Supply Chain Management Plan for product
Supply Chain Management Plan for product
INSTRUCTION: students are required to design a Supply Chain Management Plan for a unique Jamaican product.
TASK
Select a unique Jamaican product and develop a Supply Chain Management Plan for this product by carrying out the tasks below:
| A. | Provide an executive summary of the organization selected (name, location, target market etc.) | 10 Marks |
| B. | Design the supply chain network with the aid of diagrams | 10 Marks |
| C. | Describe the transportation network design that will be used and advantages of this design | 10 Marks |
| D. | Describe the benefits of any forecasting techniques used by this entity. | 5 Marks |
| E. | Explain any revenue management opportunities available to that entity within the supply chain | 5 Marks |
| F. | Discuss the role of sourcing and the ways of accomplishing this function along the supply chain | 15 Marks |
| G. | Explain the effect or e-business opportunities within the supply chain of this | 5 Marks |
| H. | The role of information systems and the internet in the supply chain | 4 Marks |
| I. | analyze how each supply chain driver uses information | 10 Marks |
| J. | Evaluate the major applications of supply chain information technology and the processes that they enable | 10 Marks |
| K. | Discuss the impact e-business can have on the performance of this supply chain. Limit your discussions to two factors | 6 Marks |
| L. | How would you utilize e-business frameworks to evaluate companies’ potential for e-business and where they should focus their e-business efforts? Illustrate an example. | 10 Marks |
| TOTAL | 100 Marks |
APA
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Referencing (ONLY ACADEMIC SOURCES) – at least 3 textbooks and 1 academic journal in-text citations
Rubric:
| GRADE CATEGORY | Excellent | Good | Average | Poor |
| Content | Shows great degree of thinking and development of paper. Content indicates synthesis of ideas, in- depth analysis and evidences of research. | Shows higher degree of thinking and development of paper. | Shows more thinking and development of content. Most points are developed. Better application | Shows some thinking and development of content. Most points are underdeveloped causing a weak paper |
| Grammar | Paper is free of distracting spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors. | Paper has few spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors allowing the reader to follow ideas clearly. | Most spelling, punctuation, and grammar correct allowing reader to progress though paper. Some errors remain. | Grammatical errors create distraction, making reading difficult,
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| Organization
Clear Explanation, Descriptions with examples | Writing shows high degree of attention to logic and reasoning of points.
Clear explanations given with relevant examples | Writing is coherent and logically organized with transitions used between ideas and paragraphs
Good explanations with some examples | Writing is coherent and logically organized. Some points remain misplaced and stray from the topics.
Fair explanations given with few relevant examples
| Writing lacks logical organization. It shows some coherence but lack cohesion.
Explanations and examples not very clear or relevant
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| APA Citation | All sources are properly cited. | Most sources are cited. | Sources are adequately cited. | Very little to no citation. |
Content – 150 Marks Grammar – 10 marks Organization – 10 marks Explanations and examples – 20 marks Citations – 10 marks
