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ISCOM 476 Week 1 DQ 1 ISCOM 476 Week 1 DQ 2 ISCOM
476 Week 2 Learning Team Riordan Manufacturing
Supply Chain Evaluation ISCOM 476 Week 2 DQ
1 ISCOM 476 Week 2 DQ 2
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• ISCOM 476 Week 1 DQ 1
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What is competitive advantage?How can the supply
chain affect competitive advantage?What
competitive advantage opportunities does the
supply chain in your organization underutilize?
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• ISCOM 476 Week 1 DQ 2
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Is your supply chain collaborating with other
organizations? Why or why not? What benefits do
they get from these collaborations? What are
some potential risks associated with these
collaborations? 
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• ISCOM 476 Week 2 DQ 1
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What are the basic components of a supply chain?
How do these components interact with each other?
How do they influence each other? How can you
plan for optimum performance between components
in the supply chain?
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• ISCOM 476 Week 2 DQ 2
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What are the basic process steps for designing a
supply chain? Is the order of the process steps
important? Why or why not? How can you tell if
the process is meeting your performance
requirements? 
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• ISCOM 476 Week 2 Learning Team Riordan
  Manufacturing Supply Chain Evaluation
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         Riordan has completed a high-level
strategic business initiative to leverage their
supply chain as a competitive advantage to
improve customer satisfaction.
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• ISCOM 476 Week 3 DQ 1
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What was one problem identified in the Riordan
supply chain? What is the root cause of this
problem? What steps can be taken to ensure that
the problem does not reoccur?
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• ISCOM 476 Week 3 DQ 2
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Imagine that you just found out that a family
member of your buyer received an expensive gift
from one of Riordans suppliers. What actions are
you going to take? Is it ethical for the family
member to keep the gift? Why or why not? What
potential issues may arise from this situation? 
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• ISCOM 476 Week 3 Individual Assignment Meditech
  Surgical Case Paper
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Complete the Meditech Surgical case study located
at the end of Ch. 1 in the text. Writea 700- to
1,050-word paper with complete responses to the
four questions at the endof the case. Format your
paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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• ISCOM 476 Week 4 DQ 1
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Can you improve something you cannot measure? Why
or why not? What metrics does your organization
use to assess supply chain performance? What are
the benefits of performance metrics? How does
your organization use these metrics to improve
performance or competitive advantage?
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• ISCOM 476 Week 4 DQ 2
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How are leadership skills different from
management skills? How are they the same? How may
management skills differ along the supply chain?
What skills are equally important throughout?
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• ISCOM 476 Week 4 Individual Assignment Dell Inc.
  Case Paper
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         Which of the six proposed manufacturing
solutions should Dell implement based on survey
results (Fig. 6-1)? Why? What are the pros and
cons of this recommendation? 
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• ISCOM 476 Week 5 DQ 1
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How can a company identify current trends in an
industry? What tools can an organization use to
differentiate between long-term trends and
short-term fads? How can an organization know
when to follow a new trend in the industry?
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• ISCOM 476 Week 5 DQ 2
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Describe products that are truly global. Describe
what organizations that deliver global products
do regionally within their business to ensure
regional business.
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• ISCOM 476 Week 5 Individual Supply Chain
  Operations Paper and Presentation
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ISCOM 476 Week 5 Individual Supply Chain
Operations Paper and Presentation
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• ISCOM 476 Week 5 Learning Team Riordan Business
  Model Implementation Plan Paper
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o   Estimate the cycle times of each step in the
process flow.  o   Estimate over-capacity of the
new bottles.  o   What type of leadership
skillsauthoritative or participatoryneed to be
employed to successfully implement the plan?
Provide examples of a leaders behavior given the
style chosen. 
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• IISCOM 476 Week 5 Learning Team Riordan Business
  Model Implementation Plan Presentation
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Prepare a 6-to 8-slide Microsoft PowerPoint pres
entation with speaker notes illustrating the
three phases of the project.
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