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ISCOM 476 Week 1 DQ 1
ISCOM 476 Week 1 DQ 2
ISCOM 476 Week 2 Learning Team Riordan Manufacturi
ng Supply Chain Evaluation
ISCOM 476 Week 2 DQ 1
ISCOM 476 Week 2 DQ 2
ISCOM 476 Week 3 Individual Assignment Meditech Sur
gical Case Paper
ISCOM 476 Week 3 DQ 1
ISCOM 476 Week 3 DQ 2

ISCOM 476 Week 1 DQ 1


What is competitive advantage?
How can the supply chain affect competitive advantage?
What competitive advantage opportunities does the sup
ply chain in your organization underutilize?

ISCOM 476 Week 1 DQ 2


Is your supply chain collaborating with other organizati
ons? Why or why not?
What benefits do they get from these collaborations?
What are some potential risks associated with these coll
aborations?

ISCOM 476 Week 2 DQ 1


What are the basic components of a supply chain? How
do these components interact with each other? How do
they influence each other? How can you plan for optimu
m performance between components in the supply chai
n?

ISCOM 476 Week 2 DQ 2


What are the basic process steps for designing a supply
chain? Is the order of the process steps important? Why
or why not? How can you tell if the process is meeting y
our performance requirements?

ISCOM 476 Week 2 Learning


Team Riordan Manufacturing
Supply Chain Evaluation

Write a 700- to 1,050-word executive summary for Rior


dans executive management team with respect to the s
upply chain required for manufacturing the new perfum
e bottles. Consider the following:
Riordan has completed a high-level strategic business in
itiative to leverage their supply chain as a competitive a
dvantage to improve customer satisfaction.

ISCOM 476 Week 3 DQ 1


What was one problem identified in the Riordan supply
chain? What is the root cause of this problem? What ste
ps can be taken to ensure that the problem does not re
occur?

ISCOM 476 Week 3 DQ 2


Imagine that you just found out that a family member o
f your buyer received an expensive gift from one of Rior
dans suppliers. What actions are you going to take? Is it
ethical for the family member to keep the gift? Why or
why not? What potential issues may arise from this situ
ation?

ISCOM 476 Week 3 Individual


Assignment Meditech Surgica
l Case Paper

Complete the Meditech Surgical case study located at t


he end of Ch. 1 in the text.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper with complete respon
ses to the four questions at the end of the case.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

ISCOM 476 Week 4 DQ 1


Can you improve something you cannot measure? Why
or why not? What metrics does your organization use to
assess supply chain performance? What are the benefit
s of performance metrics? How does your organization
use these metrics to improve performance or competiti
ve advantage?

ISCOM 476 Week 4 DQ 2


How are leadership skills different from management sk
ills? How are they the same? How may management skil
ls differ along the supply chain? What skills are equally i
mportant throughout?

ISCOM 476 Week 4 Individual


Assignment Dell Inc. Case Pa
per

Complete the Dell Inc.: Improving the Flexibility of the


Desktop PC Supply Chain case located at the end of Ch.
6 in the text.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you respond
to the Dell case study and answer the following questio
ns:

Why does L5 incur higher manufacturing and logistics c
osts than L6? Identify costs incurred by L5 and not by L6
. Identify any costs incurred to only L6 and not L5.

ISCOM 476 Week 5 DQ 1


How can a company identify current trends in an indust
ry? What tools can an organization use to differentiate b
etween long-term trends and short-term fads? How can
an organization know when to follow a new trend in the
industry?

ISCOM 476 Week 5 DQ 2


Describe products that are truly global. Describe what o
rganizations that deliver global products do regionally w
ithin their business to ensure regional business.

ISCOM 476 Week 5 Individual


Supply Chain Operations Pap
er and Presentation

ISCOM 476 Week 5 Individual Supply Chain Operations


Paper and Presentation

ISCOM 476 Week 5 Learning


Team Riordan Business Mode
l Implementation Plan Paper

Write a 3,500- to 4,200-word paper in which you addres


s and complete the following three phases:
Phase 1: Using the Learning Team business model imple
mentation plan, design a detailed supply chain process f
low diagram for Riordan. The process flow diagram mus
t be accompanied by a 1-page explanation of the flow,
which includes:
Estimate the cycle times of each step in the process flo
w.

ISCOM 476 Week 5 Learning


Team Riordan Business Mode
l Implementation

Prepare a 6-to 8-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presenta


tion with speaker notes illustrating the three phases of t
he project.
Include a flowchart illustrating the supply chain.

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