Category: Supply Chain Management

For this week, read the case study A Comment on Management Attitude from chapter

For this week, read the case study A Comment on Management Attitude from chapter 6, and address the following questions:
1. How would you rate Dinsmore’s hotel? What evidence would you provide to support your position?
2. What are some of the most interesting examples of quality found in the case? How does Dinsmore view these examples? How would you, as the customer, view these same instances?
3. What do you think of Dinsmore’s handling of the dispute involving the vacuums?
4. What would you recommend to Dinsmore about the manager of the restaurant?
5. If you were hired as a consultant by the owners of this hotel, what would you do? Why?

Please go the following website to register for SCM Globe:
www.scmglobe.com
Once

Please go the following website to register for SCM Globe:
www.scmglobe.com
Once there, click on the blue “Get Started Now!” button in the middle of the screen and follow along with the 6 steps. Step 1 show how to purchase and activate an account, and Steps 2 to 6 take 15-30 minutes.
INSTRUCTIONS
Assignment 1
Cincinnati Seasoning Case Study Challenge 1
Please read the directions carefully. There are two deliverables in Assignment 1.
INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS
Working individually, go through the 6 steps of “Getting Started” in SCM Globe online
guide (https://www.scmglobe.com/online-guide/getting-started/).Then login to your
account and import a copy of the Cincinnati Seasonings Supply Chain into your account. Work through
the first challenge for this case study in the online introduction of the case.
The submit the following
Cincinnati Seasonings Challenge 1, you will submit two files.
1. You should create a log of the challenges you face and the steps you take to address the challenges. Each time you run the simulation, take a screen shot of your simulation with the “Error Message” concerning why your simulation stopped. You can embed the screen shot into your log. Once you get the combined supply chain to run for 30 days, you are finished with this assignment and can stop your log. At a minimum, your log should show a screen shot of the end of Challenge 1 with an explanation of the challenges you faced getting it to run 30 days and what you did to solve those challenges.
2. Upload the completed 30 day challenge json file of your simulation. You can find the instructions to do this in the instruction on SCM Globe on sharing you json files.
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You have developed an idea for a new, novel, and potentially saleable product.

You have developed an idea for a new, novel, and potentially saleable product. Answer the following questions regarding marketing your product on Amazon:
What is the product you think could be marketable?
How would you go about estimating your first year’s unit volume sales using Structured Judgment as explained in your lesson materials?
Research how you could set up an account on Amazon to market your product.
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here are no correct answers to Questions 1 and 2, so have fun with these. The third question has a specific answer you can find online or in the Amazon Marketplace. The purpose of the third question is to show you how easy it is to get started selling products on Amazon.

1) For this first question, start by going to the following hyperlink and downlo

1) For this first question, start by going to the following hyperlink and downloading the free book on Forecasting Principles and Practices 2nd ed. by Hyndman. Next, skim through the first chapter and then flip through the remainder of the book at your own pace. Respond in the space below by telling a little about what you learned and what you might be able to learn on your own time as you make a personal commitment to read on at a future date. (Note, you now are in the possession of an excellent book on Forecasting methods and practices using a free statistical package called R.)
2) This question focuses on Chapter 2 in your textbook; What is Demand Driven Forecasting. In the space below describe what are the important concepts that need to be remembered regarding the fundamentals of Demand Driven Forecasting. Think carefully about the following as you form your answer:
Why forecasting is important to businesses?
What are some of the traditional forecasting methods employed in business and why they don’t work well?
What exactly is Supply-Driven Forecasting?
What exactly is Demand Driven Forecasting?
Explain the following formula and what does it have to do with forecasting accuracy?
Forecast = Trend t–1 + Seasonality t–1 + Cyclical t–1 + Causal Factor(s)t–1 + Unexplained Variance (p. 81)
3)In Chapter 3 you were introduced to an Overview of Forecasting Methods. You will have learned that there are two broad categories of forecasting. Review both of these methods and then explain:
How these two forecasting categories differ?
The principle forecasting methods employed in each category?
Advantages, disadvantages, and relative effectiveness of each method?
4) In Chapter 4, you were introduced to various methods for assessing forecast accuracy. For this question, begin by downloading the attached Excel File and complete the forecasting accuracy exercise. When completed upload to the completed excel file here.
5)This question references chapter 5 in your textbook: Quantitative forecasting Methods Using Time Series Methods. Briefly explain the following Quantitative Time Series methods and give an example of when each method would be most appropriately applied:
Moving Averages
Exponential Smoothing
Single Exponential Smoothing
Holt’s Two-Parameter Method
6)Use the attached Excel Spreadsheet template to complete a regression analysis tracking Regular Gas Prices (the dependent variable) as affected by Crude Oil prices (the independent variable). Instructions for the three Tasks are included in the attached file.
Book for first question : Forecasting: Principles and Practice (2nd ed) (otexts.com)
WILL TIP BIG. NEED THIS DONE In 3 HOURS BECASUE IT IS AN EXAM

Based on your readings and resource review, you should be able to define the thr

Based on your readings and resource review, you should be able to define the three strategic approaches (differentiation, cost leadership, and response) to competitive advantages. With these approaches in mind, identify a company and determine which approaches they use. While some companies may use a combination of the approaches, focus your paper on the one key approach used by the firm.
Title: Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management
ISBN: 9780-137476442 Hard Cover
ISBN2: 978-0137649136 eBook
Authors: Heizer, J. , Render, B. , and Munson, C.
Publisher: Pearson Education, Inc.
Publication Date: 2022
Edition: 14
Format: Textbook

Select an organization which uses Purchasing & Supply Chain Management to delive

Select an organization which uses Purchasing & Supply Chain Management to deliver goods and/or services to the customer. Examine business practice and theory in light of the Purchasing & Supply Chain Management literature. Analyse how the supply chain is managed, identifying any areas of business performance which demonstrates sustainable competitive advantage, as well as any areas which may require improvement. You must include 2 or 3 of the core themes explored on this module. For example: sustainable supply chain management, global sourcing, supply strategy, supplier relationship management, supply responsiveness, service-based supply chains, low carbon procurement, closed loop & circular supply chain implementation.”

Show your work. Your response to this homework assignment needs to include both

Show your work. Your response to this homework assignment needs to include both narrative answers (in a text document) and spreadsheet results (in an Excel file) combined in a unified submission.
Write your exercise response using Standard American English. Include a title for your response. The subtitle contains your name, the course title, and the date of submission. Type your response document in the Times New Roman font, size 12, and double-space the lines.
The purpose of this exercise is to test your ability to:
Forecast demand using time-series methodologies given historical demand data in a supply chain.
Analyze demand forecasts to estimate forecast error.
Use Excel to build time-series forecasting models.