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1. Describe the different types of integration that supply management should become actively involved in.
2. Describe the types of information and data that data that supply management may share with different internal and external functions.
3. What are the barriers to integration, How can they be overcome?
4. Research the cross functional sourcing teams revealed that teams that included suppliers as active team participants put forth greater effort, on effort, on average, than teams that did not include suppliers.  Discuss why the involvement of external suppliers can positively affect a team’s effort.
5. Why is goal setting so important to the success of the sourcing team process? What is the role of the team leader when setting team goals?
6. Relatively few induvial have the qualifications, experience, and training to immediately assume demanding sourcing team leadership positions. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why?
7. Describe the traditional model of buyer-seller relationships. How is the traditional model different from the collaborative model? What are the major characteristics of the collaborative model?
8. Describe a typical technology roadmap for a manufacturer of PCs. How does this affect supply managements activities in the new product development cycle?
9. Discuss the most important elements that characterize the most successful efforts at integrating suppliers in new-product development. How do these factors contribute to success?
10. What types of information can a supplier provide that are useful during new-product development?