Sunil Wattal
Q&A: Ethics and Green Supply Chains
Multiple Choice Answers (Choose one correct answer. No credit will be given for multiple answer or answers which are not clear)
Following are the elements of Green Supply Chain
a. Green Sourcing
b. Green Production
c. Green Distribution
d. Green Reverse Logistics
e. All of the above
Q&A: Ethics and Environment
How does technology / information systems help companies become socially and environmentally responsible? Give examples.
Amazon delivery and ethics
Amazon’s cheap delivery comes at a cost – (click here to read the article). In your own words, explain how Amazon can handle this PR problem.
lecture slides for week 13
Supplier troubles continue at Apple
Here is another story of continued labor rights violations at Foxconn, which is a key player in Apple’s supply chain (click here). Do Apple’s troubles in maintainign an ethical supply chain make you less likely to buy Apple products?
Global Supply Chain Management Assignment
Global Supply Chain Management Simulation
Spring 2014
We will be running the Global Supply Chain Management (GSCM) simulation in class on April 17th (Thursday). In addition, the TA will conduct a help session on the assignment on April 22nd (Tuesday), and attendance is not mandatory on that day. I’ll be holding additional office hours on Thursday April 24th from 1-2 pm to help with the simulation.
In preparation for this, you will need to organize into groups of two, and one individual from each pair will need to register for the simulation (note, only 1 account is needed per team). The registration can be completed at https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/25736140
A bonus of 0.25 will be provided for completing the registration by Thursday, April 17th (noon) and posting the username and e-mail address you used to register as a comment here. Also mention the names of your group members. In addition, please read through the attached instructions before we begin the simulation. This will give you an overview of the game and how it will work. Attached as well is a record sheet you will need to print out and use during the course of the simulation to record your decisions and actions.
The deliverables for this assignment are:
1. Student Record Sheet – please complete this as you work on the simulation. Enter detailed explanations for each decision in the space provided. Submit the completed record sheets for all 4 years.
2. Tables to fill only for year 4. Comment on which costs (as fraction of revenue) are high, and how you can improve.
3. The due date for submission of all deliverables is May 1, 2014.
100 second reflection for week 11
Think for 100 seconds, and summarize the key things that you learned in the class in week 11 (technology standards and Rosetta Net case).
RosettaNet Case
MIS 3537
Internet and Supply Chains
Spring 2014
Due Date: April 15, 2014
Refer to the case “RosettaNet and ebXML: Betting on the Right eBusiness Standard”
Answer the following questions briefly (6-7 lines each):
1. Why are standards necessary in eBusiness?
2. Which standard do you think Developcom should adopt? Explain your answer giving reasons from the case as well as the Exhibits at the end.
3. What do you understand by the term ‘network externalities’? Also explain the phenomenon of ‘winner takes all’ in markets with network externalities.
4. Why are network externalities important in eBusiness standard wars? Give examples from the RosettaNet case.
Q&A: Networks and Standards
Why are network externalities important in eBusiness standard wars?