Limit: 250 words
Estimated time: About 1.5 hours (after completing the readings)
Deliverable: Based on your reading of the assigned articles, especially “Embed Analytics in Decision Processes”, compose a response to the following questions.
Think of an SCM-related business process in an organization that interests you which contains at least one decision task that is not presently automated but that could potentially be. Let us call it the "focal decision task".
(For example, refer to the in the insurance claim process in the reading “Embed Analytics in Decision Processes” illustrated in Figure 7-1.)
- Describe the business process and the focal decision task and provide a truncated diagram of the business process (e.g., labeled boxes and arrows).
- Suggest a possible automation for this decision task. Include what data will be used and whether the decision should be fully automated, automated with exception/overrides, or assisted after the change – and why.
- Describe what technology(ies) and/or algorithm(s) could be put to use to inform the decision process your suggested above.
- What improvements do you expect to see in the outcome of the business process?
Tip: Be direct in your writing. Avoid overly descriptive and/or redundant statements. Use the diagram to compliment a relatively streamlined answer to point (1) of this assignment. Make sure your text and diagram symbols are legible and high-resolution. For now, your diagram should be simpler than Figure 7-1 in the case. Be specific in addressing the underlined portions of the prompt.
