Just-in-time systems, capacity planning, scheduling, and inventory management and control were rendered useless when the pandemic shut down everything. Historical forecasting and an efficient supply chain ceased to be functional. Businesses scramble to survive in an environment in which rules changed overnight.

Use the DATA AND SCENARIOSfile for this assignment.

Business operations changed by the end of the 1st quarter of 2020. Business operations globally and locally felt the changes immediately. The first part of the case is a general background on how the pandemic adversely affected operations. The second half will focus on two assigned companies and how they dealt with operational changes.

Pandemic Operations

Using the module's readings and other resources written since 2020, explain how the pandemic changed at least three of the following: just-in-time systems, capacity planning, scheduling, and inventory management and control and their relationship to other business functions like marketing, human resource management, accounting, and finance.

Research how the assigned Pandemic Success Company changed its operating techniques to prosper during the pandemic.( Alibaba Group)

Research how the assigned Company that Filed Bankruptcy did not prosper during the pandemic. (Norwegian Air)

 

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