Assessment
In Assessment 1, you selected a company from the list below and wrote a paper about their supply chain strategy and their use of forecasting and planning to develop their strategy.
In Assessment 2, you prepared a PowerPoint presentation for a company from this list. For this assessment, once again choose a company from this list, either one you analyzed in a previous assessment or one you have not used before.
• L. L. Bean.
• Amazon.com.
• Starbucks.
• Intel.
• Johnson and Johnson.
Research and write about your selected company's information management system (IMS) and respond to the following questions (use these questions as section headers). You can research your responses via the Capella library and the Internet.
1. Describe the company's information management system.
2. Does its IMS give the company a competitive advantage over their competition?
3. How does the IMS help coordinate between supply chain partners?
4. Explain how the IMS helps to monitor orders and inventory levels and satisfy customers.
5. Explain why managing information is equally or more important to the company than moving products.
Submit your answer in a Microsoft Word document in 600-800 words. All written assignments should follow APA rules for attributing sources.