SupplyChain Managers are inundated with changes and how we manage thosechanges can contribute to either effective or ineffective results forthe company.
Identify a type of customer change that presents a challenge to the supply chain using your company or a company you are familiar with.
Examples of a customer change request are:
- Short lead time increase in requirements via a new purchase order or schedule release
- Short lead time reduction in requirements
- Product change: component change, functionality, and design change
- Revision to customer ship-to destination
Write a 700 to 1,050 word summary addressing how your supply chain managed this change.
- Was the change managed effectively? Why or why not?
- What impact did it have on other customer requirements?
- What impact did it have on your company’s operations?
- How might the management of this change have been handled differently?
- How will you engage the appropriate functional areas such asengineering, manufacturing, sales, and purchasing into the decision ofmeeting the customer’s new requirement within its required lead time?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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