Reference no: EM13706039
1. Discuss your thoughts concerning some of the different types of inventories found within some typical production organizations (Raw Materials, Work In Process, Finished Goods, Transit Inventory, Buffer Stocks, Anticipation, Decoupling).
2. Discuss your thoughts about just-in-time materials management, its value, shortcomings, and provide an example of where it may be implemented.
3. Discuss your thoughts concerning the impact of technology on an organization, specifically as it relates to the supply chain and how if facilitates sophisticated materials management systems such as JIT and MRP.
4. Provide your thoughts concerning the process of accommodating change and its impact on an organization. Consider such issues as changes in manufacturing methodologies, customer desires, supply chain management, capacity etc. If you have a real world example to cite, please do so.
5. Through your own research, identify a business that you consider vertically integrated and in the weekly discussion forum, provide your thoughts concerning the level and value of vertical integration to this organization. Discuss what you perceive to be the benefits and pitfalls/risks of vertical integration and when it does or does not make business sense to do so.
6. Provide your definition of a Virtual Business/Enterprise.
7. Through your own research, identify a virtual business and provide your thoughts concerning the benefits, strengths, and weaknesses of this arrangement.
8. "An Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) is one that has full responsibility across the corporation (including different divisions, business units and geographies) for the planning and management of all activities involved in end to end supply chain processes, including direct sourcing and procurement, conversion/manufacturing, and all logistics management activities."
(Source : Supply Chain Digest, The Logistics Institute ±Georgia Tech)
9. Discuss your concept of the integrated supply chain in a typical production organization (such as one of those studied in our Tour discussions).
10. To what degree do you think that government entities, for example the Department of Defense, practice ISC?
11. What do you consider to be the benefits and potential risks of an integrated supply chain?
|
Financial plan for the capstone project
: Students will create a strategic business plan for their culminating project in BUS-485. The structure of this assignment is comprehensive and integrative. It requires synthesis and evaluation of information, skills, and knowledge developed thr..
|
|
The news that involves two or more cultures
: 1.Select a situation that is currently in the news that involves two or more cultures. Analyze the situation using Hofstede's original four dimensions, plus the universalism/particularism and task/relationship dimensions.
|
|
Keep a competitive edge on the marketplace
: While information systems has one meaning, it can be used in different ways for companies to keep a competitive edge on the marketplace. Compare and Contrast two distinctly different organizations on how they use information systems in their or..
|
|
Implement bounded partial queue using signaling mechanism
: Can you explain the reason? You can run the experiments on ecen5033.colorado.edu. Submit the code as well as experimental results - Implement both these schemes in Java. Each of the methods foo() and bar() just sleeps for 20 milliseconds.
|
|
Some typical production organizations
: 1. Discuss your thoughts concerning some of the different types of inventories found within some typical production organizations (Raw Materials, Work In Process, Finished Goods, Transit Inventory, Buffer Stocks, Anticipation, Decoupling).
|
|
The button also contained the phrases
: In late July 1990, Wilson, a Roman Catholic, made a religious vow that she would wear an antiabortion button "until there was an end to abortion or until she could no longer fight the fight." The button was two inches in diameter and showed a c..
|
|
Find the optimized solution to reach destination
: The robot has the map of Romania with additional information given in the picture. Using A* Intelligent search how the robot will find the optimized solution to reach destination?
|
|
Rachel planned to open a pastry shop in a resort town
: Rachel planned to open a pastry shop in a resort town on the east coast. As she pondered her organizational set-up, she decided she would need four employees to specialize in the creation and production of delicate pastries, and three employe..
|
|
One of the ongoing debates in consequentialist ethics
: One of the ongoing debates in consequentialist ethics is over the difference between pleasure and happiness. How would you characterize the difference, if any, between the two? A business organization can experience neither happiness nor pleasu..
|