Username: Lisi&Ed
Email: lisit88@temple.edu
Group Members: Elizabeth Torres & Edward Ha

I believe that it should be of best interest to them. This is definitely something that will provide them short-term and long-term benefit. However many people are so accomplish.

I think the beer game demonstrated exactly how the bullwhip effect can take place. I also agree that have a good communication in the supply chain in essential for success. When our group did the second round of the beer game we communicated through out every transaction. Although it took a bit longer, it was [...]

I think RFID, is something that still may have a future. It simplifies the supply chain process, however it still needs to be worked on. If RFID manufactures develop a cheaper RFID then I believe companies would find a greater value in the product. Also many people are now discovering ways to use RFID in [...]

MIS professional, work as business analyst in this industry to determine the most cost effective and fastest way to coordinate the supply chain. Whether it is new technology or improving a current process.

The speaker was helpful, it put everything we learned into a real life example.

What was must interesting was how most of the oil we are getting comes straight from sunoco’s distribution center. Many people think that some gas is better than others not knowing that it may have came from the same place.

production, transportation, storage, Refining, logistics, and blending. Managers have to determine which type of oil will be in demand 6 months from now and forecast sales. They also must try to take advantage of the pricing of oil however they must take in consideration the high cost of storing oil. Sunoco does the processing in [...]

Technology has eliminated many of the middle man that used to directly deal with the consumer. Due to this elimination many companies are dealing directly with the consumers, who know has more say than ever before with the impact of social media. As a result companies have no choice but to be environmentally responsible.

I would see how they differentiate theirselves from other online retailers. This includes their service, distribution, order processing, products offered, etc. Also by looking at their fixed and variable cost and compare it with their revenue and forecasted revenue.

ShopLink.com, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on November 2000

No,The way that these distributors are set up, is geared to handle large orders. They wouldn’t have the man power to handle individual customer orders b/c the orders are customized and each product would need to be manually picked out. Rather than large machines picking up crates full of products.

False, An English bid is one like EBAY where the bids are displayed and the highest bidder wins

No, I wouldn’t pay for news. One could essentially watch news on TV for free. It also could be almost impossible to monitor the news that people upload an post onto blogs. The newspaper industry is still making profits when posting online because of the revenue from advertisements The poster sent us ’0 which is [...]

True, although companies try to forecast sales and maintain the inventory level predicted, there are still uncertainties that may not have been thought of. Therefore the company needs a cushion, just in case.

Both True and False, some companies who under produce may earn high margins on their profits because they their product is a limited commodity and people are willing to pay high prices for it. However their are companies who can still earn high margins while over producing.

It is important for every individual in a company to understand how they influence the supply chain. For an MIS professional it is even more important because it may be their job to find ways of changing the current supply chain and making it more efficient.

A VPN is the network application used to implement an extranet. Extranet is an internet technology used to retrict users in which it allows the exchange of confidential information.

E, Supply chain deals with the entire process of effectively delivering a product to the consumer.