Question.876 - ScenarioYou are a Business Process Consultant for Kingston-Media and have been selected as a keynote speaker at an industry conference. To help you prepare, you will be writing a research brief for at the upcoming Supply Chain Conference, for one of the Fortune 500 companies in Kingston-Media’s client portfolio. InstructionsIn preparation for the conference, select a Fortune 500 company from the Pharmaceutical industry to create a research brief for use in building your presentation that will include the following: Evaluate the company uses of value chain management. Explain how the global business environment competitive forces affects the company’s operational success. Analyze the company’s primary and support operations management functions impact on organizational performance. Evaluate the effect of supply chain strategies and economic factors on the company’s profitability and sustainability financial practices. Discuss how the company has developed a differentiation strategy on workflow across the value chain or the organization. Summarize your findings and highlight some best practices. Provide attribution for credible sources.
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