Supply chain integration is a major contributing factor to organizational success. The goal of supply chain integration is alignment within the supply chain. As a business leader, how can you achieve greater supply chain integration with suppliers and customers?

Amazon is a prime example of a company that has successfully managed its supply chain to achieve growth and profitability. Research the progression of Amazon's supply chain integration. Write a 1,000-1,250-word paper that address the following questions:

How do sales and operations planning in supply chain integration impact the company overall? What would Amazon's medium- and long-term forecast inform the operations management department? How do logistics, transportation modes, and warehouse locations impact Amazon's competitiveness?

How does global sourcing and procurement impact the overall effectiveness of the supply chain? What are the benefits and challenges that have occurred when outsourcing logistic and other functions?

How has Amazon successfully leveraged e-commerce strategies to promote supply chain integration and boost sales and growth for the organization? Which strategies have been particularly effective and why?

Do you feel that Amazon sets an example for other companies to model regarding supply chain integration? Be sure to explain your rationale. Consider the ethical implications in your response.

Incorporate five to seven resources to support your paper.

A hypothesis test is to be performed with a Null hypothesis H_o: µ ≤ 20 and an alternative hypothesis H₁: µ > 20,  the population standard deviation is σ=3.0, the sample size is; n=30, and the significance level is α=0.025.

1) what is a type l error?

a. reject h0 when h0 is incorrect

b. reject h0 when h0 is correct

c. do not reject h0 when h0 is incorrect

d. do not reject h0 when h0 is correct

2) What is the chance of making a type I error in the above test?

a. 0.050

b. 0.0250

c. 0.0125

d. 0.1000

3. What is a type ll error?

a. reject h0 when h0 is incorrect

b. reject h0 when h0 is correct

c. do not reject h0 when h0 is incorrect

d. do not reject h0 when h0 is correct

4.  What value would the sample mean have to be greater than to reject Ho? (answer must be 3dp)

5.  It is unknown to the technician making the test, but the real value of µ=22.
What is the probability that a Type II error occurs?

6. In a word what will happen to the Type II error if the sample size increases to 60 and all else remains unchanged. Including the answer to question (4)

a. increase

b. decrease

In its user service agreement, Facebook includes a forum selection clause that requires users with legal disputes to file any lawsuits against Facebook in courts physically located near its northern California corporate headquarters. Review the discussion of this issue in your textbook (Legal Strategy 101, pp. 100-101); then, analyze the following questions:

1. Is forum shopping ethical? What are you using as your ethical standard?
2. Should courts enforce forum selection clauses in business-to-consumer contracts like the Facebook user agreement? Why or why not?
3. Suppose Facebook did not have a forum selection clause in its user agreement. Would Facebook be subject to the jurisdiction of every state court in the United States, since it has millions of users in every U.S. state?

This assignment requires that you analyze both a legal concept (forum shopping) and its application in a business contract (forum selection clause). Read the course material and the assignment carefully, and do not confuse or conflate the two.

Refer to the Assignment Instructions folder of the course for general directions and grading rubrics for Discussion Boards, including requirements for word length, scholarly sources, and integration of a Biblical worldview.

Use the words "Ethical" or "Not Ethical" in the subject line of your thread to identify your conclusion. Do not use attachments, as these are cumbersome and inhibit the discussion process.

Purpose of Assignment

Starting a new, international business venture requires creativity, planning, financing and marketing among the key ingredients for a successful undertaking. Additionally, the different risk analyses that are obligatory of a start-up are equally important for a flourishing company. By putting all of these success factors in motion, the student should have all of the information considered necessary for a winning venture.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Suggested but not required: Abbott, Riley J. (2015). PESTEL Analysis for Students. London, UK: Science and Management Press of London.

Search the Internet for vendors who sell this book or inquire about it with a local library.

Select a product and a country for a global business venture.

Conduct a regional, country risk, and organization and product or service analyses of your new global venture.

Prepare a minimum 1,050-word analysis to address the following:

Region Analysis

Regional alliances and economic integration

Physical environment and its effect on trade

Political stability

Economic conditions

Finance options available

Social, health, and environmental conditions

Terrorism threats

Country Risk Analysis

Political and legal stability

Economic conditions

Finance options available

Physical environment and distribution channels

Social, health, and environmental conditions

Cultural and ethical considerations

Organization and Product or Service Analysis

Description of your organization

Legal structure of organization

Market analysis

Description of product to meet the need   

Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

PowerPoint Presentation

Your manager at work is extremely impressed with your computer skills since you took a computer course. The company is installing computers in its production facility, and she has asked you to create a brief PowerPoint presentation that shows tips for working in the new software. Specifically, she wants the layout and topics for the presentation to be organized as shown below.

• Slide 1: Include a title slide.
• Slide 2: Describe the basics of computer software and what software does.
• Slides 3–4: Describe basic functions and techniques that will be used when creating and editing documents in Microsoft Word.
• Slides 5–6: Provide what you think are the top tips for creating aesthetically pleasing PowerPoint presentations.
• Slide 7: Outline the basics of opening a blank workbook and using Formulas to work with data in Microsoft Excel.
• Slide 8: Discuss some basic features of Microsoft Access (e.g., tables, queries, forms) and how employees might utilize this software to track production.
• Slide 9: Include a reference slide.

Not all of your information will be presented on the slides. You are required to use the Notes function to add information to further explain the material on your slides. Your presentation must use at least one outside resource. Be sure to cite any sources used in the slides, and include a reference slide using proper APA formatting.

Answer A through D, please!

Currently Sam and Carla have the only taxi services in a small town. Both Sam and Carla are thinking about discounting their respective fares by 20% to attract more business.

The possible outcomes of this game are as follows.

First: Sam offers discounts, while Carla does not, which will result in Sam earning $800 in profit and Carla earning $300 in profit.

Second: Sam and Carla both offer discounts, which will result in Sam earning $200 in profit and Carla earning $500 in profit.

Third: Sam and Carla both do not offer discounts, which will result in Sam earning $600 in profit and Carla earning $700 in profit.

Fourth: Carla offers discounts, while Sam does not, which will result in Sam earning $100 in profit and Carla earning $1,000 in profit.

a) Please construct a payoff matrix for Sam and Carla uses the outcomes above. (You can use the Table Function in Word to create a payoff matrix.)

b) Does Sam have a dominant (optimal) strategy? Please explain your answer.

c) Does Carla have a dominant (optimal) strategy? Please explain your answer.

d) Is there an equilibrium (Nash Equilibrium) solution to this problem where we can predict the strategy of both Sam and Carla? Please explain your reasoning.

Car Race

Outcome:

• Student will demonstrate the ability to generate random numbers
• Student will demonstrate the ability to use a switch statement with cases
• Student will demonstrate the ability to use loop structures
• Student will demonstrate the ability to create program logic
• Student will demonstrate the ability to produce nicely formatted output

Program Specifications:

You will design a simulated car race. The race will consist of three cars: car A, car B, and car C.

Your program will show the cars (the letters A, B, and C) moving across the screen toward the finish line. The finish line will be shown on the screen at all times during the race. Your program will randomly move each car (between 1 and 3 spaces) at randomly selected intervals. The race ends when a car moves 80 spaces. After the race ends, you will display the results:

First Place:           carX

Second Place:       carX

Third Place:          carX

After displaying the results, the program will ask the user if he or she wishes to run another race.

Submission Requirements:

You must follow the rules from the first assignment.

YOU MUST:

• Use functions for as much of the code as possible
• Turn in a design tool
• Have a switch statement
• Use the random number functions

YOU CANNOT:

• Use global variables
• Use the word goto
• Use the break command outside a case statement

Researchers were interested in learning the effects of trans fats on levels of cholesterol in the blood. Two different research designs were constructed.

Part I: Between-Groups Design

In the between-groups design, researchers were interested in whether cholesterol levels would differ depending on diet. Twenty participants were randomly assigned to one of two different groups. Group A was assigned a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and with no trans fats. Group B participants were asked to follow their normal diets, which contained varying levels of trans fats depending on the individual. After one month, blood samples were drawn and the following levels of cholesterol were obtained:

In 2 to 3 sentences in a Microsoft Word document, answer the following questions:

• What is the independent variable in this study?
• What are the levels of that independent variable?
• What is the dependent variable?

Find an article related to technology your topic/question of choice that has a belief that you strongly disagree with. For example, if you feel that bitcoin and cryptocurrencies SHOULD NOT be regulated, you should find an article that takes the stance that there SHOULD be regulations.

Write a summary of the article. Instead of discussing the side of the argument you actually believe, you are going to write a summary of the belief that you strongly disagree with. With the example discussed above, you would right a neutral and impartial summary of why the author of the article feels there should be regulations on cryptocurrencies, what they are, and why.

Part 2C: You will now write about the position you actually hold on the topic. Use the article as a point of reference. With the example discussed above, this would be the space you write about how you feel cryptocurrencies should not be regulated and why. Even though this is how you really feel, try to be neutral, impartial and unbiased in your presentation of the information.

The goal of this assignment is to try and write two neutral summaries based on opposite points of view of the same issue. This is not easy! But, as you will find, this will strengthen your overall writing. If someone is NOT able to tell which position you actually hold after reading both of these articles - you have succeeded! Your summaries should be 250 words each (total assignment word count of 500 words), double-spaced and include APA in-text citations

Objective

Identify ethics theories used in business

Categorize theories of ethics

Apply theories of ethics to business situations

Overview

Students will use research methods and apply critical thinking to create a taxonomy of germinal theories and principles of ethics.

Instructions

In this assignment, you will use the Internet, books, or any other method of research to create a taxonomy (chart) of ethical theories and principles and provide examples to apply the theory.

The taxonomy should include a minimum of 5 ethical theories or principles and include: the name of the theory or ethical principle, the author, the year/era the theory was conceptualized, and an example of the theory’s application.

Example:

Step 1 – Research and select five theories or principles of ethics.

Step 2 – Open Microsoft Word and create a table

Your table should have 4 columns and 6 rows

Include the following columns: Theory, Era and Author, Definition, and Example

Step 3 – Add information about the theories you’ve selected to your document.