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Process design and supply chains.

Describe the current state of H.J. Heinz Company's supply chain and an identified process.
Required Elements:

• Describe the company's supply chain
• Identify a process internal to the company that you wish to analyze.
• Describe the process internal to the company that you wish to analyze.
• Identify an appropriate design approach for the process you have chosen.
• Create a high-level AS IS process flow chart using an appropriate tool.
• Identify at least one metric to measure the process and its application (how, what, when, and who).
• Use an appropriate tool to collect data for each step of the process.

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Process design and supply chains are provided. A high-level AS IS process flow chart using an appropriate tool is determined.

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• Describe the company's supply chain - H.J. Heinz Company's supply chain

The H.J. Heinz Company is known for a superior strategic company in accomplishing the supply chain execution within the targeted consumer marketplace. The H.J. Heinz Company utilizes the logistics operations by creating synergies between the raw goods and finished goods sides of the business operations. In doing so, the analysis on H.J. Heinz supply chain operations will entail utilizing technology across several internal operations processes that will facilitate the completion of product's delivery. Try and think of the company's supply chain as the means for more visibility to quickly assess the phase of productions leading to the end point of reference for delivering to the consumer on time and within set pricing matrix.

Further, the H.J. Heinz is proficient in outlining the supply chain network as a partnership with every internal and external entity for ensuring the largest on demand process of the product meets goals. Therefore, the key in understanding and describing the H.J. Heinz supply chain network is in the advanced logistics operations that produce the start of the art of transportation management system (TMS) that produces results. In doing so, the technology angle is imperative to connecting the overall phases of executing the H.J. Heinz supply chain operations for identifying successful metrics or recommending the elimination of practices no longer productive for the future projections.

• Identify a process internal to the company that you wish to analyze. • Describe the process internal to the company that you wish to analyze.

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