Your final paper is a 11 to 12 page analysis of Global Supply Chain Management topics at a major international company—Multinational Corporation (MNC). You need to select a publicly traded Fortune 500 company–it could be one from the Dow 30 listed– to research and present information on 4 of the 6 Supply Chain Management topics listed below. Your paper must include a brief executive summary and overview of the company to include general information about the MNC–size, core business offerings, number of employees, operational locations, most recent revenue, sales and profit numbers, etc. Second, you must conduct a detailed SWOT Analysis (Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats), both external to your MNC and internal to the enterprise. The results of your SWOT Analysis will assist you in your analysis of the enterprise’s Supply Chain Management (SCM) system and processes. Third, you are required to analyze and discuss, in detail, 4 of the 6 topics impacting the overall operational execution and control of your MNC’s Supply Chain Management system and processes. 1. In your MNC how does the enterprise operationally plan, control and execute the actual transportation of all materials and goods throughout their supply chain management system? 2. Does your MNC employ or use a transport model to effectively and cost efficiently execute SCM operations enterprise wide? If so, identify and explain in detail the transport model and its implementation. 3. How does your MNC effectively and cost efficiently provide and resource physical security and safety throughout all phases/segments of the MNC’s value chain and supply chain? Explain in detail. 4. Describe in detail how your MNC plans, organizes and effectively executes Inventory Management and supply control systems and processes enterprise wide. 5. Explain in detail how the MNC effectively and cost efficiently executes and employs Information Technologies Systems and information flows/sharing enterprise wide to execute and continuously improve their SCM system/processes. 6. Describe in some detail how your MNC uses the concept of sustainability to maintain and improve their SCM system. Fourth, please provide a short summary or conclusion to your paper on the overall effectiveness and execution on your MNC’s Supply Chain Management system. You must provide a complete list of all your research sources at the end of your paper.
