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• ISCOM 352 Entire Course (UOP)
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• ISCOM 352 Week 1 Supply Chain Logistics Systems
  Memo
• ISCOM 352 Week 1 DQs
• ISCOM 352 Week 2 Integrated Supply Chain Report
• ISCOM 352 Week 2 DQs
• ISCOM 352 Week 2 Riordan Manufacturing outline
• ISCOM 352 Week 3 Riordan Manufacturing
  Transportation Presentation
• ISCOM 352 Week 3 DQs
• ISCOM 352 Week 4 DQs
• ISCOM 352 Week 4 Logistics Management Paper

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• ISCOM 352 Week 1 DQ 1
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• ISCOM 352 Week 1 DQs

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• ISCOM 352 Week 1 DQ 2
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• Week 1 DQ 2
• What are some product characteristics that may
  affect logistics costs? Discuss the effects of
  these characteristics on logistics costs. Should
  these effects be passed on to the consumer?
  Should the organization take less of a profit?
  Should these costs be regulated? Explain your
  answer. What are some ways in which these costs
  may be absorbed?

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• ISCOM 352 Week 1 DQ 3
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• Week 1 DQ 3What is the effect of long production
  runs on logistics?  How does production time,
  related to place and quantity utility in
  logistics, add value to a product or service? 
  Provide an example. How do utility types add
  value to a product or service?

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• ISCOM 352 Week 1 Individual Assignment Supply
  Chain Memo (UOP)
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• As a supply chain manager, you have been asked by
  senior management to write a report outlining
  supply chain logistics systems. The organization
  is considering a new approach to their logistics
  system analyses and is looking for your input.
• Write a 1050 word paper, addressing the
  following
• Explain the strategic role competitive, product,
  and spatial relationships play in logistics.
• Explain the relationship between logistics
  systems and cost.
• Identify techniques used to perform a logistics
  system analysis.

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• ISCOM 352 Week 2 DQ 1
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• Week 2 DQ 1
• What are some logistics issues managers must
  consider when selecting modes of transportation?
  Provide examples.
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• ISCOM 352 Week 2 DQ 2
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• Week 2 DQ 2What is intermodal transportation?
  How does intermodal transportation provide an
  organizational advantage? Provide an example of a
  situation when intermodal transportation is an
  advantage. Explain.

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• ISCOM 352 Week 2 DQ 3
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• Week 2 DQ 3What role does information technology
  play in managing transportation planning and
  execution? Provide some examples. How has this
  role changed in the last 20 years?What are some
  emerging technologies that have the potential to
  improve supply chain management and potential
  transportation challenges? What changes in
  managing transportation do you see in the future
  because of technology?

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• ISCOM 352 Week 2 Individual Assignment Integrated
  Report (UOP)
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• As head of purchasing and procurement, you have
  been asked to write a brief report to the chief
  financial officer for the annual budget review.
  The organization is considering moving to an
  integrated supply chain and is looking for your
  input.
• Write 1,050-word report, addressing the
  following
• Define an integrated supply chain.
• Explain how an integrated supply chain strategy
  contributes to the organizations organizational
  efficiency and effectiveness.

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• ISCOM 352 Week 3 DQ 1
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• Week 3 DQ 1
• What are some factors supply chain managers must
  consider when selecting an international
  strategy? Provide some examples. What are the
  biggest challenges supply chain managers face?
  Explain.
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• ISCOM 352 Week 3 DQ 2
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• Week 3 DQ 2What are some transportation policies
  and regulations in the United States that address
  safety, security, and environmental challenges?
  How may these affect the cost, time, and ease
  with which products flow across the supply chain?
  How have these policies and regulations changed
  in the last 5 years? 

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• ISCOM 352 Week 3 DQ 3
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• Week 3 DQ 3
• What are challenges and opportunities
  organizations must recognize to help effectively
  and proactively manage reverse flows? Provide
  examples. What are some key activities that may
  be used by managers to help create an effective
  and efficient management of reverse flow in the
  supply chain? How would activities differ in a
  closed loop supply chain?
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• ISCOM 352 Week 3 Team Assignment Riordan
  Presentation (UOP)
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• Resource Riordan Manufacturing Virtual
  Organization
• Navigate to the Virtual Organizations website at
  https//ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/cist/vop/B
  usiness/PortBus.htm
• Read the Riordan Manufacturing company
  information.
• Create an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
  presentation to be given to the Riordan board of
  directors. As part of the new business
  development team, you have been exploring new
  transportation options for the organizations
  supply chain. In your presentation, address the
  following
• Describe Riordans current transportation mode,
  including its advantages and disadvantages. 

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• ISCOM 352 Week 4 DQ 1
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• Week 4 DQ 1
• To maintain greater competitiveness and
  efficiency in an industry, what are some managing
  costs inventory managers must consider? Explain.
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• ISCOM 352 Week 4 DQ 2
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• Week 4 DQ 2
• What are different costs an organization incurs
  when maintaining inventory? How do these costs
  affect profitability and customer service?
  Provide at least two examples.
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• ISCOM 352 Week 4 DQ 3
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• Week 4 DQ 3
• What is the just-in-time strategy? Why has it
  become popular in some industries? Provide
  examples of organizations that have successfully
  implemented the strategy
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• ISCOM 352 Week 4 Individual Assignment Logistics
  Management (UOP)
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• As the head of purchasing and procurement, you
  must draft a report that discusses important
  elements of logistics management for employees.
  The report will go to employees who have been
  with the organization for less than 18 months.
  Upper managements primary concern is that new
  employees have been so inundated with policies,
  procedures, and training seminars that they need
  a refresher on the basics of logistics
  management.
• Write a 1,050-word report, including the
  following

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• ISCOM 352 Week 5 DQ 1
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• Week 5 DQ 1
• What is the supply chain managers role in
  establishing technology- and relationship-based
  strategies? Provide an example of how, as a
  supply chain manager, you would foster these
  strategies.

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• ISCOM 352 Week 5 DQ 2
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• Week 5 DQ 2What are some external factors that
  influence the quality of logistics services
  provided by supply chain managers? Which factors
  are more important? Why? How must these factors
  be considered in combination with internal
  factors? Provide examples. 

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• ISCOM 352 Week 5 DQ 3
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• Week 5 DQ 3What do you consider to be some
  important elements of supply chain collaboration?
  Why? Provide examples to support your answer.

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• ISCOM 352 Week 5 Riordan Manufacturing Inventory
  Presentation (UOP)
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• Resource Riordan Manufacturing Virtual
  Organization
• Navigate to the Virtual Organizations website at
  https//ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/cist/vop/B
  usiness/PortBus.htm
• Select Riordan Manufacturing.
• Click the Intranet tab, then select Operations
  from the left-hand menu.
• Read inventory and supply chain information for
  research and development in Albany, GA, and
  Pontiac, MI.
• Create a 10- to 15-slide PowerPoint presentation
  as part of a training seminar in inventory
  management. Training will focus on inventory
  management as part of supply chain logistics. In
  your presentation, address the following

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