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Foundations In Global Supply Chain Management-Project 1

Foundations In Global Supply Chain Management-Project 1

Q Title Page (Week 1) • Paper title • Name • DeVry e-mail address • Do NOT list any personal information (i.e., phone number, address, et al.). Description of the selected product or service (Week 1) • Describe the specific product or service. • Describe the primary function of the product or service. • Describe any other information you believe is critical to an understanding of the product or service supply chain. Chapter 1 Considerations: Operations and Supply Chain Management (Week 1) • Describe the operations and supply process (planning, sourcing, making, delivering, and returning). • Describe any current issues (coordinating relationships, optimization, customer touch points, and senior management awareness). Chapter 2 Considerations: Strategy and Sustainability (Week 1) • Using some (not all) competitive dimensions, detail the link to the supply chain. • What are some trade-off considerations, and how do these trade-offs link to supply risk? Chapter 3 Considerations: Forecasting (Week 2) • What type of forecasting models would be the most appropriate and why? • How would the forecasting models selected be validated and kept current? Chapter 4 Considerations: Strategic Capacity Management (Week 2) • Develop all three dimensions (short, intermediate, and long) of a capacity plan. Chapter 8 Considerations: Sales and Operation Planning (Week 2) • Develop a sales plan. • Develop an aggregate plan. Chapter 6 Considerations: Manufacturing Processes (Week 3) or Chapter 7 Considerations: Service Processes (Week 3) • Develop a process flow with areas of risk identified. • Provide mitigation associations with each identified risk.

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Description The coffee is the chosen product for this assignment. The coffee beans are being used to make the hot beverages around the world. The coffee is one of the most consumable good in the current world as people from all countries are consuming it in a daily basis. Coffee has been sold in the global market as roasted beans, grounded coffee, and most importantly as a hot beverage. In the global market the coffee has been segregated based on the product types. Some of the mostly sold form of coffee includes whole-beans, ground coffee, instant coffee, and coffee-pods.