Cases
Supply Chain Management:
The Big Picture
Cyber Logic Systems is a successful regional company in the United States that specializes in cyber security. Because of the dramatic increase in the hacking of business and government databases, Cyber Logic Systems believes this is the moment to expand its operations. Elmer Armstrong, chief executive officer, met with the board of directors and explained his vision for the company. Mr. Armstrong planned to aggressively expand into Europe and South America. The board of directors gave Elmer the go ahead.
Elmer called a meeting of his senior staff and explained his vision to them. He asked what major issues they saw that required immediate resolution before Cyber Logic Systems could proceed with such an aggressive expansion. Rhonda Mendoza, director of operations, said that their current supply chain structure would not be able to support such an expansion. She further stated that the supply chain structure would collapse under the strain, thus endangering their regional business, as well as the expansion. Elmer tasked Rhonda with developing a plan on how to get the supply chain structure robust enough to move forward with the expansion.
Rhonda began analyzing their supply chain management needs by reviewing the four foundation elements—supply, operations, logistics, and integration. As she performed her analysis, Rhonda realized that not all their current suppliers had the capabilities to support Cyber Logic Systems’ operations in Europe and South America. Ms. Mendoza decided to perform a detailed supplier evaluation on each supplier. Through this evaluation she determined that some suppliers could easily support European operations, while others were better suited for the South American operations. Furthermore, some suppliers, who were a tremendous asset to Cyber Logic Systems, would only be capable of supporting their current regional business.
Each market area, United States, Europe, and South America, had regulations with differing standards for cyber security. The technical specifications for the systems Cyber Logic Systems would install varied significantly between the three marketplaces. Rhonda decided this could be a considerable problem. Her solution was simple yet elegant, supplier certification. Supplier certification would ensure that the suppliers supporting the specific operational markets would be qualified to meet the particular regulatory requirements.
Although the systems Cyber Logic Systems installed were primarily software, often new hardware was required to support the software. Ms. Mendoza understood that their current distribution network was insufficient. They needed to redesign and build a more self-sustaining distribution network in order to ensure timely product delivery. They truly needed to move from the mindset of a regional distribution system to a global supply chain. This requirement would mean sourcing from suppliers who were close to the customers. When a customer has a cyber security issue, time is the enemy. The new systems must be in place as quickly as possible to avoid further damage to the customer’s databases and to enable them to continue operating.
Rhonda believed she had identified the key elements that must be improved before they could move forward with the expansion. The last hurdle was how to guarantee that the three foundation elements, supply, operations, and logistics, worked as one smooth global supply chain and not as disjointed parts. This was the biggest challenge of all. If Cyber Logic Systems didn’t solve this issue, the chance of failure was high.
Ms. Mendoza reflected on her studies in operations and supply chain management. The answer to the issue was process integration. She knew that they had a challenge ahead. They must convince each supply chain partner that this supply chain management structure must be part of everyone’s strategic planning process. Only then could they ensure that the individual pieces, purchasing, inventory, operations, logistics, quality, etc. would work together as a single well-oiled machine. Ms. Mendoza was ready to outline her plan to Mr. Armstrong and the other members of his senior staff.
Discussion Questions
1. When analyzing the supply chain management foundation element “supply,” what are some of the specific issues Cyber Logic Systems must address?
2. When analyzing the supply chain management foundation element “operations,” what are some of the specific issues Cyber Logic Systems must address?
3. When analyzing the supply chain management foundation element “logistics,” what are some of the specific issues Cyber Logic Systems must address?
4. When working on process integration, what type of issues must a company overcome for true integration to be achieved?
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“Expanding Cyber Security Operations: A Supply Chain Management Case Study” Title: “Optimizing Supply Chain Management: The Role of Sing, Inventory, Operations, Logistics, and Quality at Cyber Logic Systems”
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Cognitive Psychology: Measures, Disorders, and Memory Processes
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Prompt
Write an introductory section that identifies the name, genre, and overall theme of the film.
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Assignment and Instruction:
4. Submit final paper here to include all of the information under each heading completed. Please remember to cite in APA 7th edition. This is the 4th submission which is everything.
These were the previous 3 submissions, I will be attaching them as pdfs:
1. Submit a summary of the recent news event that you selected. Please remember to cite in APA 7th edition. Als submit the news article.
2. Submit a recent newspaper article and the name of the theory you chose to apply along with a description of the news article and theory. Please review the theories in Chapter 6 and throughout your text. If you submit the article without selecting a theory that you will use to apply to your news article you will not receive credit. Since this is an assessment assignment I cannot tell you if your article is a good article or that you selected the correct theory. I am providing a grade only that you have completed two components of the paper. Please remember to cite in APA 7th edition.
3. Please submit your outline here and the only the content of the first three headings. Remember to adhere to the APA style 7th edition. Submit all sections of your paper completed to date within your Outline.
Instructions:
Social Psychology: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination in the News
For this assignment you will choose a recent (i.e., within the last year) news event from an appropriate article and do the following:
Identify a recent news event that depicts stereotypes, prejudice, or discrimination. Provide the article describing the event you have chosen.
Briefly describe the news event and indicate the basis of stereotype, prejudice or discrimination (example, social class, ethnicity, gender, age, race, sexual orientation, or religion).
Apply one of the social psychological theories to explain why an individual/organization in this situation was influenced by stereotypes, prejudice, or discrimination.
How does the level of social diversity in the relevant environment described in the event (e.g., family, school, work, or community) explain why discrimination occurred?
Heading 1: Introduction and Background
Heading 2: Description of the stereotypes, prejudice or discrimination event
Heading 3: Application of theory to the individual actor(s)/organization in the event
Heading 4: Application of the concept of social diversity to the environment
Heading 5: Discussion/Conclusion
Instructions Continued:
– Description of stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination seems to be what you are saying the event is about
– Evaluate the theory you chose without the description of the event correctly written.
– The introduction and background should be about prejudice, stereotypes and discrimination if that is what you are discussing in your news event, not the news event.
– You should cite each sentence.
– attached are the previous three submissions to create the final 4th submission and another rubric. Follow both.
Rubric:
Exemplary
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Accomplished
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Developing
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Beginning
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Accurate identification of the stereotypes, prejudice, or discrimination event
Sophisticated and accurate identification of stereotypes, prejudice, and/or discrimination in a recent news event.
Appropriate identification of stereotypes, prejudice, and/or discrimination in a recent news event.
Superficial identification of stereotypes, prejudice, and/or discrimination in a recent news event.
Does not identify stereotypes, prejudice, and/or discrimination in a recent news event.
Correct application of theory to the individual actor(s)/organization in the event
Sophisticated analysis of how theories impact the individual/
organization
Appropriate analysis of how theories impact the individual/
organization
Superficial discussion of how theories impact the individual/
organization
Absence of reference to how theories impact the individual/
organization
Accurate application of the concept of social diversity to the environment
Sophisticated analysis of the influences of social diversity to the environment
Appropriate analysis of the influences of social diversity to the environment
Superficial discussion of the influences of social diversity to the environment
Absence of reference to the influences of social diversity to the environment
Written expression/style
Uses graceful language that skillfully communicates meaning to readers with clarity and fluency and is virtually error-free.
Uses straightforward language that generally conveys meaning to readers. The language has few errors. -
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