This is the instructors instructions for the interview say you did it on my cousin. You must know what Operations and Supply Chain Management is
This assignment is due via Blackboard by 11:59 pm on November 20, 2020. You may submit it early but late submission will NOT be accepted.
Write the essay in your own words. Do NOT copy and paste information from the company’s website or other sources. Submission will be screened by plagiarism software and the penalty for plagiarism is an F in BA360.
Essay Title: An Interview with ____(Interviewee’s Name)______ on ___(OSCM Topics)__
One of the learning outcomes is to understand the role of operations and supply chain in an organization and its interactions with business functions such as accounting, finance, and marketing. For this assignment, you shall conduct an oral or written interview with a professional to investigate how operations and supply chain activities affect his/her responsibilities in the organization. The topics must be related to the materials/chapters covered in BA360. Do NOT write the essay as a marketing/promotional report of the company/person. Practice your critical thinking skills.
The professional must be related to you. She/he can be a family member, a relative, a current/former boss, a friend, a friend’s parent, a co-worker/colleague, etc. The professional does NOT need to be in the OSCM area but his/her responsibilities shall interact with OSCM. The person can be a store manager, entrepreneur, engineer, scientist, project manager, event planner, accountant, etc.
You develop FIVE interview questions from the knowledge learned in this class. The questions shall be customized to fit the interviewee’s position and experience. Below are some sample questions. (You may rephrase some of my sample questions to fit your interviewee, but I expect students to create your own questions.)
- How is the sales forecast done? what kind of data is considered when the sales forecasts are made?
- What kind of OSCM people that you interact with within your company or outside of your company?
- What are the customer benefit packages (i.e. tangible and intangible products/services; core and peripheral)?
- How do you determine whom and where to source materials and services? What risks do you face?
- Are you interested in using analytics to determine inventory policy? What issues would you like to be addressed using analytical tools?
- Are you interested in using technologies to automate some processes? What benefits would you like the automation to bring?
- How have you or your company been affected by the disrupted supply chains during the pandemic?
- Are there inefficient processes that negatively affect your performance?
- How do you ensure quality in service/product provided or procured?
Grading criteria
(10%) Format requirements
- 1000 words with a font size of 12 and single spacing
- Use the essay template provided BA 360 Writing Assignment Template Fall 2020.docx
- Save your report in Word or PDF file, using only your RedID as the file name (e.g. 878610737.docx; do not add any other things to the name) and upload the file to Bb by the deadline. (One submission chance only, no substitution.)
- To submit the assignment file, click on the assignment title and a new screen will open. Click on “Browse My Computer” to select the file from your computer. You will see the file listed under Attached Files. Then click on “Submit”. You don’t need to add comments. You must submit the file via Blackboard. Email submission is NOT accepted.
(40%) Quality of the questions (relevant to the chapter(s), insightful, application of materials learned, specific to the interviewee) (You may rephrase some of my sample questions above to fit your interviewee, but I expect students to create your own questions.)
(40%) Quality of the answers (response specific from the interviewee/company and to the questions asked)
(10%) Writing mechanics (Use complete sentences, no bullet points, and no typo or grammar error.)
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