This week’s readings suggest that technology is at the center of changes taking place in supply chain management. In this discussion you will take a closer look at innovative technologies that companies are implementing to streamline their supply chain operations and examine how these new technologies have affected their business performance.For your initial post provide an example of a company that has been innovative with the implementation of new technology in their supply chain network. You can select a company on your own (using credible sources) from your textbook or from assigned readings. Your post must include the following:Name your chosen company and describe their business, then explain how they have implemented change in their supply chain through technological innovation.Explain how technology has changed the company, improved its supply chain management, and stimulated its competitive advantage.Provide one example of another new technology that you think might further improve the company’s supply chain operations and increase its global efficiency and competitiveness.Your initial post must be a minimum of 225 words.

You may apply a concept or theory from any of our readings, lectures, or cases within readings that are covered up to the due date. The idea is to apply the concepts, and use those concepts, to make recommendations on how the case or issue identified may have been resolved differently/better. In terms of format, you may follow the same format as the Individual Case Study outlined in the appendix of the syllabus (obviously the executive summary version is much shorter). Remember -- you are advising a CEO or Top Executive!I generally give people more flexibility on the first submission and will provide significant feedback if you are way off the mark. Also, the assignment TAB now includes the dropbox for your word or PDF document submission. Good luck! Confident you will all do fine!Concise executive summary analysis of problems that arise in assigned readings. These assignments—approximately one page—are not academic exercises, but realworld analyses you will be asked to write in a concise and executive-level quality format. There will be four (5) such assignments. Ineptly crafted write-ups (in which coherence or intelligibility is compromised by errors in grammar, syntax, diction, or punctuation) will not be evaluated for a grade.

Go to the internet and find a news article(s) published within the last month that discusses the following questions:1) Can the Coronavirus pandemic lead to the financial/economic crisis in the United States?2) What should be done to avoid the financial/economic crisis in the United States?3) Reflection – the students also should include a paragraph in the initial response in their own words, using finance terminology, reflecting on specifically what they learned from the assignment and how they think they could apply what they learned in the workplace or in everyday life.Summarize key points of the article(s) using finance terminology, and post your response in the Discussions area. Remember that your response should be written in your own words, do not copy-paste the paragraphs from the article(s).Please note that the goal of this discussion is to read, understand, and discuss recent news using finance terminology. The article should be from an on-line newspaper or magazine. Materials posted on educational websites, like www.thebalance.com,www.khanacademy.org , www.fool.com, and so on, are not considered news articles even if they were recently updated and contain material related to the discussion topic.