Assignment:
"Management of Inventories"
• Examine the best practices found in the video on inventory management.
• Choose two service companies that manage inventory and compare and contrast their inventory management systems.
• Based on your evaluation of both inventory management systems of this discussion, propose suggestions to management that would ultimately lead to improve operations.
Resource Management
• Select a goods-producing organization and a service-providing organization of your choice. Suggest ways each organization can make aggregate planning decisions using the variables described
• Compare and contrast the operational and managerial impacts of the aggregate planning decisions in terms of customer satisfaction.
Sources of Debt Financing
• Briefly describe a small business you could envision yourself owning and discuss the most appropriate source of debt capital for that business. Explain your rationale.
Location, Layout, and Physical Facilities
• Using the same small business you described in the first discussion, determine the best possible location for your business within driving distance of where you now live. Explain your rationale.
• Discuss the layout and design configuration of a building you would like to use to house your business, including how you would comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.