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ISCOM 352 Entire Course (UOP)

• ISCOM 352 Week 1 Supply Chain Logistics Systems
  Memo
• ISCOM 352 Week 1 DQs
• ISCOM 352 Week 2 Integrated Supply Chain Report
• ISCOM 352 Week 2 DQs
• ISCOM 352 Week 2 Riordan Manufacturing outline
• ISCOM 352 Week 3 Riordan Manufacturing
  Transportation Presentation

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ISCOM 352 Week 1 DQ 1

• ISCOM 352 Week 1 DQs

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ISCOM 352 Week 1 DQ 2

• Week 1 DQ 2
• What are some product characteristics that may
  affect logistics costs? Discuss the effects of
  these characteristics on logistics costs. Should
  these effects be passed on to the consumer?
  Should the organization take less of a profit?
  Should these costs be regulated? Explain your
  answer. What are some ways in which these costs
  may be absorbed?

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ISCOM 352 Week 1 DQ 3

• Week 1 DQ 3
• What is the effect of long production runs on
  logistics? How does production time, related to
  place and quantity utility in logistics, add
  value to a product or service? Provide an
  example. How do utility types add value to a
  product or service?

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ISCOM 352 Week 1 Individual Assignment Supply
Chain Memo (UOP)

• As a supply chain manager, you have been asked by
  senior management to write a report outlining
  supply chain logistics systems. The organization
  is considering a new approach to their logistics
  system analyses and is looking for your input.
• Write a 1050 word paper, addressing the
  following
• Explain the strategic role competitive, product,
  and spatial relationships play in logistics.

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ISCOM 352 Week 2 DQ 1

• Week 2 DQ 1
• What are some logistics issues managers must
  consider when selecting modes of transportation?
  Provide examples.

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ISCOM 352 Week 2 DQ 2

• Week 2 DQ 2
• What is intermodal transportation? How does
  intermodal transportation provide an
  organizational advantage? Provide an example of a
  situation when intermodal transportation is an
  advantage. Explain.

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ISCOM 352 Week 2 DQ 3

• Week 2 DQ 3
• What role does information technology play in
  managing transportation planning and execution?
  Provide some examples. How has this role changed
  in the last 20 years?
• What are some emerging technologies that have the
  potential to improve supply chain management and
  potential transportation challenges?

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ISCOM 352 Week 2 Individual Assignment Integrated
Report (UOP)

• As head of purchasing and procurement, you have
  been asked to write a brief report to the chief
  financial officer for the annual budget review.
  The organization is considering moving to an
  integrated supply chain and is looking for your
  input.
• Write 1,050-word report, addressing the
  following
• Define an integrated supply chain.

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ISCOM 352 Week 3 DQ 1

• Week 3 DQ 1
• What are some factors supply chain managers must
  consider when selecting an international
  strategy? Provide some examples. What are the
  biggest challenges supply chain managers face?
  Explain.

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ISCOM 352 Week 3 DQ 2

• Week 3 DQ 2
• What are some transportation policies and
  regulations in the United States that address
  safety, security, and environmental challenges?
  How may these affect the cost, time, and ease
  with which products flow across the supply chain?
  How have these policies and regulations changed
  in the last 5 years?

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ISCOM 352 Week 3 DQ 2

• Week 3 DQ 2
• What are some transportation policies and
  regulations in the United States that address
  safety, security, and environmental challenges?
  How may these affect the cost, time, and ease
  with which products flow across the supply chain?
  How have these policies and regulations changed
  in the last 5 years?

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ISCOM 352 Week 3 Team Assignment Riordan
Presentation (UOP)

• Resource Riordan Manufacturing Virtual
  Organization
• Navigate to the Virtual Organizations website at
  https//ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/cist/vop/B
  usiness/PortBus.htm
• Read the Riordan Manufacturing company
  information.
• Create an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
  presentation to be given to the Riordan board of
  directors. As part of the new business
  development team, you have been exploring new
  transportation options

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ISCOM 352 Week 4 DQ 1

• Week 4 DQ 1
• To maintain greater competitiveness and
  efficiency in an industry, what are some managing
  costs inventory managers must consider? Explain.

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ISCOM 352 Week 3 DQ 3

• Week 3 DQ 3
• What are challenges and opportunities
  organizations must recognize to help effectively
  and proactively manage reverse flows? Provide
  examples. What are some key activities that may
  be used by managers to help create an effective
  and efficient management of reverse flow in the
  supply chain? How would activities differ in a
  closed loop supply chain?

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ISCOM 352 Week 4 DQ 3

• Week 4 DQ 3
• What is the just-in-time strategy? Why has it
  become popular in some industries? Provide
  examples of organizations that have successfully
  implemented the strategy

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ISCOM 352 Week 4 Individual Assignment Logistics
Management (UOP)

• As the head of purchasing and procurement, you
  must draft a report that discusses important
  elements of logistics management for employees.
  The report will go to employees who have been
  with the organization for less than 18 months.
  Upper managements primary concern is that new
  employees have been so inundated with policies,
  procedures, and training seminars that they need
  a refresher on the basics of logistics
  management.
• Write a 1,050-word report, including the following

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ISCOM 352 Week 5 DQ 1

• Week 5 DQ 1
• What is the supply chain managers role in
  establishing technology- and relationship-based
  strategies? Provide an example of how, as a
  supply chain manager, you would foster these
  strategies.

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ISCOM 352 Week 5 DQ 2

• Week 5 DQ 2
• What are some external factors that influence the
  quality of logistics services provided by supply
  chain managers? Which factors are more important?
  Why? How must these factors be considered in
  combination with internal factors? Provide
  examples.

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ISCOM 352 Week 5 DQ 3

• Week 5 DQ 3
• What do you consider to be some important
  elements of supply chain collaboration? Why?
  Provide examples to support your answer.

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ISCOM 352 Week 5 Riordan Manufacturing Inventory
Presentation (UOP)

• Resource Riordan Manufacturing Virtual
  Organization
• Navigate to the Virtual Organizations website at
  https//ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/cist/vop/B
  usiness/PortBus.htm
• Select Riordan Manufacturing.
• Click the Intranet tab, then select Operations
  from the left-hand menu.

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