Production and Operations Management – discussion questions

Answer the two questions below seperately using at least one source each. Write in the 1st person and provide examples from your personal life or professional experiences while integrating course concepts and resources to support your statements. 

if possible please use textbook: Operations Managementin Supply Chain: Decisions and Cases, 8th Edition By: Roger Schroeder and Susan Goldstein ISBN: 978-1-260-36810-9

1. Walmart is a company that many consider to have a competitive advantage in supply chain management.  Based on what you’ve studied to date, what are some supply chain management aspects that give Walmart such a competitive advantage?  List examples based on your experience or research.  Comment on any insights this activity gave you.

2. Review FIGURE 16.3 Supply chain mitigation framework.  This shows Company A and B starting from “business as usual” at ZERO IMPACT.  Using Resilience, Agility and Recovery, both companies return to “business as usual” (e.g. points on the graph at “Recovery B2” and “Recovery A2”, with B getting there quicker).  Now discuss these two questions:

1. What are the two other possible ends states in terms of Business Impact following a disruption and recovery as shown? (e.g. the Y-axis, other than “business as usual”)  Which of the 3 would you prefer for your company (i.e., as printed or either of your 2)?  Why?  

2. Find a definition of resilience that supports your preferred end state and convince your fellow students that they should follow your suggested definition of resilience instead of what’s printed in Figure 16.3.

l would like to use the same writer for the replies on this discussion post also on a new order which would be in a few days.