Global Chip Shortage

1- Please read the article below. Create an 8 slide Powerpoint presentation that incorporates the requested information below.

The global chip shortage is pushing up prices of items such as laptops and printers and is threatening to do the same to other top-selling devices including smartphones..

  • What are the broad effects of shortages of critical components? On prices of consumer goods? On Supply Chains? On investments in Operations?
  • How do inventory shortages come about? How could they have been avoided?
  • How is inventory level related to forecasting? To logistics? To supplier relations?
  • Give examples of profound inventory-caused issues.

2- In class we discussed the differences between forecasting and planning. In this exercise I want you to consider the planning requirements that are driven by the forecast.

Identify a nontraditional forecasting problem (e.g. forecasting disaster relief for hurricane victims; forecasting weather changes; forecasting demand for the Olympic games; forecasting crime; etc.).

Identify at least four supply chain planning requirements for the scenario you have identified that depend on the forecast.

Explain how the decision would differ based on different forecasts.

3-

Gap Inc. is discussed in the Chapter’s Supply Chain Leader’s Box. For Gap Inc. explain the following:

a- Explain the strategy of segmenting supply chains for Gap Inc. What are the three different segments?

b-Explain how these different segments have differing needs. Explain the different competitive priorities of these different segments.

c-How different are the supply chains of these three different segments? Do they meet the market requirements for their segment?

d- Identify the advantages this type of segmentation provides to Gap Inc.

 

4- Think of a product you are familiar with—the clothes you are wearing or the beverage you just drank or the book you are reading. Identify the challenges that would be involved in distributing this product on a global scale to different markets.

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