart use the weather to increase sales; do the actions by Walmart have an impact on demand forecasting?Part 2 (Chapter 12): In your opinion, has Covid-19 caused organizations to modify their demand forecasting? Why or why not? Support your opinion.
Week #6
Part 1 (Chapter 13): Describe Yield Management. After reading the Get Real example on p.469, explain how a company that provides international guided tours might use Yield Management approach.
Part 2 (Chapter 14): Use your own creativity! Refer to the activity at the bottom of p. 488 and develop your own Bill of Materials (BOM). Be sure and preface your work with a short paragraph that describes your product. For this response, you may insert a table in your paper. APA formatting will NOT be required for this task.
Week #7
Part 1(Chapter 15): The development of a project charter is an important preliminary task in the definition of the project. Review the components of a good project charter, on p. 528, and complete the activity on the page. Examine two project charters.
Part 2 (Chapter 16): Go to p. 577 and complete the activity at the top of the page.
Requirements for the paper:
Prepare a title page.
The first page of your paper should include the papers title.
Use Level 1(Week #n) and Level 2 headings to indicate your topic.
Use APA formatting throughout your paper.No Abstract statement is required.
A References page is required.
Double-space the entire work; use Times New Roman font size 12.
Try to limit your weekly topic to 2 pages. The overall MAXIMUM number of pages is 15.
