Author: chris

 

1. Describe four changes to the traditional 7-Eleven supply chain that the move to fresh foods will require. In addition, discuss four advantages that 7-Eleven can gain by outsourcing all or most of the fresh food supply chain responsibilities.
2. Use a basic flow diagram to create a simple supply chain model for delivering fresh sandwiches with eight distinct boxes. You may use the software of your choice to create the diagram; however, it must be readable when copied and pasted or imbedded into your MS Word document.
3. Recommend either a push-based strategy or pull-based strategy for ordering fresh foods and justify your recommendation.
4. Discuss three advantages and three disadvantages of using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in the proposed supply chain.
5. Describe four businesses that have successfully implemented the retail of fresh foods that would be suitable for 7-Eleven to benchmark.
6. Discuss four important pieces of information that must be gathered and transmitted using 7-Eleven’s IT networks to support the fresh food supply chain.
7. Describe how the practice of tanpin kanri (item by item management) may be transferred from 7-Eleven Japan to the United States operation.

 

1. Must be eight to twelve double-spaced pages in length (not including the title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide.
2. Must include a cover page that includes:
   • ctory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.
3. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
4. Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.
5. Must use at least five scholarly or professional resources,

 

Use Times New Roman (Font 12) and two paragraphs for each of the 5 questions (two pages of content). Additionally, I want you to state each topic question followed by your response.

 

responses are to be in your own words with no copying except for minimal quotes that must be properly cited.

 

want you to share your own thoughts in your own words in completing this assignment – a bibliography is not required

 

1) Describe the challenges faced by US Customs and Border Protection agents attempting to secure the border. Be sure to include:

 

What is the functional equivalent of the border?

What is the Fourth amendment exception as it pertains to border searches?

How are seizure statistics used to justify the mission of border security?

 

 

2) Explain “open markets and closed borders” as it pertains to smuggling, free trade, and border enforcement.

 

 

 

3) What are the challenges of facilitating legal border crossings while maintaining secure borders?

 

 

4) What has been the economic impact of terrorism on U.S. and Global Markets since 9/11?

 

 

 

5) Describe the impact of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) agreements on cross border trade in North America.

Choose one (1) company that you believe would be an ideal company to work for based on working conditions, salary, opportunity for advancement and work involved. Use the Internet to research.

 

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

 

Evaluate the fundamental driving forces that shape the organizational environment of the selected company. Be sure to address the following: competing in a global marketplace, workforce diversity, ethics and morality, and technological innovation.

Examine the selected company’s specific practices or policies. Speculate on the major influences that these practices or policies have on individual and organizational outcomes.

Determine which practices related to work attitudes in U.S. organizations are most strongly affected by diversity and suggest a strategy to address the effects.

Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

Evaluate human behavior in organizations and the forces shaping the behavior.

Analyze individual differences within organizations and their impact on organizational behavior.

Use technology to research issues affecting organizational behavior in order to deliver assignments which are clear, concise and have proper writing mechanics.

Write clearly and concisely about operations management using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment. I would like for it to be about the Department of Defense.

The success of an organization depends heavily on its structure, strategies, and culture. In this assignment, you will develop an understanding of the importance of these elements in the success/failure of an enterprise.

This assignment is the first of the two LASA assignments you will complete in this course.

Using the University online library resources and the Internet, research methods of conducting internal and external environment analyses. Select at least three (3) scholarly sources to support the information in your report.

Description of LASA:

In this assignment, you will assess an organization’s current position in the internal and external environment.

Scenario:

You have been hired as a consultant to evaluate the performance of a manufacturing or service organization. As part of your function, you need to assess the organization’s current position with regard to their business operations, strategy, and organizational structure, as well as identify potential ethical issues management may face. The executive management team has asked you to submit a report of your findings.

Instructions:

Choose a publicly traded manufacturing or service organization to be the subject of your work for LASA 1 and LASA 2. (You should choose a different organization than you have used for previous assignments.) Select an organization about which there is an abundance of information made readily available to the public (via the corporate website, industry publications, business journals, etc.).

In preparation for your report, conduct your review of the organization using the following approach:

• Evaluate the company’s business strategy and global competitiveness plan.
• Conduct an internal assessment using SWOT analysis.
• Assess the external environment via an external scenario evaluation.
• Sketch the company’s organizational structure.
• Using the tools of business process design, define the organization’s business process.
• Identify any potential ethical issues that may impact the traditional management functions of the company and recommend preventative measures.

Utilize at least three sources in your research. Your document sho

Below is a link to an article in Chief Financial Officer (CFO), “Seating Tax at the Strategy Table.”  The article argues tax professionals should have more input into strategic decisions.  Read the article and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of more input from tax professionals in corporate strategic decisions.

Consider this assignment and post your opinion on ONE of the following questions:

• It is often written that network security logs are important and essential to network maintenance and support. Do you agree or disagree which this argument? Why or why not?
• Research and discuss a network management protocol. Do you think network management protocols are necessary? Why or why not?

 

THIS IS SECOND QUESTION

Complete the main portion of this assignment as outlined below. When applicable, adhere to APA formatting and reference guidelines.

To be able to quickly resolve or avert network problems, you must be aware of what is happening on your network. This is a proactive approach to network management. Management and monitoring software allows for network performance to be logged, so it can be referenced at a later times as a baseline. Many programmers have developed solutions that will help you while troubleshooting network issues.

In 150–200 words, complete the following:

• Research and describe at least 2 network monitoring and alert tools.
• Discuss how you think your network stability can improve by the implementation of these tools.
• How can your troubleshooting response can be improved?

Do you think the United States is an equal opportunity society with regards to race, ethnicity, and gender?  Why or why not? needs to be about 50 words please in your own words so no works cited in needed

Explain the relationship between rules and skills in sport.  Why is this relationship relevant to competition?

Examine the relationship between drugs and crime. What methods or steps can we take for prevention?

You are a police officer assigned to a task force that is investigating major drug trafficking operations in your jurisdiction. As part of the investigative process, a judge has issued a wiretap order for a suspect’s phone. You are assigned the responsibility of monitoring phone conversations, and you overhear the suspect as well as other individuals who may or may not be involved in the drug ring. Before obtaining enough evidence to arrest and prosecute the suspect, you hear evidence related to other types of criminal activity.

Assignment Guidelines

• Address the following in 900–1,200 words:
  • What constitutional issues are involved in the scenario that dictates what you can and cannot do related to the evidence of other criminal activity outside the scope of the original wiretap order? Explain.
  • If you arrest the other individuals for the crimes not associated with the reasons for the wiretap, what happens to any future evidence that might be obtained from the wiretap? Why?
  • If you fail to arrest the other individuals, are there any potential risks involved? Explain you answer.
• Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.