Future supply chain and operation of Amazon
1 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT C A S E S T U D Y P A P E R 2 G E N E R A L I N S T R U C T I O N S Topic: The Future of Supply Chain Management . For this assignment, you must think about the future of supply chain operations , considering current technological and political trends toward globalization as well as recent worldwide coronavirus outbreak. You must research current trends and summarize your research as a report. The general structure of the report could be as follows: 1. An introductory se ction about global supply chain operations which have formed since 1980s . 2. A d escription on current technological and political trends toward globalization and potential impacts on global supply chain . 3. A description on t he challenges for companies in North America in dealing with the changes being described above . 4. A description on what operations management should prepare for the changes being described above. 5. Conclusion . S P E C I F I C R E Q U I R E M E N T S To write the report you will need to cover at least the following : 1. Your report must adhere to APA formatting. 2. Other than APA formatting, the structure for the paper is not fixed, if there is a logical flow of ideas. The length of the paper is not an issue , but preferably in range of 10 to 15 page s. 3. You must research at least 5 recent (i.e., less than 10 years) peer -reviewed articles. Exceptionally, highly regarded industry sources (e.g., Harvard Business Review, IBM, SAP, McKinsey, Accenture, Deloitte, Capgemini) will be accepted .