Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, 12th Edition

Learning Goals in Review

Learning Goal	Guidelines for Review	MyLab Operations Management Resources
Explain the strategic importance of supply chain design.	Review Figures 12.1 and 12.2 for the big picture of supply chain strategy and design. The section “Creating an Effective Supply Chain,” pp. 499–501, reveals the nature of designing supply chains that support competitive priorities and the pressures that impinge on supply chain design.	Video: Supply Chain Design at Crayola
Identify the nature of supply chains for service providers as well as for manufacturers.	See the section “Supply Chains for Services and Manufacturing,” pp. 501–503, for the similarities and differences of supply chains for service providers and manufacturers.