Order Goods and Service Design Assignment 1. Explain the importance of new product design and development. 2. What are the six major steps in designing goods and services? 3. What is prototype testing? Why is it used? 4. Explain the concept and application of quality function deployment. 5. Describe the goal-post view of conforming to specifications. 6. Describe how the Taguchi loss function is used […]

Order Supply Chain Design Assignment 1. Explain the concept of a global supply chain and describe the key design decisions. 2. Define operational structure and provide an example of centralized control and decentralized control. 3. Define efficient and responsive supply chains and explain how they differ. 4. Define push and pull supply chains and explain how they differ. 5. Describe the ideas of vertical, forward, […]

Order Designing Operations and Supply Chains Describe the four types of processes used to produce goods and services. 7-2 Explain the logic and use of the productprocess matrix. 7-3 Explain the logic and use of the servicepositioning matrix. 7-4 Describe how to apply process and value stream mapping for process design. 7-5 Explain the concept of mistake proofing in process and product design for both […]

Discus Process Selection Design and Improvement 1. Define custom, option, and standard goods and services and give a new example of each. How does the type of goods and services affect process choice? 2. Describe the four types of processes used to produce goods and services. 3. What is the (traditional) product life cycle? How does it relate to process design and selection? Explain how […]

Order Designing Distribution Networks and Applications 1. What differences in the retail environment may justify the fact that the fast-moving consumer goods supply chain in India has far more distributors than it has in the United States? 2. A specialty chemical company is considering expanding its operations into Brazil, where five companies dominate the consumption of specialty chemicals. What sort of distribution network should this […]

Order Network Design in the Supply Chain Assignment 1. How do the location and size of warehouses affect the performance of a firm such as Amazon? What factors should Amazon take into account when deciding where and how big its warehouses should be? 2. How do import duties and exchange rates affect the location decision in a supply chain? 3. How is the rise in […]

Discus Designing Global Supply Chain Networks 1. Why is it important to consider uncertainty when evaluating supply chain design decisions? 2. What are the major sources of uncertainty that can affect the value of supply chain decisions? 3. Describe the basic principle of DCFs and how they can be used to compare different streams of cash flows. 4. Summarize the basic steps in the decision […]

Order Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain Assignment 1. What role does forecasting play in the supply chain of a build-to-order manufacturer such as Dell? 2. How could Dell use collaborative forecasting with its suppliers to improve its supply chain? 3. What role does forecasting play in the supply chain of a mail-order firm such as L.L.Bean? 4. What systematic and random components would you […]

Order Aggregate Planning in a Supply Chain 1. What are some industries in which aggregate planning would be particularly important? 2. What are the characteristics of the industries from Question 1 that make them good candidates for aggregate planning? 3. What are the main differences among the aggregate planning strategies? 4. What types of industries or situations are best suited to the chase strategy? The […]

Discus Sales and Operations Planning 1. What are some obstacles to creating a flexible workforce? What are the benefits? 2. Discuss why subcontractors can often offer products and services to a company more cheaply than if the company produced them itself. 3. In which industries would you tend to see dual facility types (some facilities focusing on only one type of product and others able […]