You’ve recently been hired as the production manager for a large consumer packaged goods company. In your first meeting with the sales manager, the manager said that production has always made more product than the sales force could move. He tells you that it would be much better if the sales force could create more demand than the company could supply. What would you tell the sales manager? Is it better to have more demand than supply?

(2-3 paragraphs please) (5-6 sentences each)

You have just been asked to develop a resource scarcity mitigation plan for your company. What information do you need to know about the resources your company uses? How will you use this information?

(2-3 paragraphs please) (5-6 sentences each)

Name and explain the exact types of the following strategies: (you can explain each one separately)

1. The toy retailer developed a new Wi-Fi tablet computer for children.

2. Retailer IKEA is opening a chain of motels in Europe.

3. Callaway Golf cut 12 percent of its workforce.

Name and explain these types of strategy as follows: (you can explain each one separately)

1. PepsiCo is heavily advertising its new Diet Pepsi special-edition silver cans featuring the blue-and-redd Pepsi log in a heart shape.

2. China Petrochemical purchased three Canadian oil companies, Daylight Energy, Tanganyika Oil, and Syncrude Canada.

3. Dean Foods sold off its investment bank segment.

You have just taken a job as a consultant for a custom-built motorcycle company. The plant manager says he had read that a synchronized push supply chain strategy was associated with stable demand, and one of the goals for his company was to remove as much demand variability as possible. He recommends using a synchronized push strategy for their customized product. How would you reply to him?

(2-3 paragraphs please) (5-6 sentences each)

GLOBAL MACROTRENDS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

What are the strengths and weaknesses of a public-private partnership (P3) in relation to infrastructure development?

(2-3 paragraphs please) (5-6 sentences each)

GLOBAL MACROTRENDS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

You’ve recently been hired as the production manager for a large consumer packaged goods company. In your first meeting with the sales manager, the manager said that production has always made more product than the sales force could move. He tells you that it would be much better if the sales force could create more demand than the company could supply. What would you tell the sales manager? Is it better to have more demand than supply?

(2-3 paragraphs please) (5-6 sentences each)

Explain Unilever UK ( FOODS ) PORTER’S FIVE FORCES’ MODEL.

QUESTION 6

1. A willful violation of the ADEA can result in an award of liquidated damages which is

   		the total of back pay, front pay and any other unpaid wage liability owed to the employee-plaintiff.
   		compensation for pain and suffering.
   		an amount that is equal to any unpaid wage liability and results in a doubling of the unpaid wage liability.
   		an amount sufficient to punish the wrong doer from willfully violating the ADEA in the future.

10 points   

QUESTION 7

1. In order to prove there is a claim for age discrimination, an employee must establish the following:

   		The employee is in the protected class.
   		The employee was doing his or her job well enough to meet the employer’s expectations.
   		Others not in the protected class were treated more favorably.
   		All of the above

10 points   

QUESTION 8

1. A work environment in which harassment of an employee exists to such an extent that a reasonable employee would dread or fear going to work can be categorized as a(n):

   		bona fide occupational qualification
   		adverse employment circumstance
   		hostile work environment
   		None of the above

10 points   

QUESTION 9

1. According to EEOC guidelines, a reasonable accommodation includes:

   		Providing interpreters or readers for the disabled employee
   		Making the facilities usable by individuals with disabilities
   		Modifying work schedules
   		All of the above are reasonable accommodations

10 points   

QUESTION 10

1. In order to establish that a requested accommodation constitutes an undue hardship under the ADA, an employer must show that the accommodation

   		is not readily achievable.
   		will require the employer to incur a significant cost or obligation.
   		will require the employer to incur more than a de minimis cost.
   		will result in inconvenience to other employees.

GLOBAL MACROTRENDS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

You have just been asked to develop a resource scarcity mitigation plan for your company. What information do you need to know about the resources your company uses? How will you use this information?

(2-3 paragraphs please) (5-6 sentences each)

GLOBAL MACROTRENDS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Your firm manufactures small personal electronic devices, like phones, GPS systems, and tablet PCs. Some of the metals your company uses are becoming increasingly scarce, and it’s your job to make a plan to keep the firm in business even with these scarcity issues. What factors should you take into account when preparing your recommendation? What can your firm do to remain competitive in the face of diminishing resources?

(2-3 paragraphs please) (5-6 sentences each)

A company wants to evaluate its main strategy which is cost-leadership. The CEO needs 4 criteria for evaluation purposes. What are the 4 criteria required to make sure it is the best strategy for the company and it has no flaw?   

Explain the use of the Competitive Profile Matrix and interpret this CPM.

Your firm manufactures small personal electronic devices, like phones, GPS systems, and tablet PCs. Some of the metals your company uses are becoming increasingly scarce, and it’s your job to make a plan to keep the firm in business even with these scarcity issues. What factors should you take into account when preparing your recommendation? What can your firm do to remain competitive in the face of diminishing resources?

(2-3 paragraphs please) (5-6 sentences each)

GLOBAL MACROTRENDS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

You have just taken a job as a consultant for a custom-built motorcycle company. The plant manager says he had read that a synchronized push supply chain strategy was associated with stable demand, and one of the goals for his company was to remove as much demand variability as possible. He recommends using a synchronized push strategy for their customized product. How would you reply to him?

(2-3 paragraphs please) (5-6 sentences each)