Short read and answer questions about (Supply chain)

Learning Goal: I’m working on a supply chain question and need a sample draft to help me learn.

>Chapter 7: “Supplier Evaluation and Selection” includes the following topics:

• The seven-step supplier selection process.
• Criteria to narrow the supplier pool.
• Learn about the resources available to identify suppliers.
• Understand the importance of supplier financial analysis.
• Understand how to develop a supplier evaluation scorecard.

>Chapter 8: “Supplier Quality Management” includes the following topics:

• A working definition of supplier quality management.
• Principles of total quality management.
• Deming’s 14 points of quality.
• The Malcolm Baldrige national quality award.
• The elements of a supplier quality manual.

>9TO5Mac: “Half of top 200 Apple suppliers are within lockdown-hit areas; warning of a ‘complete halt’ to tech production,” Link: https://9to5mac.com/2022/04/20/half-of-top-200-apple-suppliers-at-risk/
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>Wall Street Journal: “Apple Unveils iPhone 14, Apple Watch Ultra, Series 8, New AirPods Pro: Event Roundup,” Link: https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/apple-event-2022-iphone-14-launch?mod=Searchresults_pos4&page=1
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>Financial Times: “Apple’s manufacturing shift to India hits stumbling blocks,” Link: https://www.ft.com/content/0d70a823-0fba-49ae-a453-2518afcb01f9
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>ABP News: “Apple’s Manufacturing Shift To India Hits Roadblocks: Report,” Link: https://news.abplive.com/technology/gadgets/apple-iphone-production-india-manufacturing-challenges-china-1582121
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Please review the assigned materials before answering the questions below.

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1. Apple Corporation recently announced moving a portion of production from China to India. Please develop a supplier evaluation scorecard that could be used for new suppliers in India (See example in Exhibit 7.7 of the textbook). What would be the top five categories of your scorecard, and how would they be weighted? Why?
2. Please provide a detailed 7-step supplier selection process to develop a new supplier network in India.
3. Deming identified 14 Principles of Total Quality Management. Which five principles of Total Quality Management would be most important for working with suppliers that provide components for manufacturing the iPhone 14? Why?
4. Please provide an insightful question about Supplier Selection or Development. Why is this question important?

please don’t copy answers from outside websites or I will get a zero.

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