1. Competencies
   Assess value chain management.
   Critique the influence of global and business environments on organizational success.
   Analyze the role of operations management in organizational performance.
   Analyze supply chain strategy to ensure profitability and sustainability.
   Apply tenets of managerial economics to financial planning.
   Formulate differentiation strategies based on workflow across the value chain.

   Student Success Criteria
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   Scenario
   You have been selected as a guest speaker at the local community college in their Operations Management class. To help you prepare, you will be writing an Analysis on a Fortune 500 company for the upcoming class.

   Instructions
   Select a Fortune 500 company from the Logistics industry to create an Analysis. In your presentation, do the following:

   • Evaluate how the company uses value chain management.
   • Explain how the global business environment competitive forces affects the company’s operational success.
   • Analyze the company’s primary and support operations management functions impact on organizational performance.
   • Evaluate the effect of supply chain strategies and economic factors on the company’s profitability and sustainability financial practices.
   • Discuss how the company has developed a differentiation strategy on workflow across the value chain or the organization.
   • Summarize your findings and highlight some best practices.
   • Provide attribution for credible sources (minimum of 3 scholarly sources).
   • Use APA format and apply professional language supported with evidence (in-text citations and references in APA style) and free of errors.
   • Resources
     Access library databases in the Resources tab of this course. Recommended databases include First Research for industry information, Mergent Online or Hoovers for company information, and Business Source Complete via EBSCO or Business via ProQuest for articles.

Comprehensively explains how the global business environment competitive forces affected the company’s operations management strategy in a well-written Analysis

A – 4 – Mastery

Comprehensively identifies how the selected company uses value chain management in a well-written Analysis.

A – 4 – Mastery

Comprehensively analyzes the company’s primary and support operations management functions on organizational performance in a well-written Analysis.

A – 4 – Mastery

Comprehensively evaluates the effect of supply chain strategies and economic factors on the company’s profitability and sustainability financial practices in a well-written Analysis.

A – 4 – Mastery

Comprehensively discusses how the company has developed a differentiation strategy on workflow across the value chain or the organization in a well-written Analysis.

A – 4 – Mastery

Comprehensively summarizes findings and highlights some best practices in a well-written Analysis.

A – 4 – Mastery

Exemplary use of professional language and thoroughly supported with evidence (in-text citations and references in the correct APA style). Established a concisely stated scholarly position using at least 3 scholarly sources appropriate for purpose, format, style, and audience and free of errors.