Improve your chain supply by analyzing to determine the degree to which you are institutionally set up to partner effectively. Consider the challenges to attract more supply chain partners and the challenges for your existing partners. How will you address these challenges? Make a powerpoint for the organization's leaders explaining your vision of how to make the organization a great partner to attract global supply chain alliances.

• Explain the sources of variability, including level, variety, and location, and explain how the bullwhip whip effect can affect the demand for the product through the supply chain, starting with the retailer, wholesaler, distributor, manufacturer, and raw materials supplier.
• Describe your clear strategic reasons for supply chain partnering, explaining essential forms of collaboration that will create value for the organization.
• Introduce clear processes for collaboration, from clearly assigned entry points for others to engage with your organization identifying and assessing potentially value-adding supply chain partnerships and alliances.
• Explain your hiring and training plans to help create these supply chain partnerships and alliances.
• Finally, explain how you will create a supply chain pro-partnership and pro-alliance culture in the organization.