Answer the following questions. 1. Factors which influence the main distribution channels from manufacturing to retailers, then
Question:
Answer the following questions.
1. Factors which influence the main distribution channels from manufacturing to retailers, then to customers
2. Illustrate the cost and service levels for each structure that can be used to physically distribute products to customers.
3. How are supply chain mapping and evaluation key elements for defining a sustainable supply chain?
4. Identify one international standard category addressing environmental and social sustainability, and then describe how policies or requirements impact the management of business activities.
5. Describe one of the international directives associated with minimizing pollution. Why is this directive not universally applicable to all countries if it is indeed "the right thing to do" for the world since all of us are globally-connected with only one Earth in which to live?
6. What are three key issues in auditing suppliers for sustainability?
7. Give an example of how an industrial system and the natural ecosystem are mutually dependent.
8. Provide an example of how companies are engaging with stakeholders to improve performance economically, socially, and environmentally.
9. The authors list ten "messages" for purchasing and supply chain management. Select one that you perceive as being applicable to your career field and explain why it is especially relevant to you.
Financial accounting
ISBN: 978-0136108863
8th Edition
Authors: Walter T. Harrison, Charles T. Horngren, William Bill Thomas