The Text Book: Jacobs, F. R., & Chase, R. B. (2010). Operations and supply chain management (13th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill

· If you were charged with the task of reengineering a process, would you be concerned with integrating only the outcomes of parallel activities that must eventually come together? Defend your response. (100 words)

· Identify the typical processes in manufacturing firms. Discuss how the new product development process interacts with the traditional function in the firm. (100 words)

· As a supplier, which factors about a buyer (your potential customer) would you consider to be important in setting up a long-term relationship? (100 words)

· In discussing characteristics of efficient plants, Goodson, developer of rapid plant assessments, suggests that numerous forklifts are a sign of poor space utilization. What do you think is behind this observation? (100 words)

· Which of the rules of reengineering do you feel would be the most difficult to satisfy? Why? (100 words)

· How do facility location decisions differ for service facilities and manufacturing plants? (250 Words)

· What are the pros and cons of relocating a small or midsized manufacturing firm (that makes mature products) from the United States to Mexico in the post-NAFTA environment? (250 words)