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Module 3 Written Assignment 2

Module 3 Written Assignment 2

Q M3 Written Assignment #2 Due April 24, 2022 Note 1: Show all your work to get credit. Write your solutions clearly and neatly. Note 2: All your answers must be your original work. Cite your sources properly and include them in a references section at the end. Note 3: Questions 1 and 2 worth 10 points each and questions 3 and 4 worth 15 points each. Question 1 Chapter 12: Read and watch the video case “Supply Chain Design in Crayola” on page 520 of the textbook. Does Crayola have efficient or responsive supply chains, or both? Explain your position considering the factors presented in Table 12.1 on page 507 (about 200-400 words). Question 2 Chapter 13: Select a service or a manufacturing organization. a) Discuss the most important three factors that you would consider in locating a new facility for the organization you selected. b) For each of the three factors you selected, discuss what data you would want to collect to evaluate different location options. Question 3 Chapter 14: Research and discuss some of the important risks and challenges specific to global supply chain management (about 400-500 words). You should provide at least two references other than the textbook. Question 4 Chapter 15: Find an academic journal article about supply chain sustainability and ethics. Discuss the major issues addressed in the article and/or the important findings and results (about 400-500 words).

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In a competitive marketplace, companies build strategies to form design of supply chain system to prioritize their services or products. Different technologies, tools, automated warehousing, and flexible method are adopted for manufacturing to meet the demand of their customers. From the reference to the textbook, it has been found that two kinds of designs are adopted by companies to meet the desires of their customers in the best and most effective way (Krajewski, Malhotra, Malhotra, Ritzman, & Krajewski, 2015). The efficient supply chain is a type of design that performs best in a highly predictable business environment. Another form of design is called a responsive supply chain that reacts fatly to meet the uncertainties in customers' demand.