A purchasing and supply chain performance measurement and management system should directly support corporate goals and objectives. A measurement system that directs behavior and activity away from those goals and objectives is counterproductive and can cause greater harm than good. Effective performance measurement systems have certain characteristics. Select three characteristics and discuss why a measure should possess that characteristic. Why is it sometimes advantageous to benchmark performance against a non-competitor?

List and describe two potential methods or models (mathematical or conceptual) that can be used to predict impacts in an environmental impact assessment (EIA) process. Illustrate your answer with relevant examples.

Can you please outline the basic idea behind the CASP competition?

Restituto Dimaalis is VP Corporate Planning of Philippine Canning Corp. (PCC), one of the biggest fish canning companies in the Philippines with Sales of about PhP 12.0 B in 2012.  Its main product is tuna with the cannery located in General Santos City, South Cotabato.  Its secondary product line is sardines with the cannery located just outside Zamboanga City.  The company’s head office is located in Makati.   Reviewing company performance over the past few years, Resituto thought the picture looked good.  The cannery in Gen San, together with the corresponding fish port was new, having been completed 5 years ago.  The company had invested a little over PhP 500.0 M in this project but it seemed to be paying off both in terms of increased efficiency as well as capacity.  Most of the machinery and systems (60% of cost) was financed through 10 yr. US$ denominated debt while 30% of the balance was funded through long term PhP denominated debt and the rest through Retained Earnings. The…

Is a Value Analysis Plan better or worse than simply finding the lowest price for an item, regardless of vendor or supplier? Explain your position.

When Canada Goose makes coats, its core question is: "What are customers looking for? Do people buy Canada Goose jackets for extreme cold weather defense or because they want to make a fashion statement? This is known as the rationale for making the product, otherwise known as the: Multiple Choice core customer value core supplier distribution critical competitor scanning critical consumer consideration core manufacture disintermediation

demand or its quality standards. The discovery of the faulty parts caused delays and other impacts on Apple's other suppliers as well POM Apple Deals with Supply Chain Strain and Faulty Parts as its customers. Apple reportedly threw out all of the defective Watches to avoid having to recall them. When Apple (www.apple.com) introduced the Apple Watch in April 2015, industry analysts had a hard time predicting how consum- ers would react. Their estimates ranged from 5 million to 40 million Watches sold in 2015. This huge range in a market forecast creates havoc in planning for a supply chain. In fact, industry experts call it supply chain strain. So, how did Apple's supply chain gear up for such a high de- gree of sales uncertainty? First, the firm allowed a certain number of Apple Watch preorders. Based on those preorders, Apple could estimate the potential market demand and alter production ac- Apple then handed over production of the taptic engine to another partner, Nidec Corporation…

Exactly what is meant by the expression "the producer-consumer dilemma"? Provide an example of how it may be found in the software of an operating system.