SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY
QA6640 - Quality Cost and Supplier Evaluation
Spring Semester 2007
Research Module Assignment Three


General Instructions

Answer all three of the following questions using Microsoft WORD.
Your name must appear at the top of the first page of your Microsoft WORD document.
When you have finished, attach your Microsoft WORD document to an email addressed to the Professor.
Your answers are due no later than midnight on March 26, 2007.
You may submit your answers early but late submissions will receive a grade of zero.

The Professor's email address is: Professor_Atkins@yahoo.com


This is a RESEARCH Module Assignment.
Your answers MUST include reference material from sources in addition to the course textbook.
You may use other textbooks, journal articles, or information published on the internet.

You MUST include footnotes in your answers when you reference material from the textbook or from other sources.

You have three options for showing your references:
  1. You may use footnotes at the bottom of each page, or
  2. You may group all the footnotes together at the end of the paper as end notes, or
  3. You may place each footnote in parenthesis at the end of the corresponding paragraph.
Missing or improperly referenced footnotes will significantly reduce your grade on this module assignment.


Learning Objectives for Research Module Assignment Three

Assignment Three focuses on Just-in Time, supplier certification and supplier surveys. When this assignment has been completed, the student should have:
  1. An appreciation for the relationship between Ship-to-Stock and Just-in-Time.
  2. An understanding of the steps involved in the supplier certification process.
  3. An evaluation of the impact of a supplier survey.

Module Assignment Three Questions

  1. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Ship-to-Stock (STS). Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Just-in-Time (JIT). Which technique would be best suited for a company that manufactures and sells bottled water? Explain the reasoning behind your choice.

  2. Chapter 11 on Supplier Certification lists ten steps in the overall process. Select any one of the first eight steps and discuss that one step in detail with respect to a specific organization. (Do not discuss steps 9 or 10. Discuss any one step from step 1 to step 8.)

  3. Chapter 12 explains how to conduct a supplier survey. Discuss the impact and results of an actual supplier survey in detail with respect to a specific organization.