iscom374 week5 questions

Please respond in approximately 250 words. Please answer the two questions.

Chapter 3

· Discuss some of the ways that inventory costs can be reduced in order to affect an organization's financial performance.  Do you agree or disagree that return on assets is a good way to examine operational efficiency? Why?

· What are the major parts of a balanced scorecard? Why are these parts needed? Why might performance measurement be more difficult in global logistics systems?