Category: Supply Chain

Hybrid Assignments:

There are 14 Hybrid assignments. These assignments are used as learning activities that complement the class each week. Hybrid assignments, by their nature, are intended to enhance learning and are utilized as an alternative to in-class sessions for 1 day a week. These assignments are structured to take the same time as a face-to-face class. Although there is no specific length for hybrid assignments, it is expected that all hybrids are fully answered (an expectation of at least 450 words for each assignment). Please use the text box to answer the hybrid questions. Do not use attachments. Hybrids submitted that do not meet this requirement will receive a zero (re-attempts will not be allowed). For student flexibility, all 14 assignments are open for the entire term. The first 7 assignments are due prior to the break. The remaining 7 assignments are due at the end of the term. Students are free to complete these assignments early; however, students should complete at least one assignment per week to stay up with the work. Unlike Exams and quizzes, which can be made up in extreme emergencies, hybrid assignments cannot be made up if not completed on time.

Hybrid #1:

Improving Productivity:

Labor productivity is sometimes perceived to be driven by employee motivation. Fully outline and support effective ways to motivate hourly employees vs. salaried managers. If productivity of these workers is below expectation, what are good and poor ways to try to motivate them? What methods might work well with blue-collar employees but not white-collar employees, and vice versa? What methods might work well in the short run but not in the long run, and vice versa?

Hybrid #2:

Select a comparable product for NIKE and ADIDAS. Fully discuss the similarities and differences of the products and how each of the two companies approaches their marketing efforts to generate demand.

• The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via the allocated folder.
• Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
• Number of words for each answer should be 150 to 200 Words.
• Students are advised to make their work clear and well-presented; marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling in your information on the cover page.
• Students must mention the question number clearly in their answers.
• Late submissions will NOT be accepted/ or direct 1 mark will be deducted from the marks achieved.
• Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
• Up to 20% of the total grade will be deducted for providing a poor structure of the assignment (Structure includes these elements paper style, free of spelling and grammar mistakes, referencing, and word count).
• All answers must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
• Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA (7th ed) style guidelines.
• Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.
• Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

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Please make sure to do it very well it is very high grades.You will find all details attached. Also, I need paper not slides I want to bevery good report. if u have any question let me know and make sure to be 0 AIplease check everything very well please the attached docs for more informationand please make sure to follow the rebreic and instractions

Please make sure to do it very well it is very high grades. You will find all details attached. Also, I need paper not slides I want to be very good report. if u have any question let me know and make sure to be 0 AI please check everything very well please the attached docs for more information and please make sure to follow the rebreic and instractions

1) Research Project: The subject matter will be a summary of Advanced Lean Techniques The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World’s Greatest Manufacturer J. Liker (2004). This paper will be a minimum of 14 pages, please also see Blackboard for additional details. Your submission will summarize and critique each of the 20 Principles defined by The Toyota Way. Please see below for details:

• Provide details that clearly demonstrate your understanding of each principle.
• Illustrate each principle with current business examples.
• State your belief (supported by examples or further research) of the relevance of these principles to an American company.
• Reflect the impact of a countrys culture on implementation of these principles
• Describe how as a change agent of lean you would embrace each principle within an organization or how you might modify the presentation to help sell the general idea.

The learning outcomes of this assessment are:

• Critically evaluate the concepts and trends relating to digitalisation in supply chains.
• Autonomously evaluate how emerging and existing information technologies (and systems) enhance supply chain efficiency, integration and visibility.
• Deploy originality in the application of current theory to critically discuss the benefits and challenges of supply chain digitalisation.

Purpose

The purpose of this assessment is to demonstrate your understanding of how disruptive technologies, emerging technologies and information technologies (and systems) enhance supply chain efficiency, integration and visibility. In addition, you are required to apply current theory to critically discuss the benefits and challenges of supply chain digitisation.

Details

For this assessment you will be required to:

1. Identify a supply chain within a specific sector (of your choice) and briefly explain the organisation, its supply chain partners and its line of business.
2. Critically discuss the suitability (including opportunities and risks) of disruptive technologies (for example, artificial intelligence, IoT, blockchain, etc.) and how these can impact the supply chain processes. Discuss these within the context of supply chain efficiency, integration, visibility, transparency or resilience.
3. Pick one or two theories to critically discuss the benefits and challenges of supply chain digitisation. Provide recommendations for supply chain digitisation based on the analysis.

You will need to define all the concepts that you are referring to in the essay

You are required to use literature research (for example, academic references, news reports, online customer reviews, etc.) and personal experience to develop this assessment. Your essay should draw on at least 15 sources. It is essential that you reference all sources used in the text. The recommended split between peer-reviewed (academic books and articles) and grey sources (company reports, consultation reviews, industry blogs, etc) you use is 50%-50%

1,800 words.

References should be reflected in Harvard style

You will take on the role of a project manager who was asked to evaluate four potential projects using discounted cash flow analysis and payback period analysis. Your output is a detailed business report that contains your analysis of the projects, along with your recommendations. Be prepared to show NPV, payback periods, and dependencies. Your analysis should be strong enough to allow the companys senior leaders to make an informed decision.

Select a multinational company (MNC) who has excess of unsold products in their

warehouses due to bullwhip effect and inaccurate demand forecasting. Provide
recommendations for all entities of the supply chain of your chosen MNC to mitigate the
impact of bullwhip effect and poor demand forecasting.

two major topics- bullwhip effect and qualitative
forecasting method. The reading list includes one journal article, and one chapter each
from four different books. The reading list has been carefully chosen to comprehensively

explain both topics, where bullwhip effect is slightly quantitative in nature and forecasting
method is purely qualitative in nature.
Lee, H. L., Padmanabhan, V., & Whang, S. (1997). The bullwhip effect in supply
chains. MIT Sloan Management Review, 38(3), 93-102.
Slack, N., Brandon-Jones, A., & Johnston, R. (2016). Operations Management (8th
edition), Chapter 12, Pearson education.
Slack, N., Brandon-Jones, A., & Johnston, R. (2016). Operations Management (8th
edition), Supplement to Chapter 5, Pearson education.
Chopra, S. (2019) Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation. 7th
Global Edition, Chapter 7
Wang, X., & Disney, S. M. (2016). The bullwhip effect: Progress, trends and
directions. European Journal of Operational Research, 250(3), 691-701

Requirements: 300

All instructions attached