Assignment Topic: Select a manufacturer that you are familiar with and assume that you are the supply chain manager of this organization, analyse the four key flows (in the supply chain), the make process, and the distribution plan.
Recommend improvements by applying the theories and concepts found in supply chain management. You are required to consult and fully reference a MINIMUM of 10 references (e.g., book; www; journal article from the full-text databases; current affairs magazine; newspaper etc.).
The use of WIKIPEDIA online encyclopedia is NOT allowed. The word range of this essay is about 2,000 words.
iii) Assignment Format:
The report should be presented as follows:
• Introduction - Outline the background and purpose of this report (about 100 words) and provide key information about the selected organization (about 200 words).
• The Key Flows in Supply Chain - Analyse the products flow, information flow, cash flow and return flow of the selected manufacturer and Recommend improvement by applying supply chain theories and concepts. Use diagrams for illustration (about 500 words).
• The Make Process - Analyse the process of production planning/scheduling and materials requirement planning of the selected manufacture and Recommend improvement by applying supply chain theories and concepts. Diagrams are permitted to help explain concepts (about 500 words).
• The Distribution Process - Analyse the current distribution process of finished goods and Recommend improvement by applying supply chain theories and concepts. Diagrams are permitted to help explain concepts (about 500 words).
• Conclusion - Reinstates all of the parts of the argument and refers the reader back to the focus that have outlined in the introduction and to the central topic. This gives the report a sense of unity (about 200 words)
• Referencing - All sources referred to in your essay, including any diagrams, must be referenced to in-text and be included in a full reference list at the end of the assignment, according to the APA system of referencing.