ObjectivesObjectives  1. Explain what a business process is and how the business perspective differs from a traditional functional perspective.2. Create process maps for a business process and use these to understand and diagnose a process.3. Calculate and interpret some common measures of process performance.4. Discuss the importance of benchmarking and distinguish between competitive benchmarking and process benchmarking.5. De...
About BPW CorporationBPW Corporation (BPW) is a Canadian based firm that supplies electronic controls to the wind-power/turbine industry. The firm is twenty years old and is a subsidiary of a fifty year old electronics supply firm that specializes in supplying electric power generating components to the military, atomic energy and space industry. It is a publicly traded firm that employs 25 full time staff. This includes three teams of four in...
Global network planning and logisticsThis assignment is worth 50% of the total unit mark. It is an individual assessment.Copying of work or reports is not permitted and will be dealt with under the University rules on plagiarism. This work is marked out of 100. This coursework involves carrying out an investigation into the supply chain management practices of Johnson and Johnson, an American multinational company that operates in the healt...
Background Information on Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementThe latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2021) suggests that “it is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land”. It also suggests that “global warming of 1.5°C and 2°C will be exceeded during the 21st century unless deep reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions occur in t...
Task Case Assignment Based upon your reading of the Background materials, and your own additional research, prepare an essay discussing the use of infectious disease as a weapon of international terror. You should address the following questions: What are the advantages and disadvantages of microbes, vis-à-vis destructive "hardware" such as guns and bombs? What would be the characteristics of an ideal...
Core Supply Chain Management ConceptsDiscuss in detail the five (5) basic Supply Chain levers to deal with uncertainty. 1. Demonstrate an understanding of core Supply Chain Management concepts and operating strategies 2. Describe common process components for managing supply chain 3. Be able to draft a project describing supply chain management goals for your organisation or an organisation of your choice 4. Demonstrate reflectio...
InstructionsInstructions:This is Group Assignment. You are required to provide a written report. You are required to familiarize yourself with the selected case scenario and address all of the questions posed. Scenario:Bob Ashby has hired your team as consultants. You have been asked together with your team to support Bob in putting together the plan within the 1-2 week timeframe. You are confident that your overall SCM experience will ...
Current and Future Supply ChainApple is an American multinational corporation founded by Steve Jobs that produces a wide variety of consumer-electronics such as smartphones, laptops, and tablets. They develop their own software and sells subscription services for movies and music. In August 2020, Apple was valued to over 2 trillion dollars (Gramstad et al., 2020). During the same fiscal yea...
Inventory Control in CERAMICOSACERAMICOSA SA is a Spanish company of which you are the logistics director. It is dedicated to the manufacture of plates, tiles and various ceramic structures for housing (walls, floors, countertops, etc.). It has its production and distribution warehouse in La Vall d'Uixó (Castellón). CERAMICOSA has experienced an exponential rise in sales due to new decorative trends based on the use ...
Summary of Major ProblemsThe chances of dying in a plane crash are 1 in 9821, whereas the probability of dying in a car crash is approximately 1 in 114. Motor vehicle traffic crashes are prevalent and one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Many factors can alter the reason these numbers are so high. It is not only the driverâs behavior while driving, the weather conditions, or the impairing disability that a...
Task This assignment will provide an opportunity for students to: Reflect on the concepts/models/theories and their relevance/ implications on business processes Demonstrate understanding of the concepts and theories Read widely, including materials on the Internet, magazines, newspapers, journals and books Description 1. Select a model, theory or concept that you have learned in this module. Think about how a typical organiza...
Questions: Critically Evaluate the Role of Procurement in New Product Development Reports must be submitted online through the submission box on Moodle (Turnitin).Individually you will prepare a report which may include the following:? Use formal report structure.? Critically evaluate appropriate procurement and supply chain approaches in this specific context.? A review ofsupply chain concepts, (supported by references) must underpin discussion...
Task: Also what is the flow of the report is it as follows: 1. Introduction 1.1 Characteristics of fiberglass Cows 2. Procedure and justification 2.1 Step 1: Terms of trade 2.2 Step 2: Terms of payment 2.3 Step 3: Currency of payment and transaction risks 2.4 Step 4: Logistics and insurance 2.5 Step 5: Packaging for export 2.6 Step 6: International Transportation 2.7 Step 7:...
Project RequirementWarehousing relating to Supply Chain Management at ST Logistics Pte Ltd and carry out a feasibility study. Project Requirement: In the study, minimally, the background, literature review, methods, approach, suggestion, solution and implementation plan must be included. You will be required to submit a Project Proposal and Report Outline and final report base on the proposal. The project is recommended to c...
Overview of the Company and StrategyIndividual Assignment (Individual, 20%) We've called this a "Reflective Application Assignment" with the intention that your deliverable will be based on applying the ideas and concepts we're discussing in the course to your own work environment, rather than to someone else's (in the form of a business case). Â The assignment is asking you to apply the idea of customer value to your own departm...