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,
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
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