please make sure to answer question 5 ,and 6 thank you in advance ((( the first question to answer is question 5 please))) question 1,2, 3,and 4 no need to answer them

supply chain management strategy, planning, and operation from Sunil Chopra Peter Meindl book

1. How would you characterize the competitive strategy of the Swedish furniture retailer IKEA? What are the key customer needs that IKEA aims to satisfy? 2. How would demand uncertainty and implied demand uncertainty differ for a product like the iPhone 6 s Plus? 3. What would be the impact of increasing product variety on implied demand uncertainty faced by a supermarket chain like 7-Eleven? 4. Does implied demand uncertainty correlate with the characteristics of demand, particularly for high markdown products? Why? 5. Reconsider the previous four questions for other companies - an online book seller like Amazon, a retailer like the French multinational Carrefour, an automotive manufacturer like the Japanese multinational Toyota, and a discount retailer like the British supermarket retailer ASDA. 6. It is important to have strategic fit between a supply chain and its competitive strategy. What is the supply chain design that would fulfil this purpose? List the capabilities it should have. 7. What do you expect the level of implied demand uncertainty to be for jasmine rice produced by Thailand and sold at a supermarket? Explain your answer with reference to Fisher's model. 8. Assume a new drug has been developed for the Ebola virus (EVD). Briefly describe the new drug's demand and supply characteristics at the beginning of its product life cycle. 9. What are the problems that can arise if the same roles are assigned to different stages of a supply chain in order to achieve a strategic fit? Describe how roles should be assigned to help a retailer and a manufacturer work together to expand the scope of strategic fit