Performance measurement within a distribution center is critical for aligning performance with customer expectations. What metrics should be used within a distribution center to monitor service quality, and why?
Discuss the inventory driver and its metric for that product and explain if you see any interconnections
Write 5 pages answering these questions about 3m company from a CON perspective
1. How might 3M’s philosophy of as a product differentiator backfire?
2. What challenges does 3M face with managing over 50,000 products? In other words, is 3M too big to be innovative? Is there a point where managing too many projects can affect the effectiveness of leading a corporation like 3M?
3. Why is the 15% rule (where all technical personnel dedicate up to 15% of their time to products of their own choosing) dangerous to 3M from a competitive lens?
Your objective is to write a (3) three-page critique of an article provided by your instructor. This article discusses management, and more specifically, strategic management in today’s modern organizations. ritically review the article with regard to the following:
1) What does the article offer to your understanding of business?
2) What are the strengths AND weaknesses of the article?
3) what kinds of strategy making or practice do you see in this article.
Per the FARs, define what a contract is, and explain the elements of a contract. Additionally, what is the difference between “Common Law” and “Administrative Law”? Finally, why do we have a contract negotiation process?
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Research, define and explain overhead costs. Research examples of different companies or government agencies. You can use the course materials, library or the web, but make sure to reference and cite all your sources.
The ‘Words-in-a-Sentence” (WIS) exercise
Question 5. The ‘Words-in-a-Sentence” (WIS) exercise was a competitive endeavor that pitted several teams in class against each other in the WIS industry. Each team was allowed to organize and re-organize during the course of the exercise. In Chapter 3 of Thompson et al., the concept of driving forces is discussed relative to an organization’s external environment.
a. What driving forces were prevalent in the WIS exercise?
b. What were the key success factors of the WIS industry?
c. Finally, discuss the concept of ‘equifinality’ as presented in the WISexercise? How does ‘equifinality’ affect the strategy-making process in general?
COLL300 research questions, thesis statement and rhetorical analysis
Write three of your research questions here (remember that, if the question can be answered by YES or NO, it is a closed-ended question that does not invite discussion and so should be revised):
Question 1.
Question 2.
Question 3.
Write your thesis statement here (one complete sentence that is not a question):
Write paragraphs that respond to the questions below:
1. What is my purpose in writing this paper?
2. What do I already know about my topic? What are my feelings toward this topic?
3. What do my readers already know? What are my readers’ feelings toward the topic?
4. What do my readers need to know to understand my point?
5. What information do I need to research and add to my paper?
Begin by looking at the research question(s) which triggered this thesis statement. Then explain your purpose (passing the course is not the purpose here). Your thesis statement is a good place to start, but you need to go a bit further. Are you trying to inform, entertain, persuade, or do something else? Consider the “audience take-away.” What do you want your readers to know, feel, or believe when they finish reading your research paper? A clear understanding of your purpose will help you decide what information to include in your paper and how to organize your paper.
SCM Introduction, Issues & Strategy
Save this document to your computer and type your response directly into the space below each question. When completed submit the document to your Open Learning Faculty Member for grading. The assignment will be graded out of 10 marks.
Consider a recent purchase of furniture you made. Identify the supply chain involved in acquiring materials, manufacturing the furniture, and delivering this product to you i.e., you need to make a network diagram of different stages involved and make sure that it covers all the cycles in the cyclic view of supply chain.
Identify at-least one pull process and one push process in this supply chain.
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Think of any organizations you are familiar with and graphically display their supply chain networks covering both the cyclic processes and push-pull processes and the major flows.
What is the role of supply chain management in creating and adding value for customers and how this value surplus is measured in supply chains?
Discuss the impact of the product life cycle on strategic fit between implied demand uncertainty and supply chain responsiveness.
Explain the basic trade-off between responsiveness and efficiency for each of the major drivers of supply chain performance.
Changing Requirements after Contract Award
Assignment instructions: You are required to submit a 3-to-4 page research paper (not counting the references page) and an accompanying PowerPoint presentation which you will present during a 7-10 minute briefing to the class.
Within the context of your paper and your presentation you should (at a minimum) address the following:
1. Under what authority are changes to the requirements allowed after contract award?
2. Discuss how changes to requirements after award may affect the scope of the contract.
3. What must the contracting officer do if a requested change is determined to be outside the scope of the contract?
4. Describe how contract scope decisions have been addressed by GAO, courts, etc. Provide at least two cases with different decision outcomes.
Note: You are NOT limited to discussing the above questions.
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