Reflect on how each of these may impact a supply chain opportunity/solution and why it is important considerations when adjusting or creating a supply chain improvement.

The seven system design guidelines are:

Closely align systems with the business goals and performance targets they are intended to accomplish.

Use systems to change the competitive landscape.

Leverage the strengths of existing systems infrastructure.

Use the simplest possible combination of technology and business procedures to achieve the maximum number of performance targets.

Structure the design so as to provide flexibility in the development sequence used to create the system.

Do not try to build a system whose complexity exceeds the organization's capabilities.

Do not renew a project using the same project organization or the same system design after it has failed once.