SCM CASE ANALYSIS: FORECASTING AND PLANNING Overview In this assignment, you will research a selected company and develop a case study analysis on forecasting and planning a supply chain. Instructions? Consider that you work for a company that develops and sells case studies and case study analyses. Your company's primary customers are colleges and universities that want to use them within their courses, but your company also has customers that use them for management training and development. Your manager asked you to conduct research and develop a case study analysis on the company's supply chain strategy, including transportation. She is specifically interested in you doing the analysis on one of the companies from this list: Amazon. Apple. L. L. Bean. Starbucks. Walmart. Research and write about the company that you have selected from the above list. You and your manager discussed the high-level outline of your analysis and agreed you should address the following items: Describe the company's business model (particularly related to their supply chain strategy). Provide a diagram or visual to explicitly describe that same business model. Compare and contrast the company's supply chain strategy with another company's strategy.? Use another company from the list to determine which supply chain areas the company excels at compared to your selected company. Explain the transportation strategy of the company. What modes of transportation is the company using to move products from factories to customers? Analyze the global challenges the company faces in its supply chain. What are the company’s main supply chain risks and how can the company reduce these risks? Analyze the economic and political factors that can impact the company’s transportation network. How might these factors relate to future improvements? Analyze the role demand forecasting plays in the company's supply chain strategy. Include in your analysis the challenge of forecasting in times of uncertainty. Explain how pricing promotions are used to change demand. Use some examples that indicate how the company has used pricing promotions to increase demand. Submission Requirements Your assignment should also meet the following requirements: Format: Based on the intended audience, your report should be well organized and written in clear, succinct language. Length: 5–6 double-spaced pages. Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point. APA format: Use current APA style and formatting for in-text citations and references. References: 3–4 sources are required. As the basis for your research, you can use any of the resources noted in this course, in the Capella library, and on the Internet. Include at least one reference from The Wall Street Journal. Note: Use of additional resources will assist in achieving distinguished level ratings. Before submission, refer to the scoring guide for insight into the grading criteria for this assignment. SCORING GUIDE Your work will be evaluated using this criteria. VIEW SCORING GUIDE Competencies Measured By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria: Competency 1: Examine how a supply chain supports an organizational strategy. Describe the company's business model. Compare and contrast the company's supply chain strategy with another company's strategy.? Explain the transportation strategy of the company. Competency 2: Assess how to improve supply chain efficiencies. Analyze the global challenges the company faces in its supply chain. Analyze the economic and political factors that can impact the company’s transportation network. Analyze the role demand forecasting plays in the company's supply chain strategy. Competency 3: Analyze supply chain systems to meet customer demands. Explain how pricing promotions are used to change demand. Competency 4: Communicate in a professional manner that is consistent with the expectations for supply chain managers and participants.

In this assignment, you will prepare a training document for project managers that summarizes important ethical guidelines and legal requirements pertinent to their role. From an ethics perspective, the project manager should make decisions that prioritize the needs of the customer. The Project Management Institute (PMI) promotes the following values: responsibility, respect, fairness, and honesty.Prepare a 5–7-page current APA style composition paper in which you summarize each of the following and describe how it relates to Project Management:The Project Management Institute Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility (Project Management Institute)The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)Contract LawComponentsTitle page formatted in current APA style with the following information: Title of the paper, your name, course number and section number, and date.A table of contents using the following headers: Introduction, PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Contract Law, Conclusion, and References.A minimum of three scholarly journal and textbook source references cited and credited according to current APA formatting style using a minimum of six in-text citations. With help with APA, go to the Writing Center under Academic Tools.The paper should be focused and to the point, containing between 600–800 words (at least 5-pages) specific to the table of contents items, excluding references.ReferenceProject Management Institute (PMI). (n.d.). Code of ethics and professional conduct. http://www.pmi.org/about/ethics/code