Using your critical thinking/analytical skills please complete the following and submit in the week 4 module in the assignment folder entitled Week 4 Case Review/Analysis.

5. Create a two-column list, and in the first column, list Fitter’s flawed supply chain management process. In the second column, list the ways in which an ERP system could alleviate some of these problems.

6. What are potential sources of risk in Fitter’s supply chain? How should Fitter prepare to minimize these risks? Research this topic on the Internet, and use examples to support your reasoning.

7. Assume that you are the manager of Accounting at Fitter, which is privately owned by a family and headed by a board of directors. The board members are set to visit the company tomorrow morning and would like to see sales data for today, as an example of a typical day. Your boss calls you up and asks you to work with the employees on your team to complete the table shown in Figure 5-18, in anticipation of the board members’ visit tomorrow.

Sales data

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Division Direct Sales

Division Total

# Bars sold

NRG-A

NRG-B

Total

$ Value of bars sold

NRG-A

NRG-B

Total

# Customers sold to

NRG-A

NRG-B

Total

Given Fitter’s current sales order data-processing practices, why will this be a difficult task to complete? Explain the business practices that would cause difficulty in quickly and accurately gathering this data. Why would this task be easy to complete if Fitter had an ERP system? To answer this question, review Chapters 3 and 4 to see how sales orders are processed.

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