Current Event in Supply Chain Management

Supply chain issues are constantly in the news. In writing about current events, you can use and demonstrate your knowledge about and understanding of supply chain management issues.

Objective:

Find an article and write a synopsis of the article on a current topic using the emailed versionof The Wall Street Journal Logistics Report. With this source you will need to click on the hyperlink within the article to view the original article for actual writer, title, and date.

To successfully complete this requirement, the student will include the following elements:

Include the article as included in the emailed version of The WSJ Logistics Report. The emailed version of The WSJ Logistics Report is the only acceptable source.
Write a brief synopsis of the corresponding The WSJ full article accessible through the hyperlink.
Explain how this event is supply chain related. Use specific supply chain terms. Also, support with outside sources for full points.
Give your thoughts about how it could be handled, resolved, possible implications, and/or possible solutions. Also, support with outside sources for full points.
List additional references properly cited within the paper.

Write in paragraph form using proper grammar. Use the free Grammarly software as you write the current event. Grammarly will be used in grading the assignment.

When you use an outside source, it is to be cited and referenced using APA (Sixth edition) format.

The completed assignment is to be submitted as outlined below and will be graded on how well these have been included:

Item will be graded only if it meets all of the following five requirements.

The actual paragraph regarding the article as found in the WSJ Logistics Report is included within the document.
Item is an event. For example, a general opinion piece is not acceptable.
Item is less than 28 days old at the time the assignment is due. Current event is due December 7, 2018. Source WSJ Logistics Report must be dated November 26, 2018 or after.
Item is properly cited within the article and referenced at the end. It is to include authors, month/day/year published, title, source publication. If from Internet, include the source address. All elements must be included.
Assignment is submitted on Canvas before the deadline.

General Motors Co

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MKT 4465 Current Event in Supply Chain Management

SOURCE: Colias, M. (November 27, 2018). The Wall Street Journal Logistics Report.

ARTICLE: Colias, M. (November 27, 2018). GM’s Plan to Cut Jobs and Plants Draws Fire from Trump, Others. The Wall Street Journal.

Article as reported in the email version of the WSJ Logistics Report:

General Motors Co. is shrinking as consumer demand for passenger cars slides. The company is ending production at several North American plants and slashing up to 14,800 jobs, the WSJ’s Mike Colias and Bob Davis report. GM’s plans to drop several models from its U.S. lineup, from big sedans to compact cars and its plug-in hybrid, likely upending auto-parts supply chains and raising warning signals over shifts auto manufacturing strategies and the U.S. industrial economy. The company is idling three assembly plants in Ohio, Michigan and Ontario, and two smaller transmission factories, cutting off significant demand for materials and parts.

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