A start-up pharmaceutical company with production in the United States and in Taiwan gathered the following information for 2017 and 2018 to evaluate its supply chain coordination:
2017 2018
Shipping and receiving cost $1,450K $2,010K
Replenishment lead time (days) 45 90
Inventory cost $512K $515K
Level of product availability (units) 15K 8K
Based on the limited information provided above, describe how you imagine the supply chain coordination operates in this pharmaceutical company. Base your answer on research from the scholarly sources (see below) and your readings.
Explain your thoughts about how the company may change or remain in the situation they are in relative to supply chain coordination.
Predict what other information the company may wish to gather to confirm its suspicions and explain why that information would be useful.
Show your calculations and a table in an appendix