Anwar U Azim

e. All of the above

The statement means that a company can sell a product to the consumers fairly easily. However, how to fulfill the consumers’ demand is quite challenging. If a company is unable to fulfill consumers’ demand they […]

The answer is yes, distributions centers that supply to traditional retail stores are geared to handle online orders from individual customers because they have the products, and they are already supplying to many […]

1. Quality of the product.
2. Products’ availability.
3. Faster shipping.
4. Level of customer satisfaction.

A. Shoplink.com

Factory can follow the customers’ demand closely to better predict the future demand, which will help them start producing products before receive the order. This way they can cut down the lead-time.

In business, you should have all of your business agreements in writing. Not having a written agreement can put your business in higher risks. Having a contract is good for both parties because both parties are […]

1. My watch
2. Chapstick
3. Body lotion
4. English dictionary
5. My textbook

I’d do the same what that guy did. Yes, he lost it, but you have to have a good relationship with the people you do business with. If you can’t trust your partner, it’s a bad situation. It is always good if you […]

False – It’s a sealed bid auction. In the English biding system, a person can see what was the previous bid and bid higher than the last bid.

IT sourcing is very essential to most businesses today. It is very hard to do business in a global environment without IT sourcing. For big companies like Pfizer, it is impossible to do business without IT. […]

The supplier dashboard is a chart where you can view all suppliers’ accounts and make changes as needed. It gives you the birds’ eye-view of your all suppliers in one snapshot. Seeing the whole picture in one […]

I think the guest lecture was very useful because he shared some real life experiences with us. He knows about the IT very well. Listening someone’s experiences from the current industry can help us better […]

The retail stores usually meets the local demand. The store physically cannot move to the other place to meet the demand for other areas. The Internet solves this problem by extending the market for a retailer to […]

Better inventory management, reduce theft, less labor.

Pitfall: Security and privacy

No I would not pay for online news. News can be found all over the Internet for free. Specially, nowadays, you can get real time news through social media such as Twitter and the Facebook. Thus, I do not see a […]

I learned about the main differences between RFID and traditional barcode. I also learned how adding RFID chip on pallet level, case level, and on the products benefits different parts of the supply chain. For […]

Sorry; I meant to post this on week 5.

I learned about the main differences between RFID and traditional barcode. I also learned how adding RFID chip on pallet level, case level, and on the products benefits different parts of the supply chain. For […]

The most important lesson I got this Beer Game was that communication is the key to make better decisions. Without communication, it is hard for any business to predict the the future demand and supply the […]