GSCM206 January 2019 All Week Discussions Latest

GSCM206 Managing Operations Across the Supply Chain
Week 1 Discussion
DQ1 OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTIVITY
Mass customization and rapid product development were identified as challenges to modern manufacturing operations. What is the relationship, if any, between these challenges? Provide some examples.
What career opportunities would you be interested in pursuing in the field of operations and supply chain management?
DQ2 OPERATIONS STRATEGY IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
Identify the mission and strategy of your automobile repair garage. What are the manifestations of the 10 OM decisions at the garage? That is, how is each of the 10 decisions accomplished?
How do operations and supply chain processes provide a competitive advantage in the global arena?
How is a firm’s mission related to its strategy?
 
GSCM206 Managing Operations Across the Supply Chain
Week 2 Discussion
DQ1 FORECASTING
How can forecasting improve your operations and supply chain processes?
What are the differences between independent and dependent demand?
DQ2 DESIGN OF GOODS AND SERVICES
How important are the product design and the voice of the customer?
How important are the product design and the voice of the customer during a new product development?
What is the impact of the product life cycle on managing the supply chain?
 
GSCM206 Managing Operations Across the Supply Chain
Week 3 Discussion
DQ1 MANAGING QUALITY
Identify management’s role in linking operations and supply chain processes with quality improvement.
Identify how improving quality can lead to reduced costs.
DQ2 PROCESS STRATEGY
Identify manufacturing firms and their competitive advantages that compete on each of the four processes shown in Figure 7.1.
 
GSCM206 Managing Operations Across the Supply Chain
Week 4 Discussion
DQ1 CAPACITY AND CONSTRAINT MANAGEMENT
Describe the concept of capacity and how managing capacity can improve operations and the supply chain flow of goods and services.
DQ2 LOCATION STRATEGIES
Identify the many factors that affect decisions on location.
Identify the many factors that affect decisions on a firm’s location strategy. Why is it important for a firm to have a location strategy?
 
GSCM206 Managing Operations Across the Supply Chain
Week 5 Discussion
DQ1 LAYOUT STRATEGY AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
Identify the seven layout strategies defined in Chapter 9. Then, explain in detail the layout strategies that your present or past firm has utilized. Describe, in detail, whether you think they are using the correct strategy, and, if not, identify which one(s) they should be using.
DQ2 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Identify the critical role of effective and efficient supply chains and how operations personnel need to plan, organize, and develop the right strategies and processes.
 
GSCM206 Managing Operations Across the Supply Chain
Week 6 Discussion
DQ1 INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
Identify the critical role of inventory management for balancing the investment costs with customer service. Describe the four types of inventory.
DQ2 MATERIALS REQUIREMENTS PLANNING AND ERP
As an approach to inventory management, how does MRP differ from the approach taken in Chapter 12, dealing with economic order quantities (EOQ)?
GSCM206 Managing Operations Across the Supply Chain
Week 7 Discussion
DQ1 JIT
Identify the approaches and methods of continuous improvement and force problem solving.
DQ2 LEAN OPERATIONS
What are the characteristics of just-in-time partnerships with respect to suppliers?
 
GSCM206 Managing Operations Across the Supply Chain
Week 8 Discussion
CASE STUDY ANALYSIS
This week you will go back and review the cases from weeks 1-7. Choose a case and tie it back to the topic for the week and how it relates to the CO(s) assigned to the week. You will present your topic, case and TCO(s) analysis using any audio/video technology of your preference (Narrated PowerPoint, Kaltura, Vimeo, MP4, etc.) as a discussion thread for the week. Your video should be five minutes and posted on Thursday of Week 8.  You must respond to two other classmates’ videos by Saturday evening.
Item      Description         Points
Presentation Content/ Quality   Facts were presented in a clear, concise, and professional manner. Student presented a case and tied the case into the week’s topic and TCO. The presentation was easy to follow along with slides. Slides were not too busy. Use of extraneous graphics/clip art is minimal.       75
Timing   Presentation is delivered in the time allocated (5 to 8 minutes)  5
Presentation Format      Presentation contains no spelling, grammar, typographical or formatting errors, graphics and charts are clear and legible. Writing quality is excellent – clear, organized and professional.         10
Total Point Value                             90