Discussion - Strategic Purchasing and Logistics

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Question 1

 Select one possible risk factor for a supply chain and describe why you believe that it may have the most pervasive impact to a firm. 

Question 2

 Aggregate planning is described as a process of developing, analyzing, and maintaining a schedule of the overall operations for a supply chain.  Other evaluation tools and planning technique are describe in this week's readings.  Is aggregate planning the best approach to use for evaluating supply chain performance, or is another one better?