- Read "I, Pencil: My Family Tree as Told to Leonard E. Read" http://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/rdPncl1.html
- Create a mind map or table of direct goods, their country of source and their role in the manufacturing process – goods directly involved in the production process (Page 775)
- Create a mind map or table of indirect goods, their country of source and their role in the manufacturing process – all the goods not directly involved in the production process (Page 775)
- Create a mind map or table of MRO goods, their country of source and their role in the manufacturing process – products for maintenance, repair, and operations (Page 775)
- Create a mind map or table of skills required, their country of source and their purpose in the manufacturing process.
- Create a mind map or table of possible languages spoken and written in the various countries involved in the supply chain.
- Provide at least three examples of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) data could be exchanged between these firms. Describe the purpose of this exchange?
- Draw a supply chain – firms that purchase goods, their suppliers, their suppliers’ suppliers. Includes not only the firms themselves, but also the relationships among them, and the processes that connect them. (Page 776)
- Write a summary of all your research. Include all of the aforementioned lists and diagrams you generated to complete this assignment after your minimum two page summary. You may make educated inferences based on Leonard E. Read’s text.
- At leaste one mind map should be used in this submission.
- Midterm and Final Exam grades will be capped at 100%, no grades will exceed 100%.
- This assignment is voluntary additional credit and is not required.
- This assignment must be submitted via Blackboard.
- Use FreeMind mind map or xmind.net software.
- Copy and paste the mind maps into an office document format.
- No late submissions will be accepted.
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