Select at least one of the unit concepts below. Then find a current event in an article at the online periodical listed to illustrate that concept. Compose an analysis of that event or situation using the unit operations concept that you selected.

Directions:

The unit textbook concepts for our discussion this unit are:

• The strategy and sustainability of an organization's Operations function by appraising its efficiency and effectiveness.
• The use of strategic competitive priorities (focus dimensions) to choose between operations processes for either manufacturing and service creation.
• The abilities of a company's global supply chain through the use of inventory management, capacity planning, logistics management, location analysis, and similar tools.
• How an organization's practices create product and service quality.
• Operations management strategies that employ social responsibility and ethical principles.

Select one of these concepts and find a current related article that describes it at your choice of web sites (not Wikipedia), or at the Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com (Links to an external site.) (you can use the Wall Street Journal every unit in this course).