Q Section Areas to be Addressed Title Page (Week 1) • Paper title • Name • DeVry e-mail address • Do NOT list any personal information (i.e., phone number, address, et al.). Description of the selected product or service (Week 1) • Describe the specific product or service. • Describe the primary function of the product or service. • Describe any other information you believe is critical to an understanding of the product or service supply chain. Chapter 1 Considerations: Operations and Supply Chain Management (Week 1) • Describe the operations and supply process (planning, sourcing, making, delivering, and returning). • Describe any current issues (coordinating relationships, optimization, customer touch points, and senior management awareness). Chapter 2 Considerations: Strategy and Sustainability (Week 1) • Using some (not all) competitive dimensions, detail the link to the supply chain. • What are some trade-off considerations, and how do these trade-offs link to supply risk? Chapter 3 Considerations: Forecasting (Week 2) • What type of forecasting models would be the most appropriate and why? • How would the forecasting models selected be validated and kept current? Chapter 4 Considerations: Strategic Capacity Management (Week 2) • Develop all three dimensions (short, intermediate, and long) of a capacity plan. Chapter 8 Considerations: Sales and Operation Planning (Week 2) • Develop a sales plan. • Develop an aggregate plan. Chapter 6 Considerations: Manufacturing Processes (Week 3) or Chapter 7 Considerations: Service Processes (Week 3) • Develop a process flow with areas of risk identified. • Provide mitigation associations with each identified risk.