University of South Florida Toyota Supplier Relations Case Study

In this assignment, you will read a case study and answer the following questions:

1. What are the main contributors (causes) of the crisis at ChassisCo’s Athens plant in late 2004 (14 months after SOP)?

• ChassisCo’s responsibility?
• Toyota’s responsibility?

2. Considering these causes:

• What are ChassisCo’s options for resolving the crisis?
• What would you do if you were in charge?

3. Considering these causes:

• What are Toyota’s options for resolving the crisis?
• What would you do if you were in charge?

Please follow the instructions below:

1. Download the case study here.
2. You will submit a 2 or more (2+) page paper (do not include the questions, only your write-up) that answers the questions above.
   Use 12 font – Times New Roman, 1.5 spacing.
3. You will have one week to work on this assignment.
4. This is an individual assignment. Collaboration between students is prohibited and is treated as a violation of academic integrity.

Notes for grading:

• All questions’ available grades are equally distributed.
• An answer without detailed explanation will get no more than 1 point out of 100.
• Turnitin will be used to detect any plagiarism for this assignment.

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