Assignment Content
Competencies
Assess value chain management.
Critique the influence of global and business environments on organizational success.
Analyze the role of operations management in organizational performance.
Analyze supply chain strategy to ensure profitability and sustainability.
Apply tenets of managerial economics to financial planning.
Formulate differentiation strategies based on workflow across the value chain.
Student Success Criteria
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Scenario
You are a Business Process Consultant for Kingston-Media and have been selected as a keynote speaker at an industry conference. To help you prepare, you will be writing a research brief for at the upcoming Supply Chain Conference, for one of the Fortune 500 companies in Kingston-Media’s client portfolio.
Instructions
In preparation for the conference, select a Fortune 500 company from the Pharmaceutical industry to create a research brief for use in building your presentation that will include the following:
Evaluate the company uses of value chain management.
Explain how the global business environment competitive forces affects the company’s operational success.
Analyze the company’s primary and support operations management functions impact on organizational performance.
Evaluate the effect of supply chain strategies and economic factors on the company’s profitability and sustainability financial practices.
Discuss how the company has developed a differentiation strategy on workflow across the value chain or the organization.
Summarize your findings and highlight some best practices.
Provide attribution for credible sources.