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Analyze the role and impact of supply chain
Assessment Strategies
Case study, project, written test/quiz, and/or written product
Criteria
Describe the relationship of supply chain management with other areas of the business entity
Examine the major approaches of modeling supply chain including SCOR and the Forum model
Identify how various societal issues impact supply chain and supply chain management
Identify how various business-related issues impact supply chain and supply chain management
Relevant facts are identified, utilized, and/or analyzed
Submission response is written from a business perspective
Submission includes proper capitalization and grammar
Submission includes persuasive arguments supported by data when requested
Submission meets or exceeds 70% of requirements
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Describe the tradeoffs and interactions between different functions of an organization as it relates to supply chain
Assessment Strategies
Case study, project, written test/quiz, and/or written product
Criteria
Identify the key functions of an organization: Sales/Marketing, Finance, Procurement, Manufacturing, Transportation, Logistics, Inventory Management, Warehousing and Operations
Identify the categories of functional performance objectives, which function prioritizes each category and the supply chain tradeoffs that result from each of the categories
Summarize the 4P’s of marketing, tradeoffs in each “P", and impact on supply chain
Relevant facts are identified, utilized, and/or analyzed
Submission response is written from a business perspective
Submission includes proper capitalization and grammar
Submission includes persuasive arguments supported by data when requested
Submission meets or exceeds 70% of requirements
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Summarize the steps of sales and operations planning
Assessment Strategies
Case study, project, written test/quiz, and/or written product
Criteria
Describe each of the steps of sales forecasting through operation planning
Explain the impact of marketing on operation planning
Identify basic strategies that can be used in each step of sales through operation planning that optimizes the process
Relevant facts are identified, utilized and or analyzed
Submission response is written from a business perspective
Submission includes proper capitalization and grammar
Submission includes persuasive arguments supported by data when requested
Submission meets or exceeds 70% of requirements
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Evaluate basic manufacturing and warehousing environments and layouts
Assessment Strategies
Case study, project, written test/quiz, and/or written product
Criteria
Identify the main types of manufacturing environments and typical customers
Explain the different types of manufacturing layouts and the benefits and drawbacks for each type
Evaluate which types of layouts work best for the different types of manufacturing environment
Identify the main types of warehousing environments and typical customers
Explain the different types of warehousing layouts and the benefits and drawbacks for each type
Evaluate which types of layouts work best for the different types of warehousing environment
Relevant facts are identified, utilized, and/or analyzed
Submission response is written from a business perspective
Submission includes proper capitalization and grammar
Submission includes persuasive arguments supported by data when requested
Submission meets or exceeds 70% of requirements
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Identify strategies for resolving conflict between the key functions of an organization
Assessment Strategies
Case study, project, written test/quiz, and/or written product
Criteria
Identify the typical hierarchical structure of a business
Explain the primary interests of each of the functional areas
Explain at which level conflicts between different departments would be resolved
Develop win-win strategies to resolve conflict between key functions of an organization
Explain the benefits of developing a balance scorecard
Relevant facts are identified, utilized, and/or analyzed
Submission response is written from a business perspective
Submission includes proper capitalization and grammar
Submission includes persuasive arguments supported by data when requested Submission meets or exceeds 70% of requirements
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Analyze the forces that need to be considered for building sustainable and socially responsible supply chains
Assessment Strategies
Case study, project, written test/quiz, and/or written product
Criteria
Identify the internal and external forces and trends shaping corporate strategies
Summarize the key points of the UN Global Compact for businesses and supply chains
Identify current forces, issues, trends that might impact building a sustainable and socially responsible supply chain
Evaluate historical impacts and changes on and to supply chain
Describe strategies to minimize potential negative impacts and optimize potential positive impacts on supply chain based on history, current forces, issues, and trends
Relevant facts are identified, utilized, and/or analyzed
Submission response is written from a business perspective
Submission includes proper capitalization and grammar
Submission includes persuasive arguments supported by data when requested
Submission meets or exceeds 70% of requirements
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Analyze how supply chain impacts customer experience, top line sales, and bottom line net profit
Assessment Strategies
Case study, project, written test/quiz, and/or written product
Criteria
Describe how supply chain from beginning to end impacts customer experience
Describe how supply chain from beginning to end impacts top line sales
Describe how supply chain from beginning to end impacts bottom line net profit
Identify the pain points and strategies to improve customer experience, top line sales, and bottom line net profit that relate to supply chain
Defend the importance of customer relationship management in the organization
Defend the importance of supplier relationship management in the organization
Illustrate examples of various customer experience metrics and performance metrics
Relevant facts are identified, utilized, and/or analyzed
Submission response is written from a business perspective
Submission includes proper capitalization and grammar
Submission includes persuasive arguments supported by data when requested
Submission meets or exceeds 70% of requirements
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Describe the uses of information and tools utilized in supply chain management, performance management, and metrics
Assessment Strategies
Case study, project, written test/quiz, and/or written product
Criteria
Identify uses of information in supply chain
Summarize tools used to capture and transmit data
Describe tools used to support transactions, planning, and collaboration in supply chain
Define KPI
Summarize the main attributes all KPIs should have
Explain the primary interests and typical KPIs of each of the functional areas
Relevant facts are identified, utilized, and/or analyzed
Submission response is written from a business perspective
Submission includes proper capitalization and grammar
Submission includes persuasive arguments supported by data when requested
Submission meets or exceeds 70% of requirements
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Evaluate the importance of transportation infrastructure to successful supply chain management
Assessment Strategies
Case study, project, written test/quiz, and/or written product
Criteria
Identify transport modes and options for distributing products
Identify major transportation management activities of shippers and carriers in supply chain
Identify various measures and metrics used to manage transportation
Examine aspects of global transportation
Relevant facts are identified, utilized, and/or analyzed
Submission response is written from a business perspective
Submission includes proper capitalization and grammar
Submission includes persuasive arguments supported by data when requested
Submission meets or exceeds 70% of requirements
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Rationalize the use of quality approaches to provide consistency in supply chain management
Assessment Strategies
Case study, project, test/quiz, and/or written product
Criteria
Outline the key points in quality approaches to improve supply chain management
Explain the impact of Lean and Six Sigma on supply chain management
Submission response is written from a business perspective
Submission includes proper capitalization and grammar
Submission includes persuasive arguments supported by data when requested
Submission meets or exceeds 70% of the requirements