• Assess the role of logistics management as a responsibility center in the organization.
• Identify the business strategy and supply chain strategy of the company.
  • Briefly describe the company's business goals;
  • Identify the firm's supply chain strategies that align with its business goals.
    • Analyze transportation, warehousing, shipping and delivery, materials handling and inventory control, billing and the related credit function, and the collection of accounts receivable.
    • Evaluate development of materials and components and finished products that can be controlled through standard costs and budgets in supply chain.
  • Analyze how the company's supply chain supports its business strategy and contributes to their strategic alignment.
  • Generate a specific strategy or tactics for improvement of the strategic alignment of supply chain and business strategies.
    • Integrate at least one metric for measuring effectiveness such as SCOR model, balanced scorecard, and other KPI measures.