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Capella MBA6125 Unit 2
Discussion 1 & 2
dq 1
Third Party Logistics
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Briefly describe the
basic types of third party logistics (3PL) organizations.
·
Identify some of the
best practices that leading companies using 3PLs have embraced.
·
What value-added
considerations would you take into account when considering the use of a 3PL?
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Which 3PL would
provide the most suitable service to your organization?
·
What 3PLs does your
organization currently use? (If your organization does not use the services of
a 3PL, consider the operations where a 3PL could be used.) What other 3PLs
could you recommend to your management?
Response Guidelines
Respond to the posts
of at least two of your peers. For each response, include the following:
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Evaluate whether the
3PLs used at your peer’s organization would be suitable in yours.
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Do you agree with your
peer’s assessment of 3PLs in his or her organization? Explain.
·
What additional
comments, suggestions, or experiences can you share with your peer?
dq 2
Trends and Security
Issues with Logistics
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How can information
logistics technology be used to facilitate real-time decision-making in your
organization’s logistics network?
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Describe how IT
logistics technology is currently used in your organization, and how its use
can it be improved or expanded.
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In what ways has the
logistics technology added value to your organization? Quantify this value in
terms of tangible and intangible results.
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Identify some of the
best practices that leading companies using logistics technology have embraced.
Response Guidelines
Respond to the posts
of at least two of your peers. For each response, include the following:
·
Do you agree with your
peer’s assessment of the potential for logistics technology in his or her
organization? Explain.
·
What additional
comments, suggestions, or experiences can you share with your peer?
Capella MBA6125 Unit 3
Discussion 1 & 2
dq 1
Forecasting and the Economic
Environment
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Identify changes in
forecasting methodologies and approaches (for practices such as contracting,
advanced payments, outsourcing to fix a price, continuous and fixed budgeting,
simulations, or regression analysis) that have been influenced by current
economic conditions.
Has the current
economic environment changed your organization’s forecasting approaches to
logistics within the supply chain?
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If so: Describe at
least one new approach that is a specific result of the changes in the current
economic environment. How is this change unique to these times? Will these
changes help to maintain your organization’s competitive edge?
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If not: Would you
recommend the implementation of new forecasting approaches? In what ways might
a continuation of past techniques and approaches be dysfunctional? Briefly
describe one specific new approach you would recommend.
Identify some of the
best practices that leading companies are using in the area of logistics
forecasting.
Response Guidelines
Respond to the posts
of at least two of your peers. For each response, include the following:
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Do you agree with your
peer’s assessment of the value of new or potential forecasting approaches in
his or her organization? Explain.
·
How would you
recommend your peer’s organization change its approach?
·
What additional
comments, suggestions, or experiences can you share with your peer?
dq 2
Levels of Customer
Service
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Has the philosophy
that there are different levelsof customers had any material effect
on the value of your organization’s customer service?
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Identify and explain
the different levels of customer service in your organization.
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How are these
differing levels associated with the cost-benefit financial approach?
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Is there a financial
rationale for designating these differing levels? Can this be quantified?
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Has any aspect of the
different levels approach been negative to the customer, or to the
organization?
Describe some of the
best practices that leading companies using unique approaches to customer
service have embraced.
Response Guidelines
Respond to the posts
of at least two of your peers. For each response, include the following:
·
Do you agree or
disagree with your peer’s assessment of the use and value of the different
levels of customer service? Explain.
·
What additional
comments, suggestions, or experiences can you share with your peer?
Capella MBA6125 Unit 4
Discussion 1 & 2
dq 1
Declines in Inventory
Costs and Levels
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According to your reading
for this unit in Chapter 9 of the Coyle text, inventory costs and levels have
declined in relation to the gross domestic product (GDP), in recent years.
Carrying high levels
of inventory can be costly and risky. While products sit on shelves, opportunities
and financing might be missed. Pilferage is a potential risk. Over time, the
product could become obsolete.
Today, organizations
are developing techniques to reduce the levels of inventory they must maintain,
and their associated costs. For example, one evolving trend is to maintain
showroom inventory. Approaches such as in-transit replenishment stock and
point-of-sale reordering also reduce stagnant inventory costs.
How have new
approaches influenced inventory information delivery in your organization?
·
Investigate and
identify any significant declines in inventory costs and levels for your
organization over the span of the past 20 years.
·
How have costs of
carrying high levels of inventory (such as financing, opportunity,
obsolescence, and pilferage) in your organization changed?
·
Suggest at least one
reason for any apparent decreases in costs or levels of inventory.
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What benefits can you
attribute to these declines?
Discuss some of the
best practices that leading companies, using unique approaches to logistics and
inventory management, have embraced.
Response Guidelines
Respond to the posts
of at least two of your peers. For each response, include the following:
·
Compare how inventory
processes in your peer’s organization have changed with how your organization’s
inventory processes has changed. Identify specific examples.
·
Do you agree or
disagree with your peer’s assessment of the changes in his or her organization
due to new inventory approaches?
·
What additional
comments, suggestions, or experiences can you share with your peer?
Reference
Coyle, J. J., Langley,
C. J., Jr., Novack, R. A., & Gibson, B. J. (2013). Supply chain
management: A logistics perspective(9th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western
Cengage Learning.
dq 2
Costs of
Transportation
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Historically, in the
United States, the use of trucking has vastly outweighed the use of other modes
of transportation. With fuel prices on the rise today, and given current
economic conditions, it is likely that there will be both short- and long-term
changes ahead.
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What potential changes
do you see in the preferred modes of transportation for your industry sector?
Specify any evolving trends you can see.
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Identify the mode of
transportation most used by your organization. Can you discern any potential
areas for improvement? For example, might rail be more cost-effective than
trucking (assuming that customer demand can be satisfied)?
·
Identify any
challenges that less-versatile, less-capable companies may face, if they cannot
be flexible in embracing new modes of transportation.
·
Describe some of the
best practices, in the area of transportation mode utilization, that leading
companies in your industry have embraced.
Response Guidelines
Respond to the posts
of at least two of your peers. For each response, include the following:
·
How is your peer’s
industry affected differently from yours by transportation costs? How are the
effects similar?
·
Do you agree or
disagree with your peer’s assessment of the transportation changes ahead in his
or her organization? Try to extend the conversation.
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What additional
comments, suggestions, or experiences can you share with your peer?
Capella MBA6125 Unit 5
Discussion 1 & 2
dq 1
Logistics-supply Chain
Network Design
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Describe how a
properly designed logistics-supply chain network could benefit an organization.
How can improved design create value in customer service, lower costs, and
promote timely delivery? Redesigning the supply chain network can provide a key
competitive advantage.
Identify a least one
way your organization could benefit from a supply chain network redesign.
Discuss at least one example of an area of opportunity for improvement.
Describe how a redesign might favor your organization’s competitive advantage,
from a strategic position.
Identify some of the
best practices that leading companies using supply chain network redesign have
embraced.
Response Guidelines
Respond to the posts
of at least two of your peers. For each response, include the following:
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Do you agree with your
peer’s assessment of the redesign potential in his or her organization?
Explain.
·
What additional
comments, suggestions, or experiences can you share with your peer?
dq 2
Supplier
Qualifications and Certifications
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In order to ensure the
value and quality of their products or services, many organizations are
promoting the use of formal qualifications and certifications for their
suppliers. New evaluation approaches, such as those developed by TQM, Six
Sigma, and ISO, offer improved value and quality assurance.
·
Identify the current
qualification and certification process in your organization. What are the
criteria used to qualify a supplier? What are the strengths and weaknesses of
the existing process? Are there specific changes that you could recommend?
·
Select one approach
(TQM, Six Sigma, or ISO) and describe how it could benefit your organization
and add value to your customer’s experience.
·
Identify best
practices that leading companies in your industry have embraced in the area of
supplier qualifications and certifications.
Response Guidelines
Respond to the posts
of at least two of your peers. For each response, include the following:
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Do you agree with your
peer’s assessment of the use of supplier qualifications and certifications in
his or her organization? Explain.
·
Consider the approach
chosen by your peer to benefit his or her organization. In your opinion, would
a different approach for your peer’s organization be better? Why or why not?
·
What additional
comments, suggestions, or experiences can you share with your peer?
Capella MBA6125 Unit 6
Discussion 1 & 2
dq 1
Reverse Logistics
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Consider ways in which
reverse logistics has impacted your life, as a consumer. How has reverse
logistics affected you as a member of your organization or industry? Briefly
describe potential areas for improvement within your organization or industry.
Identify a process
within your organization that frequently lends itself to reverse logistics. Do
the costs of continuing this process exceed the benefits?
Describe some of the
opportunities and challenges you see in this topic, from the logistical
standpoints of both manufacturers and retailers.
Response Guidelines
Respond to the posts
of at least two of your peers. For each response, include the following:
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Do you agree with your
peer’s assessment reverse logistics in his or her organization? Explain.
·
What additional
comments, suggestions, or experiences can you share with your peer?
dq 2
Trends and
Transformations
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How can your organization
use effective logistics in supply chain management to maintain a competitive
edge and enhance its financial posture in the future? What might your
organization do differently to increase its market share?
Identify one key
factor you would advise your management to focus on in the organization’s
growth strategy. Consider, for example, how customer service could be improved.
Many growth strategies
divide plans into short-term and long-term segments.
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What specific tactics
would you employ for your key factor during the short term? Explain.
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What specific tactics
would you employ for your key factor during the long term? Explain.
Briefly describe best
practices that you see leading companies in your industry implementing now.
Would these best practices also benefit your organization?
Response Guidelines
Respond to the posts
of at least two of your peers. For each response, include the following:
·
Do you agree with your
peer’s assessment of the best plans for the future of his or her organization?
Explain.
·
What additional
comments, suggestions, or experiences can you share with your peer?
Capella MBA6125 Unit 1
Assignment 1
Bank Process
Simulation
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Refer to your reading
for this unit in the Hartvigsen text (Chapter 1 and Chapter 2) for a conceptual
explanation of process simulation and SimQuick.
Use the SimQuick Excel
file to complete Exercise 1 (u01a1): ‘A Bank’found on pg 33 of the
SimQuick 3/e booklet. The Excel file is needed to run the Unit-1: u01a1
Bank Process Simulation. Run 100 simulations and report the results for; 1
& 2 Tellers as illustrated on pg 32. Complete only “part-a” for this
activity and summarize your findings, along with a recommendation, in a short
explanation of the “overall mean cycle times” by teller.
For the Unit-4:
u04a1 Reorder Point Simulation, complete the Exercise 14, found on the top
of page 63 of the SimQuick 3/e. Run 100 Simulations for each Order Size, and
report and interpret your findings, paying particular attention to Ordering
& Holding Costs.
Submityour simulation results in the assignment area.
Capella MBA6125 Unit 2
Assignment 1
Strategic Profit Model
Case Study
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Refer to your reading
for this unit in the Coyle text for this assignment. Read “Paper2Go.com,” on
page 176. In a 1–3 page paper, answer the two case questions. Search the
Internet for background information on Paper2Go.com to support your responses.
You are encouraged to refer to the organization’s own Web site. Cite the
resources you use in APA format.
Submityour case question responses in the assignment area.
Project Proposal
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For the first
assignment in the project, identify your chosen organization and select a
process to address. Since you will only have six weeks to work on this project,
be careful to select an issue of appropriate scope.
You are probably
already aware of processes in your chosen organization that require attention.
You may even have ideas for potential improvements. If you are not familiar
with any logistic process issues, you may want to begin by researching recent
feedback from both satisfied and dissatisfied customers. You will likely
uncover a number of potential processes that require attention. You might
consider:
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Talking with managers
and staff in your customer relations or customer service department.
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Reviewing customer
surveys.
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Interviewing a few key
people involved in customer-facing processes.
Elements of the
Proposal Submission
For the LIP project
proposal, identify and describe a logistics process that could be improved in
your chosen organization.
1. 1. Provide a short summary of the organization, with information
such as:
o The organization
name.
o Number of years in
business.
o A brief synopsis of
the range of products and services it provides.
Please be as thorough
in your description as possible. Note:If confidentiality is
a concern, disguise the organization name and data.
2. 2. Use the Candidate Identification Worksheet (see resources) to
identify at least three logistics processes you might address for your project.
Complete the worksheet and select an appropriate candidate from that list.
Include a copy of your worksheet in the proposal submission.
3. 3. Write a brief description of the logistical process you would
like to improve. Describe the change you would like to make.
Your proposal should
be approximately 1–3 pages long (excluding the Candidate Identification
Worksheet) and should be formatted according to APA (6th Edition) style.
Be certain to read the
entire project description and the grading criteria to understand what you are
expected to do. If you have any questions, take advantage of your avenues of
communication (including the course discussions and instructor feedback) to
obtain clarification.
Submityour proposal and worksheet for instructor approval in the
assignment area.
Capella MBA6125 Unit 3
Assignment 1
“Tires for You” Case
Study
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Refer to your reading
for this unit in the Coyle text for this assignment. Read the “Tires for You,
Inc. (TFY) Case Study,” on page 251. In a 2–4 page paper, answer the four
forecasting activity case questions.
As you answer the
questions, relate the TFY story to any similar experiences you have had in an
organization. (You may choose any organization about which you have sufficient
knowledge to compare, including the organization with which you are currently
employed, a former employer, or the organization you have chosen to study for
your project.)
Submityour case question responses in the assignment area.
Capella MBA6125 Unit 4
Assignment 1
Reorder Point
Simulation
Resources
Refer to your reading
for this unit in the Hartvigsen text (Chapter 3) for a conceptual explanation
of process simulation and SimQuick.
Use the SimQuick Excel
file to complete Exercise 14 (u04a1): ‘An Electronics Superstore –
Inventorying Problem’found at the top of pg 63 of the SimQuick 3/e booklet.
For the Unit-4:
Exercise 14, complete Exercise 14 and run 100 Simulations for each Order
Size (see table on top of pg 63), and report and interpret your findings,
paying particular attention to Ordering & Holding Costs.
Your recommendation
must be based on “minimizing Ordering & Handling Costs”. Justify your
recommendation.
Submityour simulation results in the assignment area.
Capella MBA6125 Unit 4
Assignment 2
Project Update
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The second component
of your course project is an update of your progress on the LIP project.
Remember that you are expected to develop your project independently throughout
the course, using the project description as a guide. At this time, you should
be developing an analysis of the logistics process you identified for your
project. Based on the information you have gathered, use measurements tools and
techniques to demonstrate the existing process and describe the improved
process you will propose.
You are not expected
to have your LIP project entirely completed for this update assignment, but you
are asked to submit preliminary work corresponding to each of the following
elements of the final project submission:
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A problem statement– Describe the issue your plan would address. Include some
background on the problem. How long has the issue been occurring? How is it
important to the organization? Provide relevant historical data.
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Data and measurements– Use some of the following measurement tools and techniques to
present the data you have gathered thus far:
o
A fishbone diagram– Use a fishbone diagram to examine the causes of the issue.
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A flowchart, table, or
another chart– You are highly
encouraged to include a before-and-after flowchart or another visual
representation of the existing and proposed logistics process.
o
Note:You will be required to submit at least three measurement tools
for the final project submission and to incorporate your findings from the tools
into your plan. One of the measurement tools must be a fishbone diagram.
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Causes and effects
discussion– Use the data you have collected and your
measurements to describe what caused the existing situation and how the issue
affects the process and the organization.
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A cost-benefits summary– If possible,
base your cost-benefits summary on actual information. If not, base it on your
anticipated information.
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A conclusionaddressing the following:
o
Implications– Consider what could happen if the issue continues as it is—and
what could happen if it is improved. What are some potential general business
results? What impact might there be on business relationships? What specific
results are you anticipating, at this stage of the investigation?
o
Desired outcome– How will resolving this issue change the process? What
competitive advantage(s) will this change yield? How will it impact
stakeholders? What financial benefits do you anticipate?
Include at least one
supporting reference to materials outside the course—ideally more than one. Use
APA style and formatting for your references. Your paper should be
approximately 2–3 typed, double-spaced pages in length, in addition to your
data measurement tools and any additional attachments. Refer to the LIP Update
scoring guide to learn how you will be assessed on this assignment.
You will continue to
expand on this work for the final submission. Again, it is not necessary for
these elements to be entirely completed at this time; the purpose of this
update is to demonstrate your progress and to enable your instructor to provide
constructive feedback. The closer your project is to completion now, the higher
the quality of feedback you will receive. You will incorporate that feedback in
your final submission.
Submityour LIP Project Update in the assignment area.
Capella MBA6125 Unit 5
Assignment 1
Fireside Tire
Organization Case Study
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Refer to your reading
for this unit in the Coyle text for this assignment. Read the “Fireside Tire
Organization (FTC) Case Study,” on pages 547–548 in your text. In a 2–4 page
paper, answer the three case questions.
As you answer the
questions, relate the FTC story to any similar experiences you have had in an
organization. (You may choose any organization about which you have sufficient
knowledge to compare, including the organization with which you are currently
employed, a former employer, or the organization you have chosen to study for
your project.)
Submityour case question responses in the assignment area.
Capella MBA6125 Unit 6
Assignment 1
Logistics Improvement
Plan
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For this final
assignment, submit:
1. 1. Your final logistics improvement plan.
2. 2. An executive summary of your plan.
The final plan should
include all of the research and groundwork you have completed thus far.
However, it should be more than a compilation of the individual project
components—it should constitute a comprehensive plan. It should incorporate
feedback you have received on individual project components. It should also
present the tools, techniques, and methodologies covered throughout the course.
Submit an executive
summary of your LIP as a separate, stand-alone document. The executive summary
should be addressed to a management team of principal stakeholders. Provide a
brief synopsis of the plan you propose, justified by the data you have
collected and processed.
Refer to the Logistics
Improvement Plan project description for complete instructions on submitting
the final project. Be certain to read the entire project description and the
grading criteria to understand what you are expected to submit. If you have any
questions, take advantage of your avenues of communication (including the
course discussions and instructor feedback) to obtain clarification.
Submityour final Logistics Improvement Plan project in the assignment
area.
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