Discussion: Supply Chain Planning Paper

ISCOM 370 WEEK 4 Riordan Part 1 Electric Fan Supply Chain Planning

SEE Week 1 Individual assignment SAMPLE PAPER and GRADING RUBRIC and the course INSTRUCTOR POLICIES FOR GRADING EXPECTATIONS for the whole class.

Review the Riordan Supply Chain Virtual Organization and their Electric Fan Operations.

Write a paper of no more than 1,400 words that includes the following:

Determine Riordan’s manufacturing strategic positioning and explain its effect on the electric fan supply chain.
Create a process flow diagram for the electric fan supply chain.
Select two metrics to evaluate performance of the electric fan supply chain.
Create a sales forecast using the expert judgment forecasting technique.
Develop an aggregate production plan, master schedule, and materials requirement plans for electric fans based off your sales forecast.
Describe how sales and operations planning would enable Riordan to maximize profitability.
Explain the effect on Riordan if a key piece of equipment went down on their electric fan production line creating a bottleneck that leads to a 5% capacity reduction. Engineers estimate it will take 4 weeks for this piece of equipment to be repaired. How would this impact the aggregate production plan, the master schedule, and ultimately Riordan’s customers? What are some short-term solutions to the 10% capacity constraint?
Cite your references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

You need at least 4 references for full points (not four chapters from the same online text or library book or article or one reference, but four different sources).
Turnitin plagiarism (similarity) report is due and worth 10% of the grade (turn in to Center for Writing Excellence without reference page and then re-attach it before turning in to me as an attachment to the assignments section). You should have 10% or less for full points…..reword long quotes to get the percentage down. Cut and paste results as an Exhibit to your paper.
Word count has to be near for full points (without reference page or title page.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment including two documents, 1) Your assignment and 2) Turnitin plagiarism report as separate document (MS Word or PDF).

Assignment Policies

Description

Class-

Please read all of the information about the assignments below:

FORMAT FOR ALL ASSIGNMENTS

The assignments are to be done in Microsoft Word with Times New Roman 12- point font. Each assignment should use the modified APA 6th edition format. The assignment templates are set up in this modified format. The reference page should be in the APA format for every reference. The word requirement for the assignments are specifically stated in the guidelines of the assignment. The word count is from the first word of the introductory paragraph to the last word of the conclusion paragraph. FYI.

REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS

1- There should be a cited reference for each section of a paper as there are conclusion statements in each section (to meet the grading criteria) so the conclusion should be supported by a reference as the assignments are evidence-based research, clinical papers.

2- Word Count- The word count is done from the first word of the introductory paragraph to the last word of the conclusion. The word count must be within the minimum and maximum word limit stated in the assignment instructions. A 10% – point reduction will be made in the total points for the assignment.

Week 1 and 5 assignments should have SIX studies. Week 5 assignment is a compilation of sections from the week 1, 2 & 3 assignments.

Weeks 2 and 3 need to have at least THREE studies in the form of research studies. Please make sure that you look at the instructions for the assignment as well as the grading rubric. I have also provided templates for ALL assignments. It is in your best interest to use these as it will guide you so that you do not make common formatting errors.

APA FORMAT FOR ASSIGNMENT

Please utilize the resources in the STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER if you have difficulty with APA 6th Edition format, grammar, sentence structure, punctuation or tense structure.

SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS

Always submit the assignment in the drop box for that assignment. I cannot accept any assignment as an attachment to an email sent to my college email. Attaching it to a posting to the Questions to Instructor Forum or the Individual Forum is also not accepted.

I cannot grade any assignment unless it is placed into the drop box by the student per university policy.

Turn-It-In / Lopes Write

This is to be used for the assignments for these three weeks (2, 3 & 5) and it is NOT required for Week 1. All assignments will be placed through Turn It In first and then submitted in the drop box on the course shell. No assignments will be accepted as attachments to emails as this is not the university policy.

Grading Rubric-

The rubric for each assignment is found in the upper right- hand corner of the assignment page under the Forum Tab. Compare the requirements of the rubric with your paper prior to submission into the drop box so you will receive full credit for all graded criteria of the paper.

Late Assignment-

Any assignment that is late will have 10% deducted each day it is late. This is a 5- week class. It is imperative that you ask for help if you are having difficulty with an assignment.

You need to contact me as soon as possible if an assignment will be late prior to the submission deadline.

Discussion: Supply Chain Planning Paper

Our Main Features

We accept