Title: Global Economy case study: How can local natural disasters affect the global economy?
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Global Economy case study: How can local natural disasters affect the global economy?
AAG Center for Global Geography Education
Introduction: Supply Chains
Figure 1. Simple Supply Chain Graphic
Introductory Example: The Global Motor Vehicle Industry
Figure 2. Toyota's Operations in Japan
Figure 3. Interactive Map of Japan Centered on Nagoya and Toyota City
What are the benefits of this clustering?
Why is the automobile industry so important?
Example 2: Denso and Supply Chains
Example 3: McDonald's Japanese Restaurants and Their Extended Supply Chains
Example 4: The Boeing 787 and its Supply Chain
Kaizen: Continuous Improvement and its Applications to Location Analysis and Global Assembly Lines
Figure 3. Kaizen Process of Continuous Improvement
Example 5: UNIQLO – Supply Chain Example
Final Reflections and Check for Understanding: Review

Content: 4. Evaluate just in time (JIT) production systems and their vulnerability to natural hazards. 5. Discuss the economic impact of a disaster at the local, national and global scales (multiplier effect and infrastructure). 6. Apply the concept of risk management and its importance in evaluating potential supply chain sites
7. Explore how disasters in their home towns can have local and global effects. Introduction: Supply Chains
Supply chains, also known as commodity chains, are networks and systems involved with getting products to the marketplace. While there are many definitions and ways of viewing the concept, it generally involves the following elements: