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Interview at least one real-world professional working in an operational area, and write an analysis addressing the importance of supply chain management and how it works within a company. In addition, calculate the total manufacturing cost for a provided scenario.

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Introduction

In today’s economy, companies can utilize suppliers to gain an advantage over their competitors. Effective supply chain management can lower the cost of a product, while maintaining or even improving qualitya benefit that can differentiate a company to consumers. Because of this, suppliers have become an integral part of most business plans.

The supply chain must be managed to reach organizational goals of sustainability. Many companies realize they cannot be experts in everything, so they form strategic alliances to tap into the expertise of the suppliers. Global competitiveness and customer demand have forced companies to constantly improve their products or services, and companies have turned to suppliers for help.

Just-in-time (JIT) and lean manufacturing are concepts companies have adopted to eliminate waste and shift focus to adding value in key areas. The concept of making just enough of a part to meet current needs only is foreign to a lot of U.S. companies, many of which are still operating with the idea that it is better to push the product through their processes and create the inventory needed to serve the customer. JIT utilizes a pull system, which is identified with small lot sizes, quick changeover, flexible resources, streamlined layout, and uniform plant production. Lean manufacturing works well with JIT because it focuses on streamlining the process and on strict adherence to eliminate waste.

Companies that utilize these tools discover quickly that it is not just the production area that has to work toward the elimination of waste. The marketing, engineering, and purchasing departments all have to coordinate their activities to produce a flexible but smooth flowing process that focuses on serving the customer. These best practices only work if the entire company works together.

Scenario

Suppose that you were recently hired as the operations manager for ABC Manufacturing, a small manufacturing company founded two years ago. The company has been reasonably successful since it was founded, but it has recently experienced several production issues. You were hired to recommend and implement improvements to get the company back on track.

ABC’s president has indicated that the company leaders have already done some preliminary planning associated with manufacturing a new valve product. They have a final product design and have done the preliminary planning to find suppliers for the individual components used in the valve.

However, the president is not sure about how best to set up the supply chain for this new product. For example, he thinks ABC might not have done an optimal job of designing the supply chain, including how and where inventory is managed for some of their current products. He is also generally aware of supply chain concepts such as just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing and outsourcing but knows there can be complications and tradeoffs associated with those options.

The president has asked for your recommendations related to the supply chain for this new product, in relation to a specific outsourcing decision. You have decided it would be helpful to interview at least one operations manager at a different company to better understand the key concepts.

Preparation

In preparation for completing this assessment, interview at least one real-world professional working in an operational area. The goal of the interview is to gain an understanding of the way in which the company transforms inputs into useable outputs for its customers. This can be a small or large company, family-owned or public, service-or product-oriented, a bakery, restaurant, or a car manufacturer. A good option might be your current employer. The purpose of this interview is to understand the importance of operations management through the eyes of the company. Many companies do not use all possible best practices, but they do incorporate some of themor they may be starting to.

Be sure to cover at least the following questions in your interview:

• Why is supply chain management important to a company?
• What operations management (including supply chain management) tools are used by the company to support best practices?
• What alliances or partnerships does the company have with other companies?
• How does the company receive components or materials for its product or service?
• How are component parts integrated into the production process?
• What are the key tradeoffs associated with JIT manufacturing?
• What are the key tradeoffs in making outsourcing decisions?

Components

Complete both of the assessment components outlined below.

Interview Component

Once you complete your interview, use the information to write an analysis that accomplishes the following:

• Explain why supply chain management is important to a company.
• Describe operations management (including supply chain management) tools used to support best practices.
• Discuss alliances or partnerships a company might have with other companies to support its operations management strategy.
• Describe how a company receives components or materials for its product or service.
• Explain how the component parts are integrated into the production process.
• Describe the key tradeoffs associated with JIT manufacturing.
• Describe the key tradeoffs in making outsourcing decisions.

Scenario Component

For the final component of this analysis, consider the following specific potential outsourcing situation:

ABC has determined it can manufacture the new valve product internally for $27,000 in fixed costs (FC) and $8 variable costs (VC) per unit. The company president has estimated ABC will sell 4,800 (unit volume = UV) of these valves each year. Jay Production, a small but highly reputable company specializing in outsourced mechanical manufacturing, has contacted ABC’s president, and offered to manufacture this new valve for ABC for an annual fee of $29,000 plus $6 per unit.

• Provide the algebraic equation for determining the total annual manufacturing cost (TC) of the valve (using TC, FC, VC, and UV as variables).
• Calculate and provide the total annual manufacturing cost if the valve is manufactured by ABC.
• Calculate and provide the total annual manufacturing cost if the valve is manufactured by Jay.
• Indicate which is better from a total annual manufacturing cost standpoint.

Additional Requirements

• Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Any references and citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting guidelines.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 1: Assess the role of operations management within organizations.
  • Explain the importance of supply chain management to a company.
  • Discuss how alliances or partnerships with other companies support operations management strategy.
  • Describe the key tradeoffs associated with JIT manufacturing.
• Competency 2: Apply the tools and technology used in operations management.
  • Describe supply chain management tools in association with operations management.
  • Describe how a company receives components and materials for its product or service.
  • Explain how a company’s component parts are integrated into the production process.
  • Describe the key tradeoffs made in outsourcing decisions.

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DEVELOPING A SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING CAMPAIGN ASSIGNMENT

OVERVIEW

MBA programs around the country are starting to require their students to become more effective

writers. This is in response to industrys urging for grad schools to improve the writing skills of

graduate students. Writing at the MBA level should be informative, colorful, and nuanced, and

the writing should include simple words vs. complicated (especially if used out of context). This

assignment requires writing a social media marketing campaign for a product, cause or

organization of your choice. It can be, but does have to be the organization used in your

Marketing Management Individual Project (MMIP).

INSTRUCTIONS

A social media marketing campaign is a coordinated serues of posts, promotions, and

conversations on social platforms designed to achieve a specific marketing purpose. It is used to

reach specific social audiences. The type of online activity can relate to an organization or

specific product. This can be a proposed or existing product. Your document must include the

following components.

1. A clear explanation of the product, cause or service used in the campaign.

2. The campaigns goal (example: increase brand awareness, generate sales or leads, grow

the engagement of the mediums followers).

3. The intended target audience or audiences.

4. The use of three social media platforms (example: Instagram, Tik Tok, Facebook,

X/Twitter, LinkedIn, You Tube, Pinterest)

5. One content item for each platform you select (example: post, story, sales pitch,

influencer content, short video.

The document should be 500 words, not counting the title page or references page, using current

APA format (12 point, double-spaced) The title page should include the name of the topic used

in creating the campaign. A minimum of two scholarly sources (ex. Journal of Marketing) or

practitioner sources (ex. Wall Street Journal) or the course textbook should be cited and

referenced. Submit the assignment as a Microsoft Word document.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for

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Government Intervention

Government interventions into markets can sometimes succeed, but sometimes they make the situation worse.

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Support your analysis by including:

• What the situation was
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please follow instruction on the attached file

also submit turnitin report with your answer.

Assignment Details

The project involves studying the IT infrastructure of a relevant information system (IS)/ information technology (IT) used by selecting any organization of your choice locally or internationally

The idea is to investigate the selected organization using the main components of IT (Hardware, software, services, data management and networking). Infrastructure Investigation, which is in a selected industry, should be carried out by using articles, websites, books and journal papers and /or interviews. In the report, you are expected to discuss:

• Strategies .

Discuss different types of strategies for competitive advantages, and then select and discuss the most appropriate strategies to improve the performance of the organization.

(You can discuss any points that you learned in this course and its related to your selected organization)

NOTE:

1- PLEASE READ THE GUIDELINES IN THE LAST PAGE IN THE FILE ATTACHED

2- YOU ARE ONLY REQUESTED TO SOLVE THE QUESTION NUMBER 5 (STRATEGIES), DO NOT SOLVE THE REST OF THE QUESTIONS

3- THE COMPANY WE CHOOSE FOR OUR PROJECT IS APPLE COMPANY

4- Your project report length Part 1 should be between 1500 to 2200 words & Part 2 should be between 1000 to 2000 words.

Please follow the instructions on the attached files.

Please attach turnitin report with your answer

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