Charge of the upstream supply chain activities of planning

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Congratulations! Your stand sales of treats and hot chocolate were a big success. THON has requested that you expand your efforts on a much larger scale to raise even more money for THON. The goal is for every THON organization to make and sell rice crispy treats as a fund raiser. The organizations will sell treats in a manner similar to Girl Scout cookies (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. .

You are in charge of the upstream supply chain activities of planning, sourcing and distributing the ingredients to THON organizations. Although there will be more than two types of treats sold, as an initial planning effort, you are to figure out the upstream supply chain activities for the two types of treats contained in your previous assignment.

Steps

Answer the questions “who, what, where, when and how” in terms of sourcing and distributing ingredients to THON organizations. Of course, your goal is to keep prices low so that you can increase profits for THON.

Deliverable

Organize your document according to supply chain processes.

Describe the “who, what, where, when, & how” of your stand operation in terms of the supply chain processes.

Each section should have a heading, a description of that part of the operation (~3-4 paragraphs), and bullet points to convey the details of the operation.

Expected length is ~3 pages single-spaced, Times New Roman 12-pt font. (Longer is fine; shorter is probably inadequate.)

Reference no: EM132284106

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