What is the direct role of data analytics in supply management? A Provide real time visibility into supply chain operations. B to identify trends and patterns and supply chain data. C to optimize supply chain processes. D to reduce lead times.

After reading Ivey Publishing's article "University of Chicago medicine: Transformation and sustainment of the supply chain and adapting to covid-19, we learn that Successful organizational change requires buy-in and acceptance from all people affected. How was SCOD able to gain the buy-in necessary for clinical staff (e.g., doctors, nurses, medical technicians) to accept and comply with new standard work rules accompanying the supply chain transformation? How could SCOD encourage continuous improvement and flexibility to change among clinical staff while addressing day-to-day problems?

Understand how forecasting is essential to supply chain planning.

Strategies for proactive demand management would not include O a. offering products or services with countercyclical demand patterns. O b. using subcontracting to meet unexpected high demand levels. O c. O d. shifting demand into other time periods. partnering with suppliers to reduce information distortion along the supply chain.