1. Diagram the SES/BAG supply chain. What stages are adding value? What stages are not?
2.Using the primary SES suppliers (60 percent of business), what is the minimum performance cycle for the supply chain diagrammed above and what is the maximum?
3. Can the performance cycle be improved through the use of 25 percent and 15 percent suppliers? What trade-offs must be made to use these suppliers?
4. If you were Maxwell Stevens, What changes would you make in SES operations? Why? What problems do you foresee as you try to implement these changes?
5. Assuming you can make the changes mentioned in question 4 how would you “sell” Tyler Pinto on BAG’s next bid? What will likely be the “qualifying criteria” and “order winning criteria”? Will these change over time? What does this suggest about supply chain management?
