Assignment 2: Planning Vertical Integration

Team Name:

Team members:

Problem/Opportunity

Identified

[List

final problem/

Opportunity identified.

Presenting problems or

opportunities will be

identified in Part 2]

Solution Identified

[Where more than

one solution is

identified, list them

in order of priority]

Resource Needs

or Constraints

Related to the

Problem or

Opportunity

Metrics of Success

[How success

or improvement

will be measured based on set targets]

1. Diversity of functioning groups within the company

1. Simplify company structure into two groups: Diagnostic Information Services & Diagnostic Solutions

b. Outsourcing to Broadlane

c. Expand in-house supply chain management and service process networks/communications/IT – see ExamOne, an existing Quest Diagnostics company

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2. Vast array of products and services needed by Quest Diagnostics from suppliers

2.

2.

2.

3. Underutilization

3.

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3.

4. Varied technologies for data collection, storage, and communication including personal data and risk assessment, ordering, distributing test results.

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