1. Why is Supply Chain Management (SCM) important to healthcare organizations?
2. List some inventory items found in your organization, or any organization (ideally a
health care organization that you work for or have worked for, or a hypothetical health
care organization).
Which of these inventory items might be classified as A, B, or C items? Why?
How would you manage these items differently depending on their classification?
3. Think of an item for which your organization carries Safety Stock (SS). Why is SS
needed for this item? Can the amount of SS needed be reduced? How?
4. Describe the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system(s) found in your organization,
or any organization (real or hypothetical). How could it be improved?
End of Chapter Discussion Questions (group assignments, 20% of final course score total, 2
submissions worth 10% each; submit as full group on Canvas as assigned)
End of Chapter Discussion Questions are due to be uploaded to Canvas, 1 submission per group,
on the exam due date listed in Canvas, by 11:59 PM. Do not discuss this assignment with other
groups or students, as each group is graded separately and independently as an examination.
The questions are called Discussion Questions because you should discuss them and work on
them as a team. You should work together to complete the answers, for example, by
proofreading and editing each others drafts and delivering a high-quality final submission.
Please see the rubric below for more information about what is considered a high-quality final
submission. Of importance will be how well you cite and adhere to the material in the textbook,
instead of just describing answers in your own words with information that is not obviously
informed by the textbook.
Grading Rubric for End of Chapter Questions (Team Examination Assignment)
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