INSTRUCTIONS: 

i) Assignment Brief:  Select a manufacturer that you are familiar with and assume that youare the logistics manager of this organization, analyse the interfaces between logistics and the core functional areas, its current order cycle, and inventory management. Recommend improvements by applying the theories and concepts found in logistics 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.

The article must fulfill the following requirements:

• More marks will be awarded for reports which provide more detailed discussion and indepth analysis with adequate referencing to the logistics concepts and models.

ii) Assignment Format: 

The report should be presented as follows: 

• Introduction - Outline the background and purpose of this essay (about 100 words) and provide key information about the selected organization (about 200 words).
• The Interfaces - Analyze the interfaces between logistics and the core functional areas like production, marketing, accounting and finance of the selected organization and Recommend improvement by applying logistical theories and concepts. Diagrams are permitted to help explain concepts (about 500 words).
• Order Cycle - Analyze the current order processing system of the selected organization and Recommend improvement by applying logistical theories and concepts. Diagrams are permitted to help explain concepts (about 500 words).
• Inventory Management - Analyze the current inventory management of the selected organization and Recommend improvement by applying logistical 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.