Trade-offs in operations and supply chain

After reading the text all course materials and participating in discussion threads assigned to date you are to develop a two to three-page paper that explains the trade-offs that occur in operations and supply chain in the context of a recent purchase. Processes to follow for writing. Be sure to follow all APA guidelines and review sample APA paper and other writing helps found in Course Information under “Writing Helps.” You are to follow all APA guidelines use Times New Roman 12 font. Use APA headings as below: http://blog.apastyle.org/.a/6a01157041f4e3970b0115… This paper will have four level 1 Headings (which are explained above in the graph): Introduction (usually written last and is about two paragraphs long using citations). Introduction would contain a citation from the company of the product or service that you purchased. Analysis (usually written first) and within contains three APA level 2 headings: Analysis

1. Your first analysis must have citation at least from the text Analysis

2. Your second analysis must have citation at least from the text Analysis

3. Your third analysis must have citation at least from text Conclusion (usually written after Analysis but before Introduction). Remember not to add any new information in the conclusion. Reference (this will have at least the text book and one or two other sources like Forbes Wall Street Journal Harvard Business Review New York Times ISM [found at ISM.ws] or other business sources you cannot use Wiki sources or blogs). Also would include citation from company from which you purchased the product or service. Content of the paper. Consider either a product or service that you have purchased recently. If you need more information on products and a services: https://www.archives.gov/preservation/products/definitions/products-services.html Research the company where you purchased either a product or service. Go to their website (and cite probably in the introduction of your paper). Think about that product or service in the context of what you are learning in this class. Remember all companies want to deliver the best quality product at the fastest possible speed that is delivered reliably at a low cost. However companies have to decide which of these four will be the main focus of their supply chain. Decide if the product or service that you purchased was focused more which of the following desirability’s: quality delivery speed delivery reliability or low cost. In this paper your opinion counts so after reading the course materials and the company website you can make your opinion clear. Remember each supply chain is designed differently and is primarily focused on delivering either quality delivery speed delivery reliability or low cost. In the context of your recent purchase give examples of how an operation cannot offer a product or a service with equal primary focus on all four of these desirability’s. While you are focused on one of these desirability’s explain why you think that company made the choice to focus on one desirability more than the others. Consider the industry and doing some research (and citing) information on the companies industry might help as often competition within industries often creates conformity within industries. This Website will give you some information on the industry: https://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag_index_alpha.htm Give examples of how an operation cannot offer a product or a service with equal focus on all four of these desirability’s: quality delivery speed delivery reliability and low cost and use your recent purchase to explain. Remember the purpose of this paper is for you to explain that it is impossible to have a supply chain that equally primarily serves all four desirability’s (quality delivery speed deliverability reliability and low cost). You are to use a recent purchase of a product or service to explain why each supply chain is designed to focus primarily on one of the four desirability’s.

Requirements: 2 pages