Assessment Item 1: Individual Assignment (50 Marks)
Select one supply chain company that you are familiar. Using the company’s supply chain criteria of performance for that company you should be able to:
a) Explain how the company’s supply chain processes operate.
b) Using the information about the company’s performance of supply chain processes, suggest how the company could improve its supply chain processes?
c) Identify and explain the challenges facing the supply chain company in achieving higher performance levels.
d) Suggest how the company could overcome those challenges?
e) Explain how the company could be regarded as Agile Supply Chain? Explain reason reasons.
Length of the assignment not more than 2500 words maximum
Marking Criteria: ( 2 pages ) below
Reflective use of information and method of analysis (10 marks):
As you work through the assignment you will draw on information /data provided in the questions. When answering a particular question you should make clear which
information/data you are using and explain any important assumptions that are made in relation to the data used and the analysis you carry out.
Use of relevant literature (5 marks):
Although your experience and views are of course valuable an essential component of an academic piece of work is appropriate use of literature to support and inform
your work. For this assignment the course text is considered to be adequate. However, you may draw on other sources if you wish. Indicate sections of the text you use
in the following way: (Bowersox et al. 2010 pp. 14-16)
Academic writing standard (5 marks):
Your aim should be to produce well structured, clear and concise writing, with correct referencing using the Harvard method.
Substance of answers (10 marks):
You answers should be of an appropriate length, fully address the questions and demonstrate an appropriate quantum of work (both quality and quantity). Avoid over-
long, incoherent, rambling answers.
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