Supply Chain (Questions & Answers)

Question 4: How do we distinguish between the types of risk in the supply chain?

Question 5: What is vertical integration? Give examples of backward and forward integration?

Question 11: Explain how FedEx uses the Internet to meet requirements for quick and accurate delivery.

Question 15: What is e-procurement?

Read the following Supplemental reading:

http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/corp-comm/closed-loop-recycled-content (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

http://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/our-approach-to-sustainable-packaging (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

http://resource.co/article/industrial-symbiosis-one-mans-waste-11903 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Question 1: Explain circular economy, closed loop supply chain, and industrial symbiosis   in 500 words at max.

Question 2: Give an example for closed loop supply chain and industrial symbiosis. If you don’t have an example, think about where you can apply the two concepts in your community