Donald is an agent representing Xmart, a large department store chain. Xmart has sent him to deal with Fred in regard to purchasing Fred's land in order to erect a new store. When Donald first meets Fred, Fred calls Xmart to verify that Donald is in fact an agent authorized to deal on Xmart's behalf. Xmart sends Fred a written confirmation of Donald's authorization to act as its agent and states that a contract signed by Donald will be honored by Xmart. Donald and Fred meet every other day during the negotiations. While the negotiations are still ongoing, Donald is fired by Xmart because it doesn't feel that he is making sufficient progress. Why is it important for Xmart to communicate with Fred regarding Donald's firing? Answer this question.

SCOR ModelThe Supply Chain Council was formed to standardize the discussions and management of supply chain operations. It developed the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model to describe, model, and benchmark all operations within a supply chain. You can find information about the latest model (SCOR 11) on the Supply Chain Council Web site. SCOR 11 differs from the previous model (SCOR 10) by elevating to a level of primary importance a process called "Enable," which refers to what organizations must do to support the other primary processes. However, for the purposes of our discussion of supply chains, this new process is not of particular interest.Briefly address each of the following bullets:Read, from pages 9–12, the sections entitled "The Supply Chain Council" and "The SCOR Framework" in the book Supply Chain Excellence in South University's online library. Discuss the SCOR model's five functions (Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, and Return) that are shared by supply chains. Does every supply chain contain all of these five functions?When producing goods, different production strategies, such as "make to order," "make to stock," "assemble to order," or "engineer to order" can be pursued. However, when providing services (car washing, hair styling, etc.), not all of these strategies can be pursued. An organization cannot really "stock" services (in other words, you can't have five car washes sitting on a shelf in the same way you can have five cans of soup sitting on a shelf). Do the stages of the SCOR model apply to operations in all of these areas (goods producing vs. service provision, and using any of the production strategies)? Search the Internet for a company and discuss which of these approaches (goods producing or service providing) and which of the production strategies the company's operations fit in. Support your response on the basis of the SCOR model and your research.In 2011, Japan experienced an earthquake, resulting in a tsunami. These natural disasters caused a great deal of damage and a significant loss of life. From a supply chain and operations management chain perspective, what were the implications for SCOR processes? Which of the SCOR model's five processes discussed above would have been impacted by such an event? Should planning for future events like this impact the strategy of a company? Support your response with your research.The final paragraph (three or four sentences) of your initial post should summarize the one or two key points that you are making in your initial response.Your posting should be about 1 page (400 to 500 words) in length.

Select a company (you can use your own if you want) and learn about the company's labor rate. Discuss labor rate(s) and how that relates to the company you researched total company overhead. Keep in mind the industry and how important is the labor workforce is to the organization. You can use the course resources and the library to assist with writing the paper. Instructions: •Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message. •APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting. •Length of paper: typed, double-spaced pages with no less than a three-page paper. •Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.