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Company Profile
Prepare a company profile. The profile should include the items listed below. (1 page)
· Business Name
· Primary Business Location (e.g., Headquarters Location)
Company Overview
· Business Purpose (e.g., Business Function / Mission Statement)
· Size / Market Reach (e.g., Small, Medium, Large / Local, National, Global)
· Principal Customers for Medical Devices
· Major Competitors for Medical Devices
Supply Chain Management Philosophy
Supply Chain Management (SCM) encompasses managing and integrating essential business processes across an organization. Efficient and effective SCM affords companies an advantage over its their competitors. While most organizations adhere to industry standards and best practices in SCM (e.g., ISO 9000), they may also incorporate unique aspects that differentiate them from the competition. These unique aspects are typically aligned with the company’s culture, mission, and philosophy on social responsibility and accountability.
Evaluate Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) SCM philosophy (2-3 pages)
· Describe J&J’s philosophy on SCM
· Explain how J&J’s philosophy on SCM supports its mission statement
· Explain how J&J’s three key focus areas (People, Places, and Practices) apply to its relationships with supply chain partners.
Supply Chain Management Practices
Supply Chain Management (SCM) encompasses the end-to-end business processes necessary for a company to produce goods and services for delivery to the end consumer. Integration between the processes and collaboration among the entities involved in the processes are critical. In 2001, the Global Supply Chain Forum recommended a common definition of SCM and identified eight key business processes that they proposed should be implemented and integrated.
Supply Chain Management Process (1 page)
· Briefly describe each of the eight key business processes identified in the article “The Supply Chain Management Processes,” including the purpose of each process in managing the supply chain.
Evaluate J&J’s approach to Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) (2-3 pages)
· What is J&J’s philosophy on SRM?
· What are the requirements for becoming a supplier partner with J&J?
· What role do suppliers play in achieving the mission of J&J?
· How effective are J&J’s SRM practices?
Project Scope
The scope of the project is derived from stakeholder requirements and is used as input to create the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). The WBS depicts the total scope of the project, and is the primary source of information for the development of the project schedule and , for the determination of project resources, and is an important element of performance measurement.
The final deliverable for this project is a supplier product agreement between J&J and Allied Distributors for the production of medical devices. Five sub-deliverables that must be produced before the supplier product agreement can be created are: Sourcing Requirements; Sourcing Proposal; Supplier Selection Criteria; Supplier Responsibility Standards; and Supplier Performance Measurement Criteria.
Compose a project scope statement (1 page)
· Describe the overall scope of work required to create the Ffinal Pproject deliverable, a supplier product agreement between J&J and Allied Distributors.
· Describe each of the five sub-deliverables that must be created in order to produce the final project deliverable.
Project Schedule
A project schedule is developed by estimating the duration of the activities that must be performed in order to produce each of the sub-deliverables. The project schedule is typically represented in a Gantt Chart. The Gantt Chart depicts the project activities, durations, start and end dates, and predecessors. It also shows the project’s critical path. Activities on the critical path are those that, if delayed, will impact the project finish date.
Define Project Activities
· Using the outline view of the WBS below, define at least two activities that must be performed in order to produce each of the five sub-deliverables. The activities should be aligned with J&J’s SRM practices for new supplier partners.
1. Supplier Product Agreement
1.1. Sourcing Requirements
1.1.1. Activity
1.1.2. Activity
1.2. Sourcing Proposal
1.2.1. Activity
1.2.2. Activity
1.3. Supplier Selection Criteria
1.3.1. Activity
1.3.2. Activity
1.4. Supplier Responsibility Standards
1.4.1. Activity
1.4.2. Activity
1.5. Supplier Performance Measurement Criteria
1.5.1. Activity
1.5.2. Activity
Estimate Activity Durations
The next step after defining the activities for the project is to estimate the duration of each activity. Using the Table 2 below and considering the available resources (for this project, only human resources are required) provided in Table 1:
· Estimate the duration for each of the project activities and enter the durations in the table.
· Describe the tool/technique you used to estimate the activity durations. (2-3 paragraphs)
· Describe a tool/technique other than the one you used that can be used for estimating activity durations. (2-3 paragraphs)
Table 1: Available Project Resources
| Resource | Rate |
| Project Sponsor | $98/hour |
| Project Manager | $46/hour |
| Procurement Manager | $33/hour |
| Human Resource Representative | $36/hour |
| Environment, Health, Safety, & Sustainability (EHS&S) Representative | $73/hour |
| Legal / Regulatory Representative | $92/hour |
Table 2: Project Deliverables/Activities and Durations
| Deliverable / Activity | Duration |
| 1. Supplier Product Agreement | |
| 1.1. Sourcing Requirements | |
| 1.1.1. Activity | Duration |
| 1.1.2. Activity | Duration |
| 1.2. Sourcing Proposal | |
| 1.2.1. Activity | Duration |
| 1.2.2. Activity | Duration |
| 1.3. Supplier Selection Criteria | |
| 1.3.1. Activity | Duration |
| 1.3.2. Activity | Duration |
| 1.4. Supplier Responsibility Standards | |
| 1.4.1. Activity | Duration |
| 1.4.2. Activity | Duration |
| 1.5. Supplier Performance Measurement Criteria | |
| 1.5.1. Activity | Duration |
| 1.5.2. Activity | Duration |
Gantt Chart
· Assume that the project starts on the first day of this class. Using the data in Table 2 above, construct a Gantt Chart for the SCM project.
· The Gantt Chart should depict Activity Name, Start Date, Finish Date, Duration, and Predecessors.
· The Gantt Chart should display the critical path.
Project Cost
Project Cost Management involves estimating how much it will cost to complete all of the project activities and then aggregating those costs to determine the total cost of the project. In order to estimate the cost of the project, resources must be applied to the project activities.
Project Cost Estimates
Using the available resources provided in Table 1 above and assuming that all resources will be assigned 100%:
· Record the resources name(s), quantity, and rate in Table 3 below. Note that more than one resource may be needed for the activities.
· Estimate the cost for each of the project activities and enter the costs in the table. Calculate the total cost of the project.
· Describe the tool/technique you used to estimate the activity costs. (2-3 paragraphs)
· Describe a tool/technique other than the one you used that can be used for estimating activity costs. (2-3 paragraphs)
Table 3: Project Deliverables/Activities, Durations, Resources, Cost
| Deliverable / Activity | Duration | Resource Name(s) | Resource Quantity / Rate | Activity Cost |
| 1. Supplier Product Agreement | ||||
| 1.1. Sourcing Requirements | ||||
| 1.1.1. Activity | Duration | |||
| 1.1.2. Activity | Duration | |||
| 1.2. Sourcing Proposal | ||||
| 1.2.1. Activity | Duration | |||
| 1.2.2. Activity | Duration | |||
| 1.3. Supplier Selection Criteria | ||||
| 1.3.1. Activity | Duration | |||
| 1.3.2. Activity | Duration | |||
| 1.4. Supplier Responsibility Standards | ||||
| 1.4.1. Activity | Duration | |||
| 1.4.2. Activity | Duration | |||
| 1.5. Supplier Performance Measurement Criteria | ||||
| 1.5.1. Activity | Duration | |||
| 1.5.2. Activity | Duration | |||
| Total: |
Project Budget
The project budget is developed after project costs have been estimated. The budget represents the amount of funding within a certain period that will be needed for the project.
From the cost estimates in Table 3 above:
· Prepare a Basis of Estimates to document the estimating techniques that were used to determine the project costs. (1 page)
· Prepare a budget for the first quarter of the SCM Project using the “Project Budget” ExcelXCEL template.
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Supplier Product Agreement
1.1
Sourcing Requirements
1.2
Sourcing Proposal
1.3
Supplier Selection Criteria
1.4
Supplier Responsibility Standards
1.5
Supplier Performance Measurement Criteria
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