Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, 12th Edition

Learning Goals in Review

Learning Goal	Guidelines for Review	MyLab Operations Management Resources
Identify the major causes of disruptions in a supply chain.	See the section “Supply Chain Disruptions,” pp. 560–563. Focus on understanding the causes for disruptions from external and internal sources and what it means to integrate the supply chain. Study Figure 14.1, which demonstrates the flows in a supply chain, and Figure 14.2, which shows how mild dynamics in consumer demand can result in wild fluctuations in supplier demand. Figure 14.3 shows the integrative model used in this text; Figure 14.4 shows the SCOR model.	Video: Sourcing Strategy at Starwood
Explain the implications of additive manufacturing as a disruptive technology on ...