1.     Description of the assessment

You are tasked to develop a professional management report of 3,500 words (+/- 10%).  Please see the details below related to the content of the assessment. 

 2.     Assessment Content

This individual report should address the following:

 1)      Research an organisation, map and describe their global supply chain, both upstream and downstream. 15%

The chosen organisation should be a multinational/global company. You are required to briefly describe the overview of the company and map their Global Supply Chain, both upstream and downstream. The map should be developed by the student; however, it can be based on a collection of information from external sources. 

2)      Identify and critically evaluate the current supply chain management strategies/practices of your chosen organisation and the impact on the performance of the organisation. A minimum of 5 practices or strategies are required. 20%

The students are required to use a range of theoretical materials, industry/sector/markets and company information to critically evaluate the supply chain management strategies/practices of the organisation. The identified strategies should provide their distinctive impact on the performance of the organisation.

3)      Identify and justify a number of supply chain management practices that would enable the organisation to improve its performance. 300

Students are required to identify a number of theoretical and industry supply chain management and improvement practices that would enable the chosen organisation to elevate its performance. The practices (or strategies) identified should overall address the three pillars of sustainability – economic, social, and environmental. A minimum of 5 practices or strategies are required.

This question is basically about finding additional practices from literature which the chosen organisation is not currently using. In essence, the practices identified should be different from the practices identified in question 1.                

4)      Applying theoretical methods, select the most appropriate set of supply chain management practices and demonstrate why they are the most appropriate to enable the organisation to improve its overall performance. 25%

As companies have limited resources for the implementation of practices, usually they would prioritise or select the most relevant set of practices. Therefore, students are required to identify some models from the literature for comparative analysis of the practices and critically evaluate the recommended practices. Demonstrate why the chosen practices are the most appropriate for the organisation or why the organisation should prioritise the practices. 

This question is basically about comparing all the practices identified in question 3 and prioritising some of them.