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ISCOM 476 Week 1 DQ 1 ISCOM 476 Week 1 DQ 2 ISCOM 476 Week 2 DQ 1 ISCOM 476 Week 2 DQ 2 ISCOM 476 Week 2 Learning Team Riordan Manufacturing Supply Chain Evaluation ISCOM 476 Week 3 DQ 1 ISCOM 476 Week 3 DQ 2 ISCOM 476 Week 3 Individual Assignment Meditech Surgical Case Paper
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ISCOM 476 UOP Courses ISCOM 476 Week 1 DQ 1 ISCOM 476 Week 1 DQ 2 • What is competitive advantage? How can the supply chain affect competitive advantage? What competitive advantage opportunities does the supply chain in your organization underutilize? • Is your supply chain collaborating with other organizations? Why or why not? What benefits do they get from these collaborations? What are some potential risks associated with these collaborations?
ISCOM 476 UOP Courses ISCOM 476 Week 2 DQ 1 ISCOM 476 Week 2 DQ 2 • What are the basic components of a supply chain? How do these components interact with each other? How do they influence each other? How can you plan for optimum performance between components in the supply chain? • What are the basic process steps for designing a supply chain? Is the order of the process steps important? Why or why not? How can you tell if the process is meeting your performance requirements?
ISCOM 476 UOP Courses ISCOM 476 Week 2 Learning Team Riordan Manufacturing Supply Chain Evaluation ISCOM 476 Week 3 DQ 1 • Write a 700- to 1,050-wordexecutive summary for Riordan’s executive management team with respect to the supply chain required for manufacturing the new perfume bottles. Consider the following: • Riordan has completed a high-level strategic business initiative to leverage their supply chain as a competitive advantage to improve customer satisfaction. • What was one problem identified in the Riordan supply chain? What is the root cause of this problem? What steps can be taken to ensure that the problem does not reoccur?
ISCOM 476 UOP Courses ISCOM 476 Week 3 DQ 2 ISCOM 476 Week 3 Individual Assignment Meditech Surgical Case Paper • Imagine that you just found out that a family member of your buyer received an expensive gift from one of Riordan’s suppliers. What actions are you going to take? Is it ethical for the family member to keep the gift? Why or why not? What potential issues may arise from this situation? • Complete the Meditech Surgical case study located at the end of Ch. 1 in the text. • Writea 700- to 1,050-word paper with complete responses to the four questions at the endof the case. • Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
ISCOM 476 UOP Courses ISCOM 476 Week 4 DQ 1 ISCOM 476 Week 4 DQ 2 • Can you improve something you cannot measure? Why or why not? What metrics does your organization use to assess supply chain performance? What are the benefits of performance metrics? How does your organization use these metrics to improve performance or competitive advantage? • How are leadership skills different from management skills? How are they the same? How may management skills differ along the supply chain? What skills are equally important throughout?
ISCOM 476 UOP Courses ISCOM 476 Week 4 Individual Assignment Dell Inc. Case Paper ISCOM 476 Week 5 DQ 1 • Complete the Dell Inc.: Improving the Flexibility of the Desktop PC Supply Chain case located at the end of Ch. 6 in the text. • Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you respond to the Dell case study and answer the following questions: • How can a company identify current trends in an industry? What tools can an organization use to differentiate between long-term trends and short-term fads? How can an organization know when to follow a new trend in the industry?
ISCOM 476 UOP Courses ISCOM 476 Week 5 DQ 2 ISCOM 476 Week 5 Individual Supply Chain Operations Paper and Presentation • Describe products that are truly global. Describe what organizations that deliver global products do regionally within their business to ensure regional business. • ISCOM 476 Week 5 Individual Supply Chain Operations Paper and Presentation
ISCOM 476 UOP Courses ISCOM 476 Week 5 Learning Team Riordan Business Model Implementation Plan Paper ISCOM 476 Week 5 Learning Team Riordan Business Model Implementation Plan Presentation • Write a 3,500- to 4,200-word paper in which you address and complete the following three phases: • Phase 1: Using the Learning Team business model implementation plan, design a detailed supply chain process flow diagram for Riordan. The process flow diagram must be accompanied by a 1-page explanation of the flow, which includes: • Estimate the cycle times of each step in the process flow. • Estimate over-capacity of the new bottles. • What type of leadership skills—authoritative or participatory—need to be employed to successfully implement the plan? Provide examples of a leader’s behavior given the style chosen. • Determine the appropriate metrics to utilize to determine success. . • Prepare a 6-to 8-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes illustrating the three phases of the project. • Include a flowchart illustrating the supply chain.
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