Supply Chain Management Assignment-

As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a Supply Chain Management assignment. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing the module you should be able to:

1.  Optimise the design of a supply chain to ensure strategic competitiveness in a global market.

2.  Audit the operation of a supply chain to ensure quality and effective performance.

3.  Deploy analytical and evaluative skills in the analysis and critique of global supply chain scenarios.

4.  Develop effective and logical strategies to maximise the effectiveness of supply chains.

Assignment Task-

Identify a company of your choice.  This may be your own organisation, one that you are familiar with or even one taken from a case study.

 1. Assume that you have been appointed by the board of directors to carry out an audit on the organisation's supply chain and its management. The purpose of the audit is to identify the strengths and weaknesses within the supply chain and how these are impacting on the performance of the organisation.

 2. On the basis of the information gained from the audit, you have been requested to develop appropriate strategies to minimise any weaknesses and further develop strengths to maximise the effectiveness of the supply chain and ensure that it achieves world class standards.

You are required to present your findings and recommendations as a narrated PowerPoint presentation of no more than 3000 words.  It is expected that each task will be given equal weight.