Question: Question:1 Explain the following: a. Objectives: 1. Improve product availability by having a greater focus on our supply chain management 2. Successfully integrate the 2

Question:1 Explain the following:

a. Objectives:

1. Improve product availability by having a greater focus on our supply chain management

2. Successfully integrate the 2 businesses (BI-FLO and AIR-FLO) into one company (SCIL plc)

Explain the concept of Lean Thinking, what it involves, and which techniques could assist our organization with objectives 1 and 2.

The part specifically mentions the first two objectives, you will need to expand your response to explain specifically how it can help SCIL with those two objectives

b. Describe what we would need to do differently to current processes and practices if we focused on improving our supply chain performance through Agility.

So, what would SCIL need to do differently, be specific! , expand on it, and give examples specific to SCIL processes and practices. Half of your, but you have to link this to what the question has asked, so you will need to make sure that it makes sense within this response

c. Do we need to review the supply chain configuration? Explain your reasoning.

you have linked part very well to what has been asked. you have not given much detail explaining specifically why SCIL should complete these reviews, this area of your response will need expanding on.

d. Explain the difference between Lean and Agility when applied to supply chains.

Please expand on what you have written to give a more detailed response.

e. Describe the performance measures we would need to apply if we were going to test the two different approaches within Filter manufacturing companies.

This part asks you to describe performance measures that would need to be applied and you have to not only list them. You will need to expand this response a little to ensure your list is more of a description of the measures.

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