San Diego State University Apple Inc Operations and Supply Chain Management Anaysis

Business of intro of operation.

• Web-Based Research Paper:
  • Each student is required to write a web research paper that is somewhat different than any other she/he may have written in the past.
  • The subject of this research paper shall be two noteworthy* Operations and Supply Chain Management (OM & SCM) practices of a company chosen by the student.
  • The chosen company must be large enough and/or unique enough to have been subject of prior published research and reports.
  • The two chosen noteworthy* OM & SCM strategies/practices shall be related to those covered in this class.
  • The paper shall have a Cover Page (five lines only) and a References Page (min. 5 independent references).
  • The paper must be well written in paragraph format and should be both spell-checked and “clarity-checked.”
  • The body of this consolidated paper should only be one-page, single-spaced with a 12-point font (papers longer or shorter than one page will be penalized). It should include a short paragraph identifying the company’s name, description of the business, primary goods/services, and why you selected this particular company.
  • The body of the paper shall include the two noteworthy* topics which must be extensively researched, analysis and concisely consolidated into two to four paragraphs.
  • The body of the paper shall also include three (3) well-thought-out questions that could be asked if the student had an interview with the company. These questions must be intriguing, succinct, reflective of student’s intelligence, knowledge of OM & SCM, and student’s acquired information about the company’s operations.
  • All research papers must be uploaded onto TurnItIn on Canvas by the due date noted in the Class Schedule.
  • Detailed requirements of the paper are outlined in the first lecture’s PowerPoint, posted on Canvas.

* [Noteworthy, as in Outstanding or Remarkable; OM & SCM strategies and practices that are different from the company’s competitors.

e.g., Disney’s Forecasting Strategy and Sustainability Strategies are superior to their competitors and are

“noteworthy” for a research paper.

e.g., Walmart’s Supply Chain Management Strategy and Inventory Management are “noteworthy.”]