Assignment task:
Aggregate planning is a method for analysing, developing and maintaining a manufacturing plan with an emphasis on uninterrupted, consistent production.
Q1 - In reference to the abovementioned statement, evaluate the importance of aggregate planning in supply chain management?
Demand forecasting in supply chain management refers to the process of planning or predicting the demand of materials to ensure you can deliver the right products and in the right quantities to satisfy customer demand without creating a surplus.
Q2 - Critically discuss the characteristics of forecasts in supply chain management?
Assuming that you were appointed as a Supply Chain Manager at Amazon.
Q3 - Highlight some of the factors that Assuming that you were appointed as a Supply Chain manager influence the supply chain design decision?