Supply Chain Management and
Purchasing: Due in 4 hours (8 p.m. EST, United States)
Required:
APA
Format; 6 pages minimun to include: 4 pages of content Plus Abstract,
and Reference page. (Pages should be available within the references for
books used; and please in text citation.
Library
Assignment
Review the following scenario:
Your process team has been
requested to identify technology that would be beneficial to manufacturing and
service operations clients (e.g., SBS Seating and MLD Hospital). Consider the
following:
·
SBS Seating manufactures
leather seating that consists of various components, such as frames; electrical
parts (heating and comfort features); padding; and leather sewing (final
assembly). It currently uses basic accounting software and high-end
manufacturing plant machinery in its operations.
·
MLD Hospital has little or no
specific technology tools pertaining to inventory management.
·
Walton’s Department Store: a
growing retail concern that is interested in providing low cost products and is
relying on technological innovation to optimize costs.
Your task is to research and
identify appropriate tools for the clients listed above, developing a review of
potential technologies (software and hardware) that may be appropriate for each
industry area and client in particular. Your deliverable should include the
following:
·
The 3 clients
represent 3 different industries: manufacturing, healthcare, and retail.
Explain how the technology requirements for SCM are the same and how they are
different.
·
Research and identify a
minimum of 2 appropriate software tools for each industry and client,
explaining how each will support the business and which aspects of the
business.
·
Research and identify one
other nonsoftware technology that might be useful (e.g., robotics for
manufacturing) to each industry, and explain how the technology will help
optimize costs and efficiencie
