Supply Chain Strategy and Design – Management Assignment Help

Assignment Task

Assessment task
Your task: Imagine that you are the Chief Supply Chain Officer for an organization of your choice and you are tasked with writing a report for presentation to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board. Using the concepts, tools and frameworks that you have learned on the module, write a report (4,000 words including title page and contents list but excluding tables, figures and appendices) in which you critically evaluate the current competitive and supply chain strategies and design of the organization and potential future alternatives. For the organization that you have chosen:

• assess how effectively the organization that you have chosen achieves strategic fit and alignment
• analyse how the organization creates competitive advantage through its competitive and supply chain strategies
• review how well the organization’s supply chain strategy and design support each other and are executed
• recommend what the future organizational and supply chain strategies should be and provide justification for your recommendation.
• Guidance on ‘how to write a report’ can be found via the following link on the University of Hull website:
• https://libguides.hull.ac.uk/other/reports#structureLinks to an external site.Links to an external site.In your report, you should:
• include a title and contents page and a short executive summary;adopt a critical approach;give appropriate attention to the challenges of creating, managing and executing competitive and supply chain strategies over time in dynamic and uncertain environments;use appropriate concepts, tools and frameworks that you have learned on the module supported with references to the relevant academic literature;illustrate the analysis and discussion with examples drawn from your reading, the media, class room presentations, etc.;
• use proper Harvard style referencing technique (please refer to your study skills handbook for guidance) and include a reference list of all sources cited.

 
Module learning outcome description
LO1 Demonstrate a systematic understanding of the process of formulating a supply chain strategy, ensuring that it is compatible with wider corporate strategy in relation with the principles of strategic management and people management
LO2 Critically comprehend, synthesize and evaluate the drivers of supply chain strategy and design, along with the different tools and approaches available in the literature, to solve real-life supply chain problems
LO3 Evaluate in a systematic way strategic decisions relating to customer service, procurement, supply chain configuration/coordination and their impact on business performance and ethics in real-life supply chains where different cultures operate
LO4 Originally construct and deliver effective reporting and reflection to demonstrate a critical understanding of current supply chain strategy and design problems