1. What will the failure-rate curve look like with incorporating system changes, upgrades, and maintenance? Discuss potential issues involved after each of these activities. What is the role of a logistics system in responding these changes/upgrades/maintenance activities? (12 points)

2. The following table shows the life cycle cost summary of a current approach for a system's operations. If you think the cost allocation in this approach is good, explain why it is good. If you do not think it is good, explain how you would change the cost allocation and why your change is better? Discuss the potential issues for implementing this current approach (if you think it is good) or your approach (if you think the current approach is not good). (14 points)

1. What was Quiet Logistics (QL) competitive edge over other U.S. fulfilment companies?

1. Newsvendor Model You are in responsable for managing the procurement of three key products of your company´s retail´s stores. The Information for the next year projections is: You are asked to: • Determine if the company needs to overstock or understock Product A • Determine if the company needs to overstock or understock Product B • Determine if the company needs to overstock or understock Product C • Based on your suggestion above, determine how many units to order for producto A • Based on your suggestion above, determine how many units to order for producto B • Based on your suggestion above, determine how many units to order for producto C

Operations Group 1) Identify a viable production process to produce 12 million vita bars including mapping the production process and baking equipment needed to achieve volume and quality targets. Bar manufacturing process, equipment and co-packing options are listed in Appendices A and B. 2) Determine the cost of setting up Vita Bar's own production facility versus using a co-packer. A list of equipment needed (can be new or used) along with production capacity and cost should be included. Teams should also identify leading operational constraints that will affect production volume. Coordinating production needs with the ingredients team is essential. 3) The team should articulate labor needed to operate their production system along with identifying production capacity and costs by shift. The team should also identify how many hours of production and shifts they will require to meet 182K, 1M and 12M bar production levels. 4) The operations team should determine warehousing and logistics needs and costs to ramp up Vita Bar distribution across the United States for 12 million bars. Production and/or warehousing will be in one location within the continental United States. Specifically, teams should search on- line for local warehouse purchase versus lease options that would best suit their production decisions. A minimum of 10,000 square feet facility, with office space is needed, if the team elects to produce their own product. A minimum of 2500 square foot warehouse with office space would be needed, if the team selects a copacking option. 5) The team should identify the amount of capital needed for establishing Vita Bar's first production facility and justify their decisions.

2. Create a list of the top 25 parts most important to Acme. What % of revenue do those parts account for? What other insights can you gather from the data?

6G IoT Tracking- and Machine Learning-Enhanced Blockchained Supply Chain Management

Identify FOUR sourcing approaches, and for each one, identify and explain how you apply them to a category of spend within your organisation. Choose one of these categories and develop a supplier appraisal check list.

Task Five Put a PowerPoint Presentation together summarizing the inclusive picture from Steps 1 through 4. Include the Porter's Five Forces analysis, market insights, cost breakout, and impact to your company based on the current figures. Action Item: Summarize your key findings in a PowerPoint

Task One You receive an email from your CEO who needs your help. See his email below: We really need your support urgently! The entertainment system has been a huge success. Our team proceeded with the Samsung tablet at $175 per unit for 10,000 units. Our demand has been 100X our initial projections. We really need your support urgently! The entertainment system has been a huge success. Our team proceeded with the Samsung tablet at $175 per unit for 10,000 units. Our demand has been 100X our initial projections. We maxed out our budget for this project and Samsung just notified us that they are raising pricing on us due to increases in aluminum. There are 140 grams of aluminum in every tablet we purchase - and Samsung is telling us they have a 10% scrap rate. Please see the forecast below:

The BNK biotech company purchases a special type of raw material for one of its products calledNLK-15 from a global wholesaler every three months. Emergency shipments can be made between these three-month intervals to resupply when inventory falls short of demand. It takes two weeks to receive the emergency shipments. The customers of BNK are willing to wait this long for a package of NLK-15. However, they will go to another seller if they must wait for the next three-month shipment. Historical data for the customer demand over a three-month interval for the last 10 years is shown below. The cost of holding one pack of NLK-15 for one year is $500. The cost of emergency shipment is$250 per package over and above normal shipping costs. For each of the following questions fully interpret your final results and recommendations for the company. a) How many NLK-15 packages should the company be purchasing every three months? Repeat part (a) if excess demands are back ordered form one period to the next. In this case, the loss-of-goodwill cost is $100 for customers that have to wait until the next three-month period. Also, the bookkeeping expenses for is $50percustomer. c) Assume that if the company is out of stock of NLK-15, the customers will purchase the product from another biotech company. In this case, assume that each NLK-15 package costs an average of $10,000 and sell for an average of $13,500. How many NLK-15packages should the company be purchasing every three months? Ignore loss-of-goodwill costs.

#2. What is the bullwhip effect, and how does it relate to a lack of coordination in a supply chain?

# 4. How do trade promotions and price fluctuations affect coordination in a supply chain? What pricing and promotion policies can facilitate coordination?

# 3. In what way can improper incentives lead to a lack of coordination in a supply chain?What is the impact of the lack of coordination on the overall supply chain performance? What countermeasures can be used to offset this effect?

#1. A North Face retail store in Chicago sells500 jackets each month. Each jacket costs the store $100 and the company has an annual holding cost of 25 percent. The fixed cost of a replenishment order (including transportation) is $100. The store currently places a replenishment order every month for 500 jackets. What is the annual holding and ordering cost? On average, how long does a jacket spend in inventory? If the retail store wants to minimize ordering and holding cost, what order size do you recommend?How much would the optimal order reduce holding and ordering cost relative to the current policy?

4. Describe the triple bottom line of sustainability in the context of sustainable procurement. For each pillar,provide one example of unsustainable operation by suppliers and discuss how buying firms can address the issue.

#1. Discuss the importance of collaboration within a supply chain when performing aggregate planning.