Research Paper
Adam Pajerski
Advanced Logistics
BUS 698
Matthew Keogh
May 12, 2014

This paper shall discuss the opportunities that exist to improve supply-chain activities; how to better align logistics and the company’s strategic plan, to integrate the supply-chain. In order to improve the movement of goods; identify challenges in integration of suppliers and manufacturers in the logistics management; companies must be willing to adjust their practices to current circumstances affecting supply-chain. Many processes exist on the market today that companies can adopt to increase their values, which affects the supply-chain management on organizational level; and financial implications by reviewing some of the best practices available on the market and improving their own supply-chain management.
I have not worked directly in supply chain management for many years however; I spent over 22 years in Logistics on active duty in the United States Air Force and decided to enroll in the MBA program in Organizational Management at Ashford. Furthermore, since there is a lack of experience in a particular supply chain management, this paper will instead break down a theoretical focal company’s strategic management overall and the theories of strategic management of supply chains in particular and how they need to support each other.
The three levels of supply-chain that companies used to survive and operate in business are strategic, tactical, and operational. Organization make high-level decisions at the strategic level to outline company’s mission statement, goals, and objective relevant to their operations. These decisions should state clear, concise, and measurable goals that the company can reach and or exceed. Unfortunately, this is not always the case, as many managers do not see the benefit of implementing a strategic plan into their supply-chain