Assignment Requirements

Week 4

Supply Chain Design Paper

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1. Review the Riordan Manufacturing Virtual Organization.:

Copy and paste the following links on your brower:

Internet:

https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/CIST/VOP/Business/Riordan/Internet/index.asp#

Intranet:

https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/CIST/VOP/Business/Riordan/index.asp

2. Write a paper of no more than 600-words that includes the following:

• Determine Riordan’s manufacturing strategy (chase, level, or combination) and explain its benefits

• Select two metrics to evaluate performance of the electric fan supply chain

• Describe the supplier relationship and the effects on the supply chain.  As part of this consider the following:

?      Type of relationship

?      Supplier location, size of company, and financial stability

?      Metrics used to measure supplier performance (on-time delivery, defects, etc)

?      Supplier improvement strategies

3. Create a process flow diagram for the electric fan supply chain