Assignment

Sales and operations issues and how they might be prevented or mitigated by Supply Chain professionals.

This activity will challenge you to apply the concepts of Sales and Operations Planning in a supply chain. The environment is more complex due to the pandemic and globalization in the last 20 years.

Activity Instructions:

Select a recent article or headline from the media, conduct research and discuss a strategy of how the sales and operations planning could have been conducted.

In your initial post: mention the event, how have the supply chain issues impacted sales and what was the result. How will the supply chain issues impact sales in the 4th quarter? Do you forsee consumers changing their buying patterns?