PowerPoint Presentation What the Guys in the Funny Brown Shorts Are Really Doing (UPS) Case Assignment Assume you are the supply chain manager for UPS. Due to the financial condition of GM and the fact that logistics is not their core competency, they have decided to outsource the transportation of their automobiles from their Canadian factories to their dealerships in the U.S. You are leading the UPS supply chain team that is charged with obtaining the GM business. Utilize the knowledge gained on the Deliver process to underpin your presentation. Additionally you can use information from the beginning of the semester to support your presentation During this week, do a first pass reading of the Team Case Assignment “What the Guys in the Funny Brown Shorts Are Really Doing”. Reading it before meeting with your team for the first time should make your group time more productive. The analysis of the case study can take time, as you learned from the other cases. I suggest you start to organize the analysis during this week of this case assignment. The due date for the PowerPoint presentation on the case study is provided in the course schedule.

PowerPoint Presentation What the Guys in the Funny Brown Shorts Are Really Doing (UPS) Case Assignment Assume you are the supply chain manager for UPS. Due to the financial condition of GM and the fact that logistics is not their core competency, they have decided to outsource the transportation of their automobiles from their Canadian factories to their dealerships in the U.S. You are leading the UPS supply chain team that is charged with obtaining the GM business. Utilize the knowledge gained on the Deliver process to underpin your presentation. Additionally you can use information from the beginning of the semester to support your presentation During this week, do a first pass reading of the Team Case Assignment “What the Guys in the Funny Brown Shorts Are Really Doing”. Reading it before meeting with your team for the first time should make your group time more productive. The analysis of the case study can take time, as you learned from the other cases. I suggest you start to organize the analysis during this week of this case assignment. The due date for the PowerPoint presentation on the case study is provided in the course schedule..

2. Team Case: What the Guys in the Funny Brown Shorts Are Really Doing (UPS) Case Assignment

PowerPoint Presentation: What the Guys in the Funny Brown Shorts Are Really Doing (UPS) Case Assignment 

Assume you are the supply chain manager for UPS. Due to the financial condition of GM and the fact that logistics is not their core competency, they have decided to outsource the transportation of their automobiles from their Canadian factories to their dealerships in the U.S. You are leading the UPS supply chain team that is charged with obtaining the GM business. Utilize the knowledge gained on the Deliver process to underpin your presentation. Additionally you can use information from the beginning of the semester to support your presentation

During this week, do a first pass reading of the Team Case Assignment: “What the Guys in the Funny Brown Shorts Are Really Doing”. Reading it before meeting with your team for the first time should make your group time more productive. The analysis of the case study can take time, as you learned from the other cases. I suggest you start to organize the analysis during this week of this case assignment. The due date for the PowerPoint presentation on the case study is provided in the course schedule.

Case Assignment Documents and Materials:

You will need the following documents/materials to complete this team case assignment: 

1. Read the case. Thomas Friedman, “Flattener #8, Insourcing: What the Guys in the Funny Brown Shorts Are Really Doing”. The World is Flat, pages 141-150.  NOTE: This case can be located in the Library Reserves by the title “Flattener #8, Insourcing.” 
2. The assignment questions, grading, and other specific information for this assignment are all provided in the UPS Case Assignment Document File.

3. You may find it helpful to review the general information about preparing a case study assignment in the Course Protocols and Assignment Guidelines materials.

Please submit your completed group assignment in the “Team Case Assignment: ‘What the Guys in the Funny Brown Shorts Are Really Doing’” drop box located in the “All Assignment Drop Boxes” folder by the assignment due date provided on the course schedule.

PowerPoint Presentation What the Guys in the Funny Brown Shorts Are Really Doing (UPS) Case Assignment Assume you are the supply chain manager for UPS. Due to the financial condition of GM and the fact that logistics is not their core competency, they have decided to outsource the transportation of their automobiles from their Canadian factories to their dealerships in the U.S. You are leading the UPS supply chain team that is charged with obtaining the GM business. Utilize the knowledge gained on the Deliver process to underpin your presentation. Additionally you can use information from the beginning of the semester to support your presentation During this week, do a first pass reading of the Team Case Assignment “What the Guys in the Funny Brown Shorts Are Really Doing”. Reading it before meeting with your team for the first time should make your group time more productive. The analysis of the case study can take time, as you learned from the other cases. I suggest you start to organize the analysis during this week of this case assignment. The due date for the PowerPoint presentation on the case study is provided in the course schedule.