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QSO 630 Retail Manager Interview Guidelines and Rubric As a supply manager committed to the efficiency of the supply chain operation, it is critical to be aware of strategies for improving productivity and quality. This may include collaborating and working with other people in the field to acquire knowledge of how other companies and industries have improved their practice. For this retail manager interview assignment, you will create interview questions based on the topics below and submit a summary of your experience. These topics are used as critical elements in your final project assignment.

I. Inventory Management: a) Product Selling Season: Does the industry sell seasonal, steady, or hybrid products? b) Retail Inventory Strategy: Determine what inventory policy strategies the store has adopted for order quantity, safety stock, and reorder level. c) Impact of Manufacturer’s Production Strategy: What impact does the nature of selling have on the supply chain?

1. Consider domestic and foreign supply base, safety stock levels, reorder points, and demand variability. 2. Identify the production strategy for the company (continuous/mass production, batch production, or project-based).

II. Product Supply Contracts:

a) Production Strategy and Contracts: Identify the appropriate production strategy and contracts for the supply chain, such as daily deliveries, weekly deliveries, and monthly deliveries of supplies, and stable ordering vs. high variability.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

 Create three to four interview questions that will help you design your final project research proposal.

 Conduct the interview and summarize the information you obtain from your interview questions.

 In one to two paragraphs, describe your overall experience and personal perceptions of the conversations and information your received from the interview.

Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your interview summary submission should be 1–2 pages in length. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and APA-style formatting.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Creation of Interview Questions

Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates a sophisticated application of supply chain management to the discussion of three to four new interview questions related to the final project topic

Discusses three to four new interview questions related to the final project topic

Discusses three to four new interview questions related to the final project topic, but discussion lacks detail or research

Does not discuss three to four new interview questions related to the final project topic

30

Summary Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates a sophisticated application of supply chain management to thoroughly summarize information obtained from the interview

Summarizes information obtained from the interview

Summarizes information obtained from the interview, but summary lacks detail or clarity

Does not summarize information obtained from the interview

30

Overall Experience and Personal Perceptions

Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates a sophisticated application of supply chain management to the reflection of overall experience and personal perceptions of information collected from the interview

Reflects on the overall experience and personal perceptions of information collected from the interview

Reflects on the overall experience and personal perceptions of information collected from the interview, but reflection lacks detail or clarity

Does not reflect on the overall experience and personal perceptions of information collected from the interview

30

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to-read format

Submission has no major errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

10

Total 100%