ISCOM374 Week4: The Transportation Bid Challenge Transportation Strategies ISCOM374 Week4: Scenario: Hello Logistics Team!  This is the company president here in our Hangzhou, China location. First, I want to personally thank the team for doing such a remarkable job with the Forecasting and Inventory improvements. The Company is now exceeding the 96% on-time delivery goal […]

ISCOM374 Week 3: Inventory and Purchasing Considerations Warehousing Strategies ISCOM374 Week 3: Based on your Learning Team’s earlier work, your department’s forecasting recommendation has made vast improvements to the Hangzhou, China on-time deliveries. However, the company president has concerns the resin inventory levels are not ordered in the most optimal quantities. The purchasing department needs […]

ISCOM374 Week3: Warehousing Warehousing Strategies ISCOM374 Week3: Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper defining warehousing and discussing its strategic role within the logistics system. Discuss the role of warehousing in a logistics system. Differentiate between the different warehouse types and explain the aspects of each one of the warehouse types. Identify why a company or […]

ISCOM374 Week2: Demand Management Scenario Supply Chain Management and Procurement Sourcing Strategies ISCOM374 Week2: Your Learning Team represents a newly formed logistics department at a plastic manufacturing company. The company is currently underperforming with on-time deliveries. The Hangzhou, China location is consistently under 93%. The company goal is to be at or above 96% on-time […]

ISCOM374 Week1: Consider Technology Concept and Strategies of Logistics ISCOM374 Week1: Prepare a 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint® presentation addressing the following: List the six general types of information management systems, and give one logistics application to each one of the types listed. Highlight the advantages and/or disadvantages. Which technological advances do you view as being […]

ISCOM473 Week 5: eCommerce Process E-Commerce and Future Opportunities and Challenges in Purchasing ISCOM473 Week 5: From the organization chosen in Week 1, review Ch. 4 from the text. Review the ERP and Procurement tools currently used to manage suppliers. Design/create a process map that shows the Information Systems and Supply Management Process. Include how information […]

ISCOM473 Week5: Future Trends in Purchasing Paper E-Commerce and Future Opportunities and Challenges in Purchasing ISCOM473 Week5: Based on current events and trends in the sourcing and procurement environment, hypothesize the future of purchasing in the global economy. Address the following in a 1,050-word paper: Benefits and risks of e-business Future opportunities and trends in […]

ISCOM473 Week4: Supplier Evaluation and Contract Review Contract Administration and Supplier Management ISCOM473 Week4: Read the case study of Rocky Plain Brewing Ltd and Gilpin Printing in Chapter 15 of Purchasing and Supply Management, pages 473-475. Answer the following questions in your discussion in 700 words: Explain what the Rocky Plains could have done to […]

ISCOM473 Week3: Negotiating Across Culture Paper Contract Negotiations and Cost/Price Analysis ISCOM473 Week3: Select two countries to research where your organization performs business manufacturing of your product. Research your selected countries and document each country’s cultural and ethnic composition as well as the populations’ ethnic makeup, include percentages (for example: Malaysia Ethnic groups: Malaysian 50.2%, […]

ISCOM473 Week 2: Insourcing and Outsourcing Practices Domestic and Global Sourcing/Supplier Selection ISCOM473 Week 2: Your team has been chosen as consultants. Use the organization identified in Week 1 to review the current insourcing and outsourcing practices of the product offering. Include the following in your analysis: The product offering and how it is used […]