Discussion - Project Description: Supply Chain Management
Please respond to the following:
From the e-Activity, determine which best practices can be applied to the greatest number of small businesses. Explain your rationale.
Analyze the principles of Total Quality Management (TQM) and Six Sigma in regard to quality control of a product or service, and make at least one recommendation for improvement. Explain your rationale.
Managing Inventory
Describe a retail business with which you are familiar and determine the most suitable means of inventory control. Provide specific examples to support your response.
For the same business, discuss what innovative steps you could take to deter employee theft and/or shoplifting.
"Lean Operating Systems" Please respond to the following:
From the first e-Activity, examine at least three different types of waste that can be found in an organization of your choice. Suggest the lean strategies to confront them.
From the second e-Activity, compare and contrast the lean service system found with Southwest Airlines to a full-service airline such as United Airlines, British Airways, and other large carriers in terms of cabin service, boarding process, baggage handling, and service encounters.
Recommend ways for the airline carriers to improve their lean operation system in terms of speed and quality while reducing waste and costs. Explain your rationale.
"Project Management" Please respond to the following:
From the third e-Activity, provide at least two examples of companies that have used project management techniques such as CPM or PERT. Evaluate their success in operations.
Determine at least two factors that impact the quality of project management. Suggest ways these factors can be mitigated without affecting project operations.
Discussion : Ethics and Social Responsibility
Please respond to the following:
Select a small business with which you are familiar and develop a plan of action for encouraging ethical behavior. Provide specific examples to support your response.
Analyze a business's responsibilities to the environment, employees, customers, investors, and the community, and determine which is the most important. Explain your rationale.
The Legal Environment
Please respond to the following:
Select a small business with which you are familiar and discuss the most likely forms of business law it would need to be concerned about. Provide specific examples to support your response.
Referring to the same company, discuss the most likely government regulations that would directly impact day-to-day operations. Provide specific examples to support your response.