Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain" rel="nofollow">in Management Writin" rel="nofollow">ing report for the below company Name: Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics (Organic Soap) Total Number of pages: 5 to 6 pages The report should be answerin" rel="nofollow">ing the below questions All chapters will be attached How the company practices supply chain" rel="nofollow">in costin" rel="nofollow">ing: (chapter 8) 1. Describe the strategic cost management prin" rel="nofollow">inciples 2. Explain" rel="nofollow">in the tools that can be used to support strategic cost management. How can you distin" rel="nofollow">inguish between suppliers (decide the importance of their suppliers) How the company measures supply chain" rel="nofollow">in performance: (chapter 13) 3. Explain" rel="nofollow">in how the company could measure its sourcin" rel="nofollow">ing, operations and logistics processes as well as it customer satisfaction. 4. Explain" rel="nofollow">in how the company could measure it SCM performance (in" rel="nofollow">inventory days of supply, Response time cash to cash cycle time, perfect order fulfillment) The company’s core competencies and outsourcin" rel="nofollow">ing policies/ practices :( (Chapter 9) 1. Identify the core competencies of the company. Justify why you thin" rel="nofollow">ink they are core competencies 2. Defin" rel="nofollow">ine outsourcin" rel="nofollow">ing and discuss reasons why companies outsource. Provide examples of outsourced services. Identify and describe some of the potential risks associated with outsourcin" rel="nofollow">ing. 3. Explain" rel="nofollow">in a make-or-buy analysis and illustrate how this analysis in" rel="nofollow">influences a company’s decision to outsource. The company’s supply base: (chapter 10) 1. Discuss supply-base optimization as an example of the rationalization process. 2. Explain" rel="nofollow">in how role shiftin" rel="nofollow">ing improves competitiveness in" rel="nofollow">in the supply chain" rel="nofollow">in.