Thursday, October 29, 2015

IFSM 370 Project 3: Case Study | Complete Solution


IFSM 370 Project 3: Case Study | Complete Solution

Introduction
This is an individual project.  Each student must complete a Case Study that provides the requirements analysis and a proposed solution for converged network solution.  The target audience will be the organization’s Chief Information Officer (CIO).  The Case Study deliverable is an MS Word document.
 
The completed Case Study deliverable is due by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the due date shown in the Course Schedule.  See the Additional Information section of the syllabus for the penalty for late or missed assignments and projects.
 
The Case Study is valued at 12% of the course grade.
 
Case Study
Company Overview
Catacomb, Inc. is a global logistics provider that offers fully integrated freight and supply chain services through managed warehousing and domestic and international freight forwarding. Services range from door-to-door domestic and international delivery services to total supply chain management. With branches across the United States and Europe and partners worldwide, Catacomb continues to expand, and it has experienced rapid growth through acquisitions.
 
Note: The term supply chain refers to all the elements involved in bringing an organization’s products from the raw-goods stage to the customer.
 
The Association for Operations Management (APICS) dictionary ((http://www.apics.org/Resources/APICSDictionary.htm) defines “supply chain management (SCM)” as the design, planning, execution, control, and monitoring of supply chain activities with the objective of creating net value, building a competitive infrastructure, leveraging worldwide logistics, synchronizing supply with demand and measuring performance globally.

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