Global Supply Chain Management

Part 1
Deliverable Length: 400-600 words total
Write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
As the newly appointed chief of logistics in a major distribution company in the United States, write a memo to the chief operating officer that identifies and addresses some critical global market planning and sourcing challenges that must be considered before expanding into a global environment.
Part 2
Deliverable Length: 700 – 1,000 words
Explain the overall importance of cultural challenges as a critical component in global supply chain management and how the cultural challenges in the global supply chain differ in a domestic versus a global environment