Writing Homework Help

Read the article: 7-Eleven Shifts Focus to Healthier Food Option

Using your knowledge of Supply Chain Management and your academic research skills, complete all of the following:

• Describe four changes to the traditional 7-Eleven supply chain that
  the move to fresh foods will require. In addition, discuss four
  advantages that 7-Eleven can gain by outsourcing all or most of the
  fresh food supply chain responsibilities.
• Use a basic flow diagram to create a simple supply chain model for
  delivering fresh sandwiches with eight distinct boxes. You may use the
  software of your choice to create the diagram; however, it must be
  readable when copied and pasted or imbedded into your MS Word document.
• Recommend either a push-based strategy or pull-based strategy for ordering fresh foods and justify your recommendation.
• Discuss three advantages and three disadvantages of using Radio
  Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in the proposed supply chain.
• Describe four businesses that have successfully implemented the
  retail of fresh foods that would be suitable for 7-Eleven to benchmark.
• Discuss four important pieces of information that must be gathered
  and transmitted using 7-Eleven’s IT networks to support the fresh food
  supply chain.
• Describe how the practice of tanpin kanri (item by item management)
  may be transferred from 7-Eleven Japan to the United States operation.