John Healy

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Email: tug85911@temple.edu
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Information technology systems can help make companies more environmentally responsible by allowing for increase visibility through their supply chain, allowing for them to monitor and stay aware of any environmental effect that occur due to the production at any give area of that supply chain. Additionally, I/T technology can help optimize a…[Read more]

the main takeaway from the Starbucks case was the fact that environmental sustainability can be achieved without a reduction in profits. If implemented properly it can aid a company as it grows because it can help build more committed customers loyal to the companies brand.

Yes, MIS professionals need to understand supply chains to better optimize the software they are developing. By having a better understanding of the supply chain the MIS software is managing, the better these professionals will understand the needs, and shortcomings that their software may have. Additionally, better understanding of the supply…[Read more]

this week we worked on the beer game, and the main takeaways I have of the game are that the bull whip effect is difficult to predict. In the game when one of the members over shot his estimate that trickled through the supply chain, and the rest of the group was unable to catch up. By the time the rest of the group caught up the customer demand…[Read more]

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My main takeaway from the first class is that supply chains exists in every company, big or small. Additionally that all supply chain are generally similar. they all move from sourcing, to a process, and then to delivery to the customer. Depending on the company each of these steps can be extensive, and can vary from one company to the other., All…[Read more]

John Healy
Supply Chain Management/ Senior May 2018 graduation
Picker/packer at a Distribution Center

I work as a delivery driver at a pizza place, essentially working as the final delivery aspect of the supply chain, handling all the logistics of the supply chain.