What are the characteristics of “vertical integration?” How does having a vertically integrated operation affect the levels of various types of inventories?
Explain how you might use this tool as a manager in your current organization or in the future, as well as the potential challenges or limitations you see in using the feed forward technique.
July 1, 2019Describe possible initiatives for improving hospital-based compliance with TJC preparedness requirements and lessening the “check-in-the-box” syndrome that currently permeates the national health care infrastructure.
July 1, 2019What are the characteristics of “vertical integration?” How does having a vertically integrated operation affect the levels of various types of inventories?
Please read the Microfuse case and answer these questions. Submit the assignment here.
Assignment #4 Questions:
1. What are the characteristics of “vertical integration?” How does having a vertically integrated operation affect the levels of various types of inventories?
2. What other possible reasons are there for Microfuse’s high inventory levels other than vertical integration? How might inventories be affected by increasing the level of outsourcing within Microfuse’s operations?
3. How might one define “limited outsourcing strategy” stated by Tom Cecil in the memo? Discuss the issue on both tactical and strategic levels.
4. How would the trend of relocating manufacturing functions to the Asia region influence Microfuse’s operations?
5. What is the difference between outsourcing and offshoring? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each in regard to Microfuse’s case?
Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective (Coyle, Langley, Gibson, and Novack, 10th edition, Thompson-Southwestern, 2017). ISBN# 978-1-305-85997-5
