Fundamentals of Supply Chain Mgmt Assignment 5

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Assessment 5

In Assessment 3, you selected a company from the list below and wrote a paper about their supply chain strategy and their use of forecasting and planning to develop their strategy. In Assessment 4, you prepared a PowerPoint presentation for a company from this list. For this assessment, once again choose a company from this list, either one you analyzed in a previous assessment or one you have not used before.

· L. L. Bean.

· Amazon.com.

· Starbucks.

· Intel.

· Johnson and Johnson.

Research and write about your selected company's information management system (IMS) and respond to the following questions (use these questions as section headers). You can research your responses via the Capella library and the Internet.

1. Describe the company's information management system.

2. Does its IMS give the company a competitive advantage over their competition?

3. How does the IMS help coordinate between supply chain partners?

4. Explain how the IMS helps to monitor orders and inventory levels and satisfy customers.

5. Explain why managing information is equally or more important to the company than moving products.

Submit your answer in a Microsoft Word document in 600–800 words. All written assignments should follow APA rules for attributing sources.

Assessment 5

In Assessment 3, you selected a company from the list below and wrote a paper about their

supply chain strategy and their use of forecasting and planning to develop their strategy. In

Assessment 4, you prepared a PowerPo

int presentation for a company from this list. For this

assessment, once again choose a company from this list, either one you analyzed in a previous

assessment or one you have not used before.

·

L. L. Bean.

·

Amazon.com.

·

Starbucks.

·

Intel.

·

Johnson and Johnson.

Research and write about your selected company's information management system (IMS) and

respond to the following questions

(use these questions as section headers)

. You can research

your responses via the Capella library and the Internet.

1.

Describe the company's information management system.

2.

Does its IMS give the company a competitive advantage over their competition?

3.

How does the IMS help coordinate between supply chain partners?

4.

Explain how the IMS helps to monitor orders and inventory levels and satisfy customers.

5.

Explain why managing infor

mation is equally or more important to the company than

moving products.

S

ubmit your answer in a Microsoft Word document in 600

800 words. All written assignments

should

follow APA rules

for attributing

sources.

Assessment 5

In Assessment 3, you selected a company from the list below and wrote a paper about their

supply chain strategy and their use of forecasting and planning to develop their strategy. In

Assessment 4, you prepared a PowerPoint presentation for a company from this list. For this

assessment, once again choose a company from this list, either one you analyzed in a previous

assessment or one you have not used before.

 L. L. Bean.

 Amazon.com.

 Starbucks.

 Intel.

 Johnson and Johnson.

Research and write about your selected company's information management system (IMS) and

respond to the following questions (use these questions as section headers). You can research

your responses via the Capella library and the Internet.

1. Describe the company's information management system.

2. Does its IMS give the company a competitive advantage over their competition?

3. How does the IMS help coordinate between supply chain partners?

4. Explain how the IMS helps to monitor orders and inventory levels and satisfy customers.

5. Explain why managing information is equally or more important to the company than

moving products.

Submit your answer in a Microsoft Word document in 600–800 words. All written assignments

should follow APA rules for attributing sources.