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You have recently appointed as a Supply Chain Management for NIKE. As your first task you need to present to the Board of Directors a report on the some key issues for your Supply Chain Strategy and more specifically on the following topics:
1. Describe the logistics value proposition. Be specific regarding specific customer accommodation and cost for your organization
2. Discuss availability in logistics customer service andprovide examples of the different ways to monitor a firm's performance in availability.
3. Explain how the risk related to inventory compare among manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers
4. Discuss how NIKE's marketing strategy impact its decisions regarding the appropriate manufacturing strategy.
5. Identify and discuss the major forecast components for NIKE and explain why is it important to decompose demand into these components when developing new forecasts in the future.
6. Discuss the relationship between service level, uncertainty, safety stock and order quantity for your organization and how relevant trade-offs between these elements can be made.