write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your

thoughts, ideas, and comments. Be substantive and clear, and use

examples to reinforce your ideas.

The Director of Operations for

your company has been trying to introduce logistics and supply chain

management principles to your management team without much success. She

has excitedly called you into her office to discuss a seminar she

attended last week. During the seminar, she participated in a

distribution simulation, referred to as “The Beer Game” (see supporting

materials below). She commented that the simulation gave her a complete

understanding of what the supply chain is, the dynamics of a supply

chain, and how it operates. She also found several articles that explain

logistics and supply chain management very well. She requested that you

conduct research to provide her with talking points that cover the

fundamentals of logistics and the supply chain. She asked that you

include the following in your talking points:

• Provide an overview of a supply chain, including the elements that make up a supply chain.
• What are the “flows” within a supply chain, and why are they important?
• What are supply chain coordination and supply chain disruption, and how are these manifested in a supply chain?