Pearson linked key financial performance to supply chain performance. Let's discuss why companies would extend their payment terms to suppliers from 30 days to 120 days?

Amazon has been a disruptor on the financial measures of performance, what would be some potential impacts to Amazon if they eliminated Amazon Prime and charged for shipping?

There are six supply chain drivers whose interaction defines the performance of a supply chain. It is important to know that these drivers do not act independently but actually quite interdependent to determine the overall supply chain performance The goal here is to achieve the desired level of responsiveness at the lowest possible cost, thus improving supply chain surplus and the company's financial performance. If we focus for a moment on inventory, let's be specific and say vegetables (I am focusing on perishables) is it better to have more facilities knowing you have to have higher levels of inventory vs having fewer, central facilities creating higher efficiencies. Which method would serve you better and why?