Category: Supply Chain Management

Please review attached documents as they are relevant.
Format
APA cover page
Abstract (1/2- 1 page) 
2. Introduction to the topic, problem or thesis statement 
3. Literature Review Background Research on the topic 
4. Discussion of your ideas on the topic and problem
5. Discussion of new solution(s) to the problem 
6. Conclusion 
The final paper must have the following key sections, clearly identified, though they can be titled creatively to reflect your question and interests:
I. An introduction that states the problem and why your topic is important.
The research question, clearly and concisely stated as a question. What do you hope to answer with this research? This section should also include definition of terms.
II. Literature Review – background research on this topic
III. The results/ discussions, describes what you have learned that helps answer the research question. What are you ideas about this topic?
IV. The discussion of potential new solutions. 
V. The conclusion, which summarizes the key points of the paper and suggests further research needed on this topic.
VI. A list of references in APA format.
Topics for the course project include but are not limited to: 
1) The convergence of transportation congestion and transportation security at a U.S. seaport.
2) A review of past Transportation legislation while developing a new proposal to address past weaknesses and omissions.
3) The transitioning of the Defense Transportation System toward complementing best practices in supply chain management efficiently and securely.
4) A review of the U.S. economy and its impact on transportation and logistics management.
5) Identify new challenges within transportation and logistics management and develop viable solutions to these challenges.
6) Identify an emerging concept such as reverse logistics, green logistics, etc. and analyze its impact on the future of transportation and logistics management.
7) Other topics will be considered.

Overview
MBA programs around the country are starting to require their students to become more effective writers. This is in response to industry’s urging for grad schools to improve the writing skills of graduate students. Writing at the MBA level should be informative, colorful, and nuanced, and the writing should include simple words vs. complicated (especially if used out of context). 
As you read the journal articles for this course, remember the context of the MBA degree. The MBA is a practitioner’s degree. The degree signifies that you can think, analyze, solve problems, and then communicate solutions to business executives effectively and efficiently. Your analysis of the discussion in the articles, the articles’ relationship to this course, and implications related to each reading assignment will prepare you to communicate in this manner.
Instructions
In each assigned module, you will choose 1 journal article from those provided in the course. Reviews of substitute articles will not be accepted. Write a Journal Article Review of 900-1200 words, not including the title page or reference page. For each Journal Article Review, you must discuss how the theoretical model or treatment described in the article compares to the information discussed in your textbook. No more than 20% of each Journal Article Review may be quotations. You must cite and reference the original article, the course textbook, and one additional scholarly article.
Each Journal Article Review assignment must include these sections:
Title page
Article caption at top of first page of text (current APA style) to identify the article
Statement of the author’s purpose (100 words)
Background of the issue (175 words)
Application of supply chain management theory relevant to article (175 words)
Managerial implications of article findings (350 words/2–3 paragraphs)
Summary of the article and its context (100 words)
References (Current APA style)
Students must follow this format for their review.
article link: https://www.proquest.com/abicomplete/docview/2763356637/fulltextPDF/B27C75A0459B4B3APQ/1?accountid=12085&sourcetype=Scholarly%20Journals 
textbook: Supply Chain Management. McGraw-Hill Create. https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9781307866025 

Please see attached directions and book.
Book reference: PETER W. ROBERTSON. Supply Chain Analytics : Using Data to Optimise Supply Chain Processes. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2021. Disponível em: https://research-ebsco-com.libauth.purdueglobal.edu/linkprocessor/plink?id=3c65316d-e94e-3f1b-a2d6-6e4d6be1b650. Acesso em: 7 maio. 2024.

Your assignment due at the end of week 6 focuses on supply chain mapping. This exercise enables the organization to understand the strengths and weaknesses of its supply chain. Our text discusses a heat map, which is available to you (see the appendix in the textbook). Flexibility in the supply chain provides a critical foundation to manage resiliency in the event of disruption. Choose a minimum of four of the twelve examples of flexibility and summarize their content, role and expected outcomes for an organization. Feel free to research companies and provide examples of how companies apply some of the examples that you’ve offered. The paper should be a minimum of 500 words, but not more than 1000 words. add 3 APA reference