Discussion 1.Supply Chain Management

From the e-Activity, determine which best practices can be applied to the greatest number of small businesses. Explain your rationale.This is the e-activity:Use the Internet to research best practices in supply chain management.

• Analyze the principles of Total Quality Management (TQM) and Six Sigma in regard to quality control of a product or service, and make at least one recommendation for improvement. Explain your rationale.

Discussion 2.Managing Inventory

• Describe a retail business with which you are familiar and determine the most suitable means of inventory control. Provide specific examples to support your response.
• For the same business, discuss what innovative steps you could take to deter employee theft and/or shoplifting.

Discussion 3.The Relationship Between Language and Thinking

• Research a quote about language and thought.
• For example, a quote by philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, believed that thought without language was impossible: “The limits of my language are the limits of my life.”
• Next, examine whether or not it is possible to think without using language.
• Argue for or against the ways a person might enact “languageless” thinking.
• If you believe it is not possible, describe the major problems with languageless thinking.