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Summarize the key concepts for developing corporate strategies
Assessment Strategies
Case study, project, written test/quiz, and/or written product
Criteria
Identify factors in the business environment that impact corporate strategies
Explain the role of an organization’s vision, mission, and values in developing corporate strategies and planning supply chains
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 ways to develop and implement operational strategies that align with corporate strategies
Assessment Strategies
Case study, project, written test/quiz, and/or written product
Criteria
Explain the relationship between logistics and other important functional areas in an organization, including manufacturing, marketing, and finance and their unique contributions to efficiency and effectiveness
Summarize the types of supply chain relationships and how they contribute to achieving supply chain goals
Develop operational strategies and tactics that align with corporate strategies
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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Demonstrate an understanding of the methods for optimizing transportation and distribution
Assessment Strategies
Case study, project, written test/quiz, and/or written product
Criteria
Summarize the primary production strategies, types of planning and various production layouts
Determine the major outputs of order management, how they are measured, and how their financial impacts on buyers and sellers are calculated
Evaluate fulfillment strategies and distribution methods
Describe how information technology supports transportation planning and execution
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
Summarize the difference types of technologies utilized for warehousing and logistics
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Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to evaluate performance in relation to the organization’s strategic goals
Assessment Strategies
Case study, project, written test/quiz, written product
Criteria
Explain the role of productivity and quality metrics for improving operations performance
Use productivity and quality metrics to analyze fulfillment performance
Explain current transportation management strategies used to improve supply chain performance
Use service and cost metrics to analyze transportation performance
Describe the characteristics of good performance measures
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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Apply the key concepts of reverse logistics
Assessment Strategies
Case study, project, written test/quiz, and/or written product
Criteria
Justify how organizations can reduce costs by carefully planning reverse logistics
Describe how it is determined who pays transportation costs and insurance cost and who is responsible for customs paperwork
Evaluate the considerations and methods for developing green reverse logistics
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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Assess the implications and impacts of global supply chains
Assessment Strategies
Case study, project, written test/quiz, and/or written product
Criteria
Explain the rationale for global trade flows (imports and exports)
Explain the concepts of absolute and comparative advantage within international trade
Identify the complex issues facing managers of global supply chains
Explore the challenges of the more volatile global economy
Summarize the importance and nature of the major trade agreements that impact the United States and its trading partners
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 order fulfillment processes and best practices used in supply chain management
Assessment Strategies
Case study, project, written test/quiz, and/or written product
Criteria
Identify the key steps in the order fulfillment process
Identify the various channel structures used in the fulfillment process
Describe the primary fulfillment processes and support functions in distribution center operations
Summarize the importance and nature of the major trade agreements that impact the United States and its trading partners
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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Examine the role of third-party logistics in the movement of goods
Assessment Strategies
Case study, project, written test/quiz, and/or written product
Criteria
Identify the different types of third-party logistics service providers
Describe the four types of transportation activities that are outsourced
Evaluate the reasons for outsourcing and the results achieved
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 different transportation modes and strategies
Assessment Strategies
Case study, project, written test/quiz, and/or written product
Criteria
Identify the different modes of transportation
Describe the benefits, costs, and risks associated with each available mode of transportation
Evaluate which transportation mode or strategy would be the most cost effective in different scenarios
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