Question

Look for operations management and/or quality improvement in the news. Look for articles or posts within the past year. They do not have to be healthcare related.

Post a link to the article and answer the following question:

• Who has created the content? (Who do they work for? What are their qualifications?)
• Where is the content hosted or distributed? (Is it hosted by a news organization, a lobbying group, a company's website, a think tank or research organization, etc.?)
• How current is the information? (As this is a current event assignment, is the event still current and relevant? Have there been more recent developments?)
• What is the purpose of the content? (Is it trying to convince or persuade you to adopt a certain opinion, trying to get you to buy a new product or service, or trying to inform you with the facts? - or some combination?)

Answer 1

Article: Walmart Successful supply chain management, Clara Lu, October 4th 2018.

The above content has been created by Clara Lu who works as an editor and Head of Marketing at Tradegecko which is specialised in content generation and development of trade trends.

The content is distributed across globe by news and content generating website called " Tradegecko".

The content is fresh and updated and released on October 4th of 2018 with all updations and latest versions.

The content is aimed at identifying new SCM strategies adopted by Walmart like Vendor managed initiatives, strategic vendor partnerships, cross docking, advancement in inventory management and how all latest technologies have helped reduce costs and penetrate newer markets.