In 800–1000 words, respond to a series of questions about a selected company’s information management system.
Meeting customer demands and high efficiencies are the goals of the majority of supply chains, and companies strive to develop sustainable long term supply chain solutions.
In Assessment 3, 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 4, 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. You can research your responses via the Capella library and the Internet.
Describe the company’s information management system.
Does its IMS give the company a competitive advantage over their competition?
How does the IMS help coordinate between supply chain partners?
Explain how the IMS helps to monitor orders and inventory levels and satisfy customers.
Explain why managing information is equally or more important to the company than moving products.
Write your answer in a Microsoft Word document in 800–1000 words. All written assessments should follow APA style and formatting guidelines for attributing sources.