ISCOM 305 Week 5 Get There Navigation

Technologies: Operational Performance

Your team has been asked to evaluate the existing inventory management

strategy at GTNT to find out how the company may optimize its operational

performance. The company has also asked for a recommendation of which

subcontractor to employ.

Resource: Get There Navigation Technologies: Customer Needs and Operational

Performance

Read the scenario for

more information regarding the situation.

Write a 1,050- to

1,400-word paper of your evaluation in which you address the following points:

• What are the inventory reorder points and the

  quantities per order?

• What problems exist in the current operational

  strategy?

• Explain your rationale for selecting subcontractor A

  or subcontractor B. How does the selected subcontractor optimize

  operational performance?

• How would you plan around an emergency, such as a

  natural disaster? If a hurricane disrupted the supply of raw materials and

  the work-in-process inventory needed to produce finished goods, how would

  you modify the reorder points and quantities per order and why?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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