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Assessment 1 Preparation Take time to research and review systems mapping strategies for operations and supply chain systems. Select a company to use as the basis of this assessment and other assessments in this course. As you do so consider the following recommendations: Select a company with a supply chain that ignites your interest: a U.S.based retailer with clothes manufactured in Taiwan or an auto manufacturer based in Japan with plants in Alabama and dealerships in England. Many interesting supply chain scenarios are awaiting your investigation. Select a company with accessible public information about their supply chain. Look for published annual reports articles and news reports about the company in national magazines and periodicals; information on the company Web site; recent books about the company or its industry authored by leaders in that field; and financial evaluations and statistics provided by agencies like Moody’s and Standard and Poors or governmental entities like the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Research the global supply chain for your selected company including its sourcing of raw materials transportation process manufacturing centers distribution channels and points of sale. Identify 4–6 sources that help you understand your business’s supply chain and that you can draw upon to complete this assessment. Instructions This assessment consists of three parts you will fuse together to create a complete supply chain system report. Part 1: Create a detailed narrative that describes your selected business’s global supply chain. Be sure to identify details including the sourcing of raw materials the transportation process all manufacturing centers the distribution channels and the points of sale. Part 2: Using the information in Part 1 create a detailed holistic interactive systems map for your business’s supply chain. On the map be sure to: Clearly identify points of reinforcement and advantage within the supply chain. Identify internal and external tasks and accountabilities across the supply chain. Part 3: Describe the systems dynamics that impact and shape this global supply chain. As you do so consider the following questions: What barriers exist in in this supply chain? What custom laws and practices have to be considered in shipping mode choice and countries for product sales? What are the “trigger points” to move from one shipping mode to another (that is moving from slower rail mode to air freight with more cost)? Additional Requirements Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message. APA formatting: Any resources or citations must be formatted according to current APA style and formatting standards. Refer to the Supplemental Resources in the left navigation menu for more information on APA style. Sources: A minimum of 4 sources is required. Length: Your report should be 2–3 pages for all three parts combined. Font: Use Times New Roman 12-point font. Assessment 2 To prepare for this assessment conduct research about customer satisfaction and experiences with the company you selected in Assessment 1 to focus on for this course along with impressions of the company. To do so look for customer satisfaction surveys news articles opinion polls and complaint logs. Then complete the following two parts and fuse them together into one report: Part 1: Conduct a SWOT (strengths weakness opportunities and threats) analysis for the supply chain of your selected company. Investigate things that have attracted attention for going wrong as well as things that have reportedly gone right. Be sure to include the good as well as the not-so-good; relate why the consumer supplies shippers government agencies and third-party logistics and common carriers continue to do business with this organization. Also be sure to identify areas that provide a strategic advantage to your particular company and factors that provide a competitive threat. Support your assertions with research and include appropriate citations. For example a survey from a global supply chain organization may rank how your chosen company or industry performs in key critical areas such as shipping timeliness damage customer feedback and opinion polls. Part 2: Using the information from your SWOT analysis generate a list of recommendations that would improve the supply chain. As you consider possible recommendations reflect on details including transit manufacturing storage shipping or product packaging/handling procedures. Make sure your improvement ideas are realistic and would result in some savings or business gain while still providing the consumer a product at the same level of quality. Support your suggestions with information you found in your research. Additional Requirements Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message. APA formatting: Any resources or citations must be formatted according to current APA style and formatting standards. Refer to the Supplemental Resources in the left navigation menu for more information on APA style. Sources: 4–6 sources are required. Length: Your report should be 2–3 pages total. Font: Use Times New Roman 12-point font. Assessment 3 Focusing on one aspect of the operations or supply chain in the business you selected in Assessment 1 develop a plan to build a project management team to manage that element of operations. Your plan should be written as a guiding document for human resources decision makers within the company and should include the following information: A brief (1–2 paragraph) description of a specific project within the global operations and supply chain of your selected business. Your description should include the project team roles needed to manage this specific project. A description of each role needed on the team including the function that each role plays in this specific GOSCM project and how that role contributes to the efficiency and effectiveness of the supply chain. Consider (but do not necessarily limit yourself to) these key roles: Logistics Manager. Supply Chain Manager. Comptroller. Packaging Manager. Operations Manager. Quality Manager. A list of critical skills needed by the members of the project team and the specific skills needed for individual roles. As you compile this list keep in mind that members of project team to varying degrees also work with support departments and cliental including transportation companies intermodal personnel and regulatory agencies like border and customs officials. A list and explanation of the criteria you would use to select your project management team. Be sure to address how you would ensure skill diversity of the project management team. Additional Requirements Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message. APA formatting: Any resources or citations must be formatted according to current APA style and formatting standards. Refer to the Supplemental Resources in the left navigation menu for more information on APA style. Length: Your plan should be approximately 2 pages. Font: Use Times New Roman 12-point font. Assessment 4 To prepare for this assessment research the ethical and quality management foundations of your selected company’s approach to supply chain management as well as the ethics codes and quality assurance practices of others in the industry. For this assessment assume you have been asked to create a brief overview of the ethical and quality assurance foundations of your company. Drawing on the research you conducted about what is already in place in your company and on your knowledge of its supply chain system as well as your understanding of practices in the industry at large create a report of recommendations for the ethical and quality management foundations of your selected company. In your report identify the following: Quality benchmarks for your company: What they are where they are on the supply chain and who oversees them? One or two efforts per benchmark that could be instituted to ensure continuous improvement of these benchmarks. A working definition of ethical practice for your company in regard to supply chain management. An explanation of how this concept of ethics intersects with quality management in the company’s supply chain. The ethical policies that employees suppliers and contract workers must adhere to An explanation of how and when employees suppliers and contractors are trained in these policies. The procedures in place to report and address ethical and quality assurance policy violations. Additional Requirements Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message. APA formatting: Any resources or citations must be formatted according to current APA style and formatting standards. Refer to the Supplemental Resources in the left navigation menu for more information on APA style. Sources: 3–5 sources are required. Length: Your report should be 3–5 pages. Font: Use Times New Roman 12-point font. Assessment 5 Conduct research and then craft a report suitable for distribution within your selected company detailing how your business manages operations in the movement of products across country borders. Your report should provide details on the following as they relate to one part of the global supply chain of your business: World Trade Organization standards and requirements: What product standardization is in place? What paperwork must be completed? What information must be shared? Government officials and agencies that must be consulted on a local and national level: Who are key players and offices to be in touch with about your business? Local and national safety and performance guidelines: What standards must your product meet and where? International shipping and transport issues for each country of product movement: What information infrastructures are in place to manage global operations and supply chains? Contacts: Who within the business is the contact for each element above? How where or when does that contact or do those contacts fit into the supply chain map? Be sure to support your claims with evidence. If you cannot find the actual information for your company look at what is done in the industry as a whole and base your answer on that making clear in your report that your answer is based on industry standards. Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message. APA formatting: Any resources or citations must be formatted according to current APA style and formatting standards. Refer to the Supplemental Resources in the left navigation menu for more information on APA style. Sources: 3–5 sources are required. Length: Your report should be 3–4 pages. Font: Use Times New Roman 12-point font.