A supply chain is the series of businesses that are engaged in creating and providing a good or service, including their locations, roles, and activities (Stevenson, 2021).

Critical Thinking Assignment for Module 8
A supply chain is the series of businesses that are engaged in creating and providing a good or service, including their locations, roles, and activities (Stevenson, 2021). A supply chain includes everything connected to the good or service, from the initial raw materials to the last customer, from start to finish.
Complete the following for this assignment:
Choose two Middle Eastern organizations, then describe their products or services, industry, and choice of organizations.
Identify and compare the supply chain elements from the two firms you have chosen, such as purchasing problems, supplier problems, logistics, information systems, quality, and customer service.
Describe the effects of information technology on both firms’ supply chains.
Finally, make suggestions for each organization’s improvement based on your findings.
Directions:
The length of your work must be four to five pages, excluding the title page and any reference pages that are never included in the content minimum requirements.
At least three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles and the concepts, theories, and other course-related information from the textbook should be used to support your proposal. For resources, use the Saudi Digital Library.
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NOTE The topic teacher suggests the following as the appropriate course of action:
Middle Eastern Organizations No. 1 and No. 2 are found in Section 1 of Module 8: Organizations, Industry, and Goods and Services.
•Section 2: Supply Chain Issues – Middle East Organization #1 – Issues with logistics, information systems, quality, and customer service.
Issues with purchasing, suppliers, logistics, information systems, quality, and customer service—Middle East Organization #2
Recommendations for Improvement – Middle East Organization #1 – Middle East Organization #2 Section 4: Information Technology Impact on Supply Chain – Middle East Organization #1 – Middle East Organization #2
References in Section 5 include Stevenson (Stevenson W. J. (2020). (Fourteenth) Operations management, McGraw-Hill Education
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