Please read the case Baman Technology: Building Supply Chains for Boundaryless Dining then discuss and analyze to answer the questions below:

1. Analyze Bamans strategies for its restaurant and retail supply chains from the perspective of product demand and supply characteristics. How could the newly defined retail supply chain strategy help Baman out of its excessive inventory predicament?

2. How could Baman enhance supply chain performance through supply chain integration and collaborative innovation to support its boundaryless dining business model?

3. What do you think of Zhang Tianyis three options? What specific suggestions can you make for each of them?

4. If Baman was forced to keep only one of its business lines, either restaurant business or retail business, which one do you recommend them to keep and explain why?