Case Study: Blue Nile and Diamond Retailing discussion questions, management homework help

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Serious help and original work in own word if possible.  .  This
discussions will be coming from the textbook Case Study: Blue Nile and Diamond
Retailing, pages 103-107 by Chopra,
S., & Meindl, P. (2016). Planning, and operation (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice-Hall, Supply
chain management, and Chapter 6 “Building the supply chain of the future” from
the Mckinsey. Review Global supply chains are exposed to more risk today than
ever before.  Answer the six questions.  This should be a discussion
format.  May sure reference
and citations are include if used author
words in any forms.

Read
the Case Study titled, “Blue Nile and Diamond Retailing,” on pages
103–107 in the textbook, for first four and “Building the Supply Chain of the
Future from the website below for last two questions

1. What are some key success factors in diamond retailing? How
do Blue Nile, Zales, and Tiffany compare on those dimensions? (Case study)

2. What do you think of the fact that Blue Nile carries over 30,000
stones priced at $ 2,500 or higher while almost 60 percent of the products sold
from the Tiffany Web site are priced at around $ 200? Which of the two product
categories is better suited to the strengths of the online channel? (Case
study)

3. Which of the three companies do you think is best structured
to deal with weak economic times, and why?(Case study)

4. What advice would you give to each of the three companies
regarding their strategy and structure? (Case study)

5. Why is it important to consider uncertainty when evaluating
supply chain design decisions? (Chapter 6/website)

6. What are the major sources of uncertainty that can affect
global supply chain decisions? Be sure that you consider the financial,
logistic, political, natural, cultural, and technological sources of
uncertainty in your response. (Chapter 6/website)

Malik, Y., Niemeyer, A., & Ruwadi, B. (2011). Building
the supply chain of the future. McKinsey Quarterly.
Retrieved from
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Building_the_supply_chain_of_the_future_2729