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Question 1: Level 1

• Perform a google search of Production Operations, Planning, & Control Topics. Find, define and describe two of the topics found in a search. Document what was done in a summary report.
• To you, What is Production Operations, Planning & Control? And why is it important to businesses? Provide a definition in a summary report and discuss/document your definitions. Summarize your discussion in your summary report.

Question 2: Level 2 - Complete Level 1 plus the tasks below:

• Find a blog that specializes in production operations management or supply chain management. Note the URL. Read at least two posts and summarize them in your presentation.
• Find a newspaper article that addresses production operations management, planning, scheduling, or materials management specifically. Note the exact source and summarize the article in a summary report/presentation.
• Find two cartoons that depict production planning and control topics. Document it in your summary report/presentation.

Question 3: Level 3 - Complete Level 2 plus the tasks below:

• Find a TED or TED-X talk related to a production planning and control topic. Note the URL. Describe the important things you have learned from it in your summary report/presentation.
• Find an article about production planning and control topics in a trade journal. Note its complete citation. Summarize the main points in a summary report/presentation and write three questions for the author about the findings related to the topic.
• Find an article in a production operations themed academic journal. Note its complete citations. Summarize the main points in the summary report/presentation and write three questions for the author(s) about the findings related to the topic.

Question 4: Level 4 - Complete Level 3 and put together a project that uses the activity below. Address the question - What is production planning and control?