ENG7140 Strategic Planning for the Supply Chain

Module Title:

Strategic Planning for the Supply Chain

Module Code:

ENG7140

Assessment Title:

Investigating the Impact of Information Systems on the organisation development and Strategic Analysis of an Organisation, and its supply chain strategy.

Assessment Type

CWRK

Weighting: 100 %

School:

Module Co-ordinator:

Hand in deadline date:

Return of Feedback date and format

20 working days from date of submission (see Moodle for details).

Support available for students required to submit a re-assessment:

Timetabled revisions sessions will be arranged for the period immediately preceding the hand in date

NOTE:

At the first assessment attempt, the full range of marks is available. At the re-assessment attempt the mark is capped and the maximum mark that can be achieved is 50%.

Assessment Summary

Part B: Individual Report on Strategic Analysis and Supply Chains (66%) 2500 word report consisting of an evaluation of current strategy and development for a new or enhanced strategy within the supply chain.

Title: Individual Report on Strategic Analysis and Supply Chains.

Type: Individual Assignmentwork

Style: 2500 Words Report, excluding references and appendices.

Rationale: Part A assesses learning outcome 1. Part B assesses learning outcomes 2 & 3.

Description Part A (34%):

An executive appraisal of information systems on the impact of supply chain performance. Using current examples from industry, as a team, you required by the board of directors to evaluate and critique information systems demonstrating on impact of business performance. Your team members must demonstrate individual roles and contribution.

1. Introduction to the organisation/s with a justification why the organisation was selected.

2. Identification of the information system implemented by the organisation/s, stating the advantages and drawbacks of the system benchmarking against a best in class or competitors.

3. Propose an alternative system, specifying the benefits and improvement in business performance. Using either a process map or a flowchart.

This will be submitted using MS PowerPoint Uploaded by one group member to Moodle. You must identify individual contribution within the slides.

Description Part B (66%):

Individually, you will investigate the current strategy of an organisation using a case study method and critically assess the existing strategy and effects of information management on the supply chain. Once the analysis is complete, you should be able to re-design an appropriate strategy for the success of the organisation.

You will analyse a chosen case study, its current status on a strategic level, and evaluate their strategy, providing competitive analysis and market positioning of the organisation in comparison to industry and its norms.

In addition, you will provide an alternative strategy for execution within the organisation, taking into account resourcing, cost, quality, time and the wider external environment, in order to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage.

You are advised to include the following areas in your 2500 word report:

Strategic Planning/Development

Supply chain Management

IT/IS

Supply Chain visibility

Implementation and Optimisation of a Strategy

Including academic referencing using Harvard System