Logistics Management
ASSIGNMENT -1
Submission Date by students:Before the end of Week- 6th Place of Submission: Students Grade Centre Weight:10 Marks
Learning Outcome: 1. Demonstrate a deep understanding of the logistic function concepts and theories as well as supply chain management strategies.
2. Demonstrate the ability to understand complex issues pertaining to supply chain integration and strategic supply chain partnership.
Assignment Workload:
This assignment is an individual assignment.
Critical Writing
Critical writing involves analysing information to understand a problem or topic from more than one perspective; making logical connections between ideas; offering your own perspective on the topic based on your evaluation of the available evidence.
The purpose of this assignment is to identify and apply Logistics and Supply Chain Management concepts/tools to suggest logistics performance priorities. For this purpose, you should search and review food chain companies through secondary available information. Think about how you can apply the concepts/tools that you learned in this course.
Write about the logistics performance priorities of any local or international Food Chain company in KSA of your choice. Explain why you have come to your conclusions:
The Answer must follow the outline points below:
1. Executive summary (2 Mark, Max word count 200-250)
– Summarize what is logistics performance priorities, and what Logistics and Supply Chain Management concepts/tools applied to achieve the company’s objective.
2. Background information (2 Mark, Max word count 200-250)
– Briefly introduce the company background (e.g., name, products, business size, location, internal/external interesting facts, etc).
3. Problem Description (2 Mark, Max word count 200-250)
– Describe the objectives clearly and specifically.
– The objective may involve either logistics decision-making or process improvement.
4. Application of logistics and SCM concepts/tools that were applied (2 Mark, Max word count 200-250)
– Describe what specific logistics and Supply Chain Management concepts/tools be applied to achieve the objective. This section should make it clear that you understand the concepts/tools you are about to use.
5- Conclusion and results (1 Mark, Max word count 100-150)
– Analyze the expected results / the proposed solution. 6. References at least 8-10. (1 Marks)
Note: Use APA style of referencing