There are organizations that are established to provide help during crisis. Review this short video from The Logistics Cluster open in new window to see some of the challenges and resources.
How does this organization provide humanitarian logistics? What are its struggles and capabilities?
Homework 2: 3 pages with at least 2 references
Answer the following questions
1. Describe why it is important to synchronize product design and supply chain design 2. Describe whether a supply chain can be redesigned to compensate for poor product design or poor product quality. 3. Describe why being an effective supply chain manager requires significant cross-functional skills, such as the “T” shaped skills profile. 4. What are the key trends, challenges, and opportunities in LSCM today? How does this affect global operations? 5. What is humanitarian logistics and what are its potential uses? 6. Review the list of Gartner’s Top 25 Supply Chains. What do you think makes these supply chains so good.
Homework 3: 2 pages with at least 2 references
Read “Oman: One of the World’s Next Great Logistics Hubs?” on pages 293-298 and using material presented in the case and appendix on pages 299-300, answer questions 1-2 on page 298.