Reference no: EM133510985
Homework: Supply Chain Improvement
Length: 2 to 4 pages.
Communication: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly and professional. Your homework should be:
1. Concise and logically organized.?
2. Free of errors in grammar and mechanics.
Validation and support: Use a minimum of four relevant, credible, scholarly or professional resources such as the Wall Street Journal to support your work.
By successfully completing this homework, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies:
I. Competency I: Describe global supply chain management concepts and components.
1. Describe supply chain components.
II. Competency II: Examine how global supply chain strategies support an organization's strategy.
1. Explain how a company's supply chain supports its organizational strategy.
III. Competency III: Recommend strategies for improving supply chain efficiencies.
1. Describe two weaknesses in the company's supply chain.
2. Recommend improvements to the company's supply chain.
IV. Competency IV: Communicate in a professional manner with stakeholders managing relationships and their interdependencies consistent with the expectations of the organization.
1. Give credit to sources of information.
2. Address homework purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
Task
In your homework, include the following:
I. Explain the existing supply chain components.
1. Support your description using at least one source.
II. Explain how the company's supply chain strategy supports it's organizational strategy.
1. Describe the company's business model.
2. Explain how the supply chain strategy supports the organization.
3. Support your explanation using at least one source.
III. Assess how to improve global supply chain efficiencies.
1. Describe two weaknesses in the supply chain.
2. Provide recommendations for improvements to the company's supply chain.
3. Be sure to support your homework using at least one source.