ASSIGNMENT

COVID-19 emerged without previous notice. This external factor impacted all organizations around the globe. External factors are unpredictable, and it is important for managers to be ready to act when these types of events impact operations.

Select a multinational organization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and evaluate how they managed the challenges of COVID-19 in relation to the aspects below, to keep operations running successfully. Then, explain whether all industries acted in the same way to these areas of operations. Why or why not?

Customer satisfaction

Forecasting

Capacity planning

Location

Inventory management

Store layout

Scheduling

Use academic writing standards and APA style guidelines.

Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories, which require supporting citations along with at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed references in supporting your answer. Keep in mind that these scholarly references can be found in the Saudi Digital Library by conducting an advanced search specific to scholarly references.

You are required to make your intital post (create a thread) in order to view others posts or making comments. You are required to reply to at least two peer discussion question post answers to the weekly discussion question. These peer replies need to be substantial and constructive in nature. They should add to the content of the post and evaluate/analyze that answer. Normal course dialogue does not fulfill these two peer replies but is expected throughout the course. Answering all course questions is also required.