Chapter 14 Discussion

 What are the key strategic decisions supply chain managers must make when designing their 

companies’ supply chains? How do these apply to your product marketing idea? 

 What are your pro’s and con’s associated with using supplies and/or labor sourced from 

supply chain partners (direct and indirect) based in countries that do not have strict pollution 

standards? 

 Referencing the product idea that you have in the module II project assignment, map the upply 

chain of your product as far back as is feasible. How many participants do you think are in the 

channel for your product idea? Why is it important to know this information?