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2. MGT 496 Week 1 DQ 1 Value Chain For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Value Chain. Review the “Value Chain” section in Chapter 1 of the text. Now consider your present position (or past position) and draw a simple value chain to include both primary activities and support activities. Do you have any recommendations to make your value chain more efficient or effective? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

3. MGT 496 Enthusiastic Study/snaptutorial.com MGT 496 Week 1 DQ 2 Demand Methodology For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Demand Methodology. Review Table 2.1 “Comparisons of dependent and independent demand” in Chapter 2 of the text. Now consider your present organization (or past organization) and identify one of the demands that the organization utilizes. In 200-300 words, describe how your organization uses that demand methodology, and provide an additional demand methodology that you could recommend to your current or former organization. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

4. MGT 496 Enthusiastic Study/snaptutorial.com MGT 496 Week 2 DQ 1 The Yogurt Company and Security For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com The Yogurt Company and Security. Review Action Time 3.1: The Yogurt Company and Security (found in Chapter 3 of the text). In 200-300 words, identify a potential cause of the thefts and provide two recommendations to the management of The Yogurt Company on how they can eliminate this problem. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

5. MGT 496 Enthusiastic Study/snaptutorial.com MGT 496 Week 2 DQ 2 Live Racking at B.M.W. For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Live Racking at B.M.W. Review Case Study 5.1: Live Racking at B.M.W. found in Chapter 5 of the text. Assume that you are the warehouse director for B.M.W. B.M.W. has learned that the 39- second cycle time described in the case is inadequate for 21st century operations and has asked you to reduce the cycle time down to 30 seconds or less. In 200-300 words, identify a technique described in Chapter 4 or 5 that could

6. MGT 496 Enthusiastic Study/snaptutorial.com MGT 496 Week 3 DQ 1 System Implementation For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com System Implementation. Review the “System Implementation” section in Chapter 6 of the text. Select two risks that your current (or former) organization could potentially face. In 200-250 words, provide a potential risk mitigation recommendation for each of the two. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

7. MGT 496 Enthusiastic Study/snaptutorial.com MGT 496 Week 3 DQ 2 Occupational Safety & Health Administration (O.S.H.A.) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Occupational Safety & Health Administration (O.S.H.A.) Download the O.S.H.A Pocket Guide – Worker Safety Series: Warehousing. Identify two potential safety issues that your current (or former) organization could be facing and explain why in 200-250 words. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

8. MGT 496 Enthusiastic Study/snaptutorial.com MGT 496 Week 3 Warehouse Health and Safety Risks For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Warehouse Health and Safety Risks. Chapter 7 provides a detailed discussion of warehouse health and safety risks. These include risks associated with layout, floors, heating, noise, housekeeping and fire. Review these risks, and in a two- to three-page paper (not including the title and reference pages), present a risk assessment of a warehouse. If you do not have access to a local warehouse, you can use a buyers’ club (i.e., Costco or Sam’s Club) as a substitute. In addition, for each risk identified, present at least one recommendation on how

9. MGT 496 Enthusiastic Study/snaptutorial.com MGT 496 Week 4 Alternative Assignment For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Alternative Assignment. In a two-to-three page paper (not including the title and reference pages), complete the New Look and P&O learning activity. Identify and analyze the strengths and weaknesses in the warehousing, outsourcing, and supplier aspects in the case of “New Look and P&O Retail Fashion and 3PL Distribution” case on page 222-223 of the text. What would be your recommendations for improving the supply chain?

10. MGT 496 Enthusiastic Study/snaptutorial.com MGT 496 Week 4 DQ 1 5-S Guidelines For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com 5-S Guidelines. Review the 5-S Guidelines provided in Chapter 8. Using your desktop, a coffee table, or other small area, attempt to “5-S” that area. In 200-250 words, discuss some of the challenges you faced when trying to implement 5-S and ways you overcame them. Respond to at least two of your fellow student’s posts.

11. MGT 496 Enthusiastic Study/snaptutorial.com MGT 496 Week 4 DQ 2 Third Party Supplier Relationship Management (3 P.L. S.M.S.) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Third Party Supplier Relationship Management (3 P.L.S.M.S.)What is the value to the company and the supplier in developing and implementing a Third Party Supplier Relationship Management (3 P.L.S.M.S.) System? How can such a system provide greater efficiency? In 200-250 words, describe the value to the organization. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

12. MGT 496 Enthusiastic Study/snaptutorial.com MGT 496 Week 5 DQ 1 Warehouse Manager Position For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Warehouse Manager Position. Assume you are searching for a position as a warehouse manager. Go to one of the major job-search websites (e.g. Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com) and look for positions that match “warehouse manager”. In 200-250 words, state three qualifications that are required for a warehouse manager position and why you think those qualifications are important to the position. Respond to atleast two of your

13. MGT 496 Enthusiastic Study/snaptutorial.com MGT 496 Week 5 DQ 2 Warehousing Aims Ideals For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Warehousing Aims/Ideals. Review the “Warehousing Aims/Ideals” in Chapter 11. Identify at least two aims/ideals that you have seen implemented at your current (or former) organization. In 200- 250 words, explain why that aim/ideal was implemented. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

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