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Case - SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AT BOSE CORPORATION
Assignment Questions
The following assignment questions relate to ideas and concepts presented throughout this text. Answer some or all of the questions as directed by your instructor.
Question 1. Discuss how the strategy development process might work at a company like Bose.
Question 2. What should be the relationship between Bose's supply management strategy and the development of its performance measurement system?
Question 3. Why is purchased quality so important to Bose?
Question 4. Can a just-in-time purchase system operate without total quality from suppliers?
Question 5. Why can some components arrive at the Hillsdale, Michigan, plant with no incoming inspection required?
Question 6. Discuss the reasons why Bose has a certificate of achievement program for identifying qualified suppliers.
Question 7. Bose is moving toward single sourcing many of its purchased part requirements. Discuss why the company might want to do this. Are there any risks to that approach?
Question 8. Discuss some of the difficulties a company like Bose might experience when trying to implement just-in-time purchasing with international suppliers.
Question 9. Why does Bose have to source so much of its purchase requirements from offshore suppliers?
Question 10. What makes the JIT II system at Bose unique? Why would a company pursue this type of system?
Question 11. Why is it necessary to enter into a longer-term contractual arrangement when pursuing arrangements like the one Bose has with its domestic transportation carrier?
Question 12. Why is it important to manage logistics time elements proactively when pursuing higher levels of customer service?
Question 13. What role does information technology play at Bose?
Question 14. What advantages do information technology systems provide to Bose that might not be available to a company that does not have these systems?
Question 15. Why has Bose developed its supplier performance measurement system?
Question 16. Do you think the performance measurement systems at Bose are computerized or manual? Why?
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