1. What step is most important in developing an effective ethics program?

2. Has social media affected ethics in a positive or negative way?

1. Discuss the classifications of inventory control and indicate the purpose for each type.

and then locate a company (or using an industry is fine too) that utilizes JUST IN TIME (JIT) inventory controls. Why do you think they use this method? What are the advantages? What are the disadvantages?

Match the distribution center function with its example:

These are the terms:

- Stockpiling

- Breakbulk

- Cross-docking

- Reverse logistics

- Value-added services

- Production support

And these are the functions that need to be matched:

A) The Spangler Candy Co. loads full-truck loads of Dum Dums for shipment to DCs for Target, Walmart, and Kroger

B) Customer returns are sent from each individual store in Ohio to the Findllay DC

C) A package from LA arrives at the FEDEX hub in Memphis and is loaded on a plane to New York within 20 minutes

D) In January, John Deere holds lawn movers at all of its DCs

E) In the Frito Lay DC, a grocery store display for Doritos is assembled

F) At a DC, within one mile of the Jeep assembly plant, car parts are sequenced for the assembly line   

Discuss ethics in the field of politics. You can look in local or national newspapers, television, online, magazines and other sources for local , national, or international political ethical issues. Your original post will state your position on the topic, describe the ethical issues involved, and summarize the articles (or other sources). You should have one or more sources in your original post.

essay on Right to Repair”. Look at the legal aspects primarily.

A small chemical company uses process control charts for the container filling processes within its operations. One of the products is a weed killer, Lawn Order. The company wants to setup process control charts for this product and has the following data.

                                     Observations

Sample            1          2          3          4          X-Bar R

     1                 50        90        40        80        65.0     50

     2                 50        60        80        60        62.5     30

     3                 40        70        40        90        60.0     50

     4                 50        60        100      90        75.0     50

     5                 90        60        50        30        57.5     60

     6                 70        60        90        40        65.0     50

     7                 100      30        80        70        70.0     70

     8                 50        100      60        90        75.0     50

A. What are the center line, lower control limit, and upper control limit equal to for the X-Bar chart? (Use the sample range to calculate the upper and lower control limits)

Explain how "CelloGica" company Do Distribution Strategy for their products

Explain the implications of this decision on inventory, transportation and facilities cost

Question# 2 –A

Max 7x 1 + 5x 2
S.t x 2 < 6 (1)

   3x 1 + 2x 2 < 18 (2)

   x 1 + x 2 < 8 ( 3)

   x 1 > 0 and x 2 > 0

Question #2-B IF we increase s.t two 12 hours & three 8 hours (MAX profit)

In what ways do you think organizational identity and organizational culture are connected?

How do these differ when looking at the different companies?

melcom has an online store in addition to the 44 retail outlet in all sixteen regions of Ghana . Illustratrate with relevant examples, critically discuss how the online sales affect Melcoms supply chain ability to meet customers need

Wormwood, Ltd., produces a variety of furniture products. The planning committee wants to prepare an aggregate plan for the next six months using the following information: MONTH 1 2 3 4 5 6 Demand 160 150 160 180 170 140 Capacity Regular 150 150 150 150 160 160 Overtime 10 10 0 10 10 10 Cost Per Unit Regular time $ 50 Overtime 75 Subcontract 80 Inventory, per period 4 Subcontracting can handle a maximum of 10 units per month. Beginning inventory is zero. Develop a plan that minimizes total cost. No back orders are allowed. Regular production and overtime production can be less than capacity in any month. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) Period 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Forecast 160 150 160 180 170 140 960 Output Regular Overtime Subcontract Output- Forecast Inventory Beginning Ending Average Backlog Costs: Regular $ $ Overtime Subcontract Inventory Backlog Total $ $

What position does Michael Porter take when describing Shared Value?

How does this differ from the position of Milton Friedman?

As you will learn, working in groups is no easy task! Hopefully, you will master some strategies to mitigate any concerns when dealing with group projects in the future. To complete the group project, I am requesting that each member of your group take a few minutes to fill out a brief summary of each of your group members. Make believe you have $1000 and need to divide it amongst your group members for the contribution to the group project. Share with me the strengths and weaknesses of each team member. Please be factual.

This feedback will be used to calculate each member’s individual grade. Please make sure that you are accurate and honest with the feedback, as this is an important process of the group evaluation. This feedback is a blind review that only the instructor will view. Please do not submit this evaluation with your project, as this information is confidential.

To earn credit on your submission:

Each member of the group will individually submit this form through the Peer Evaluation Submission link in Module 7.

Please make sure that you are clear on submissions to earn credit for your hard work. When distributing your imaginary $1,000, include yourself also. Please include full descriptions of positive (Plus+) and negative behaviors (Minus-). Comments such as “Did a good job” or “Good teammate” are not sufficient. Please elaborate and provide rich details.

Name of Group Member: (enter your name here) ⁽¹⁾