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Strategic Supply Chain Management for US Dept of Defense
See attached case file.
Review "The U.S. Department of Defense Profile: Making the Tail Smaller and the Tooth Stronger" on pages 169-184 (Refer to this link http://lvk.cs.msu.su/~antiw/McGraw-Hill.Strategic.Supply.Chain.Management.The.Five.Disciplines.For.Top.Performance.ISBN0071432175.pdf). Respond to the following questions:
1. What happens when push comes to pull?
2. Describe how the U.S. DoD implemented technology to support their collaborative relationships. Did they follow the best practices described in your textbook? Why or why not?
3. How were IT principles applied at the Defense Logistics Agency? How did the IT principles help improve supply chain performance?
4. How could virtue ethics, as discussed in the Drake and Schlachter article (See attached file), be applied to the collaborative relationships the DoD engages in?
Estevez discusses the importance of performance-based agreements in the case study. With that in mind, respond to the following questions:
5. What types of preparation skills and strategies would be essential to support positive negotiation outcomes?
6. Would they be similar to skills and strategies used in ongoing collaboration with partners? You may want to do a quick search to find supporting material for this portion of the questions.