Business Term Paper Research Topics

From the three choices below, select the one you would like to research. This will be the topic of the assignment.

  • Title your assignment according to your topic.
  • In 500–750 words, discuss your topic:
  • In the first paragraph, provide the background information for the topic selected for your thread. You must reference at least 2 scholarly resources. You can access numerous periodicals, supply chain management journals (peer-reviewed), newspapers, and magazines (Fortune, Wall Street Journal, The Economist, etc).
  • For the second paragraph, explain potential consequences of the problem as well as alternative solutions to it.
  • In the last paragraph(s), present your proposed solution along with justification for its selection.

Topics

  1. Recent political turmoil in the Ukraine threatens the supply of natural gas from that region to Western Europe, thus affecting the worldwide price of energy. Stricter Western sanctions could worsen the situation. As a supply chain manager, you understand the importance of fuel as a cost of doing business. Explain your short and long-term planning decisions in response to this situation.
  2. The trend toward distribution center floor robotics has increased the need for workers skilled in robotics maintenance, but workers trained in such maintenance are in short supply. As a distribution center manager concerned with cost containment, you realize the importance of increasing the use of robotics, but are fearful of the problems caused by lack of skilled repair personnel. How will you respond to this situation?
  3. 3-D printing has been growing in popularity in recent years, with firms using it to reduce cost and facilitate just-in-time production. As a production manager, you understand the benefits of such technology, but wonder about cost, maintenance, and impact on present suppliers, many of whom have been selling to you for decades. You fear that ending such relationships may mean the end of your preferred customer status for other purchases made from them. Explain your decision-making process in this situation.

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