Why do marketing professionals care about and participate in supply chain decisions

  1. Why do marketing professionals care about and participate in supply chain decisions?
  2. Why is being able to track products important to companies? Why is it important to consumers? How can it add value to products?
  3. Describe the reasons why outsourcing and offshoring occur.
  4. What drawbacks do you see associated with conducting surveys online? Are privacy issues greater with online surveys than with other forms of administering surveys, such as phone, face-to-face, or mail?
  5. By week six, you will complete a brief, marketing plan that follows the marketing plan rubric on the Assignments and Grading Page. Review this rubric and the marketing plan template in the files area (This template is for a much more extensive plan than the one you will write), and describe the process you would use to conduct consumer acceptance research for the product/service you have selected for your marketing plan.