Choose one of the questions below and answer it fully using…

Choose one of the questions below and answer it fully using standard English grammar and spelling: How is the building of strategic partnerships and trust valuable within a supply chain? Give a sample scenario to help explain this value. Explain how a reduction in lead time can help a supply chain reduce safety inventory without hurting product availability? Give a specific example. Name two products with the same cost but different margins.  Which product should have a higher level of product availability?  Why?

Choose one of the questions below and answer it fully using…

Choose one of the questions below and answer it fully using standard English grammar and spelling: Why may supply chain profits be hurt by a retailer who makes log-sizing decisions with the sole objective or minimizing its own costs? What would the advantage be if the entire supply chain coordinates this decision? Give an example. Why can a Home Depot, with a few large stores, provide a higher level of product availability with lower inventories than a hardware store chain such as True Value, with many smaller stores? Your friend wants to know about managing demand in a supply chain.  Briefly explain it to him or her and give three specific examples of different strategies (be sure to mention the type of firm you think a specific strategy should be used in and why).