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Consider supply chain management (SCM) and SCM systems within the context of business strategy. Pick any organization and summarize based on the criteria below.

Criteria:

-List who it is

-Primary customers,

-How it attempts to differentiate itself in the market.

-Stay away from organizations that primarily provide services such as financial service firms, insurance firms, and the like. Good candidate organizations may include Microsoft, Coca Cola, Nordstrom, or Wal -Mart.

Use the following questions to guide the summary.

Above the line versus below the line:

-In what ways could your organization use its supply chain management system to support above the line initiatives?

-In what ways could your organization use its supply chain management system to support below the line initiatives?Porter's Five Forces Model:

-In what ways could your organization use its supply chain management system to (1) reduce buyer power as a supplier, (2) reduce supplier power as a buyer, (3) reduce the threat of substitute products or services, and (4) reduce the threat of new entrants?Value Chain:

-Within your organization, would supply chain management be seen as a support value process or a primary value process? Please justify your answer.