Devry GSCM330 All Weeks Discussions Latest 2019 MAY Question # 00602509 Course Code : GSCM330 Subject: Education Due on: 06/24/2019 Posted On: 06/24/2019 11:46 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 5.0/5

GSCM330 Strategic Supply and Master Planning

Week 1 Discussion

MASTER
PLANNING

What is
master planning exactly? How does master
planning affect the overall organization? Why is this a necessary part of the
overall management process of an organization?

GSCM330 Strategic Supply and Master Planning

Week 2 Discussion

MEASURING
FORECASTING ACCURACY

Select and
discuss one of the following topics:

1. Describe the three popular measures of
forecast accuracy. Which is the better one to use in your view and why?

2. Explain the role of regression models in
forecasting. That is, how is trend projection able to forecast?

GSCM330 Strategic Supply and Master Planning

Week 3 Discussion

AGGREGATE
PLANNING STRATEGY

Define
aggregate planning. Why is it important?

GSCM330 Strategic Supply and Master Planning

Week 4 Discussion

INVENTORY
MANAGEMENT

Three
important categories of inventory are raw materials, work-in-process (WIP), and
finished goods. Select an operation of
interest to you and explain how these categories of inventory apply to it. What are some key considerations in the
effective management of these categories of inventory?

GSCM330 Strategic Supply and Master Planning

Week 5 Discussion

TEAM 1
DEVRY TECH TEAM ASSIGNMENT COLLABORATION AREA – DEVRY TECH TEAM 1

Students
assigned to Team 1 should use this discussion board to collaboratively complete
the Week 5 DeVry Tech Team Assignment, which is a PowerPoint presentation
containing an audio narration of the slides.

All
students must post to the discussion board as a part of the collaborative
process in accordance with the rubric below. Points are not earned for any
collaborative efforts that take place via e-mail.

The
PowerPoint presentation submitted by the team must describe MPS, MRP, Time
Fences, and ERP, as well as explain how these concepts relate to one another.
The PowerPoint file must include audio narration and speaker notes of at least
150 words in length entered to the speaker notes section of each content slide
(all slides other than the cover slide, agenda slide, and references slide).
Only one PowerPoint file should be submitted for grading. The cover slide of
this PowerPoint file must list the first and last name of each student who was
able to participate in and contribute to the development of the PowerPoint file
in a timely manner. The team may designate a single student to complete the
audio narration or the team may decide to have different students narrate
different slides.

To be
eligible for grading, the final PowerPoint presentation must be submitted to
the designated assignment submissions area. Final PowerPoint presentations
submitted instead to the team discussion board are not eligible to be graded.

Here is the
rubric for this assignment:

Individual
Student Posts:

As an
individual student, you posted at least one post by Wednesday that
substantively and helpfully furthers the team’s objective of completing and
submitting the required PowerPoint presentation: 15 points;

As an
individual student, you posted two additional posts that substantively and
helpfully further the team’s objective of completing and submitting the
required PowerPoint presentation: 15 points;

As an
individual student, you posted on at least three different days of the week: 15
points;

As an
individual student, at least one of your posts contains a PowerPoint attachment
containing (1) at least two original content slide developed by you that could
realistically be used in the development of the team’s final PowerPoint
presentation, (2) 150 words of speaker notes in the speaker notes area
associated with at least two slides, and (3) at least one reference and
associated in-text citation: 45 points;

Team
PowerPoint:

The final
team PowerPoint presentation submitted for grading contains a cover slide, an
agenda slide, at least two slides for each topic (MPS, MRP, Time Fences, ERP),
at least two slides describing how the four concepts relate to one another, a
summary slide, and a references slide: 35 points;

Each of the
content topics is addressed accurately and substantively. Each content slide
contains at least 150 words of pertinent and applicable speaker notes. Some
graphics are used in the presentation: 55 points;

At least
three references are used in the presentation and at least one in-text citation
appears in the body of the presentation (in slide content or speaker notes) for
each reference listed on the references slide: 25 points;

The
presentation includes an audio track as a part of the PowerPoint file (not
submitted as a separate audio file) that is clear and articulate and provides a
narration of each slide: 25 points;

GSCM330 Strategic Supply and Master Planning

Week 6 Discussion

MATERIAL
REQUIREMENTS PLANNING (MRP)

What is
MRP? Identify four benefits from its use.
How to MRP and ERP relate to one another?

GSCM330 Strategic Supply and Master Planning

Week 7 Discussion

WHY LEAN?

Identify
and discuss some lean principles. How
are the Toyota Production System and lean manufacturing related? What is Lean Six Sigma?

GSCM330 Strategic Supply and Master Planning

Week 8 Discussion

SHORT-TERM
SCHEDULING

Compare and
contrast finite and infinite loading as they pertain to Short-Term
Scheduling. Use examples.