SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYST: STOCKING THE SHELVES
LESSON PLAN OVERVIEW Career: A supply chain analyst plans the purchase, storage, and supply of the materials needed to produce a product. They gather and analyze supply chain data to help improve processes and reduce production costs. Lesson: This lesson plan provides activities for students to learn about supply chain analysts and the work they do. Students will perform a simple version of a supply chain task — maintaining the inventory of a grocery store. They will add items and subtract the number of items sold to determine how many are needed to restock the inventory. In a second activity, students will practice another simple supply chain task, this time for an ice cream shop. They will choose the ingredients for making an ice cream sundae and then buy the items in a classroom “grocery store.” Grade Level: Elementary Grades Learning Objectives: 〉 〉
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Students will be introduced to the supply chain analysis career and practice some basic supply chain analyst job tasks. Students will learn how to maintain the inventory of a grocery store by adding items and subtracting the number sold to find what is needed to restock the inventory. Students will pretend working in an ice cream shop by choosing the ingredients needed to make an ice cream sundae and buying the items in a pretend grocery store.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Lesson Plan Overview ............. 1 Teacher Guide ......................... 2 Lesson Instructions ...................2 Class Message & Video ..............2 Class Discussion Questions ........3 Activities Overview ...................3 Career Insight ......................... 6 Standards Alignments ............. 7
Materials Needed:
Educator Rubric ....................... 8
Activity #1: Stocking the Shelves
Activity #1: Stocking the Shelves ................................... 9
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Student worksheet
Activity #2: Buying Inventory 〉 〉 〉 〉
Student worksheet Items for classroom grocery store Optional: Play money – Included Teacher Discretion – bring items to have students make ice cream sundaes in class
Instructions .............................9 Handouts.................................9 Activity #2: Buying Inventory 10 Instructions ........................... 10 Handouts............................... 11
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