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Managing the Global Supply Chain and Sustainability
2,500 words
Managing the Global Supply Chain and Sustainability – Individual Company Case Analysis
This assessment is an individual company case analysis for the Level 7 module Managing the Global Supply Chain and Sustainability. Students are required to select a real organisation of any size, type, industry or country and produce a comprehensive analysis of one operations performance objective. The available performance objectives are cost, dependability, flexibility, speed and quality. The report should identify current issues faced by the chosen organisation in relation to the selected objective and critically analyse the factors affecting its performance. Students are expected to apply relevant theories, concepts and tools covered during lectures and seminars to the selected company case. Rather than providing only descriptive explanations of theoretical concepts, the assessment requires students to demonstrate how these concepts can be applied to understand the organisation's operational or supply chain challenges. The analysis should consider how relevant theories, models or tools could contribute to improving the company's performance. The report should also provide a critical discussion of appropriate performance-improvement practices. These may include the use of digital technologies, sustainability practices, supply chain strategies, operational approaches or other relevant methods. Students should relate these practices directly to the findings from their chosen company case and consider their practical implications. Academic evidence and real-world examples should be used to support the analysis, with appropriate attention given to supply chain and operations management literature. The assessment is designed to develop students' ability to understand supply chain strategies, assess their contribution to agility, viability and sustainability, propose practical solutions to modern logistics and supply chain challenges, and evaluate how digital technologies and sustainability practices can improve supply chain performance. The report should therefore demonstrate analysis, application of theory, critical evaluation and evidence-based recommendations rather than simply describing the organisation or its supply chain. The individual report has a maximum length of 2,500 words, excluding references, tables, figures and appendices. It must include a contents page, be spell-checked and follow the specified formatting requirements. The report should use Arial 12-point font, 1.5 line spacing, A4 page size and 2.54 cm margins. Academic sources such as journal articles and books should be used, and all sources cited within the report must appear in a Harvard-style reference list. The report is submitted through Moodle Turnitin as a Word document.
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Global Supply Chain Management
4,200 words
Global Supply Chain Management – Gatwick Airport Northern Runway Expansion
This individual report examines several strategic and operational aspects of the global supply chain associated with the Gatwick Airport Northern Runway expansion. The assessment requires students to investigate the organisation and its current global supply chain challenges, while applying relevant supply chain management theories, frameworks and models to analyse its operations and develop strategic recommendations. The report begins by providing a background of the organisation, with particular attention to its current global supply chain issues and strategic supply chain relationships. Key areas of investigation include risk management, supply chain resilience, outsourcing, supplier planning and selection, supply chain integration, network design, leadership, benchmarking, decision-making, and the application of lean and agile approaches. These areas provide the basis for understanding how the organisation can manage its supply chain effectively within a complex and changing global environment. A critical evaluation of external factors affecting the organisation's global supply chain is also required through the use of a PESTEL analysis. This enables consideration of the political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal factors that may influence supply chain performance, risks, costs and strategic decisions. The report must then develop key strategic recommendations aimed at optimising the organisation's global supply chain. The recommendations should focus on reducing costs, supporting sustainability, improving operational efficiency and enhancing supply chain resilience. Each recommendation should be supported by appropriate supply chain management theories and models, such as agile supply chain approaches, lean supply chain principles and global sourcing strategies. Students are expected to provide a clear rationale for their recommendations using theoretical insights and relevant academic and professional literature. The assessment places emphasis on critical reasoning, wider reading and the ability to connect supply chain theory with practical organisational issues. A logically structured, professional and business-like report is required, supported by appropriate evidence and Harvard referencing. The marking criteria assess the use of theory and frameworks, critical analysis and evaluation, conclusions and recommendations, and the overall structure, presentation and referencing of the report. The assignment is worth 70% of the unit assessment and has a required length of approximately 4,200 words, with a permitted variation of ±10%. The report should demonstrate an understanding of global supply chain management practices and the ability to apply relevant theories and frameworks to analyse supply chain challenges and develop realistic strategic recommendations.
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4,200 words
Global Supply Chain Strategy for the Gatwick Airport Northern Runway Expansion
This individual Global Supply Chain Management assessment requires students to prepare a professional strategic report on the supply chain implications of the Gatwick Airport Northern Runway expansion. The task focuses on applying contemporary supply chain theories, models and analytical techniques to a complex infrastructure development context, with particular attention to strategic relationships, operational efficiency, risk and resilience. Assignment Brief 2 - MBA013 Glo… The report begins by establishing the background to the organisation and examining its current global supply chain context. Students are expected to consider issues including strategic supplier and customer relationships, risk management, resilience, outsourcing, supplier planning and selection, integration, supply chain networks, leadership, benchmarking, decision-making, lean principles and agile supply chains. These areas provide the basis for evaluating how supply chain performance can be improved in a major airport expansion project. Assignment Brief 2 - MBA013 Glo… A key analytical component requires a PESTEL analysis to critically assess how external political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal factors may affect the organisation’s global supply chain. The purpose is not only to identify external pressures but to evaluate how those factors may influence sourcing, supplier management, cost, risk exposure, resilience and long-term strategic decision-making. Assignment Brief 2 - MBA013 Glo… The final part of the report develops strategic recommendations aimed at optimising supply chain performance. Recommendations should focus on reducing costs, supporting sustainability, improving operational efficiency and strengthening resilience. Students are expected to justify these proposals through explicit application of relevant theories and models such as lean supply chain, agile supply chain and global sourcing strategies, supported by appropriate academic and practical evidence. Assignment Brief 2 - MBA013 Glo… The marking criteria place substantial emphasis on theoretical application, critical analysis and the connection between theory and practice. The rubric allocates 25% to theory and frameworks, 30% to analysis and evaluation, 20% to conclusions and recommendations, and 25% to structure, presentation and referencing. Assignment Brief 2 - MBA013 Glo… Assignment Brief 2 - MBA013 Glo… Overall, the assessment develops competence in strategic supply chain analysis, infrastructure logistics, risk and resilience, supplier management, lean and agile operations, sustainability and evidence-based recommendation development. Overview word count: approximately 350 words. Important: the brief explicitly states that the report must be original and that students should not use AI to produce the work. Assignment Brief 2 - MBA013 Glo…
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Supply Chain Operations and Logistics Management
3,000 words
Critical Review of Global Logistics: Supply Chain Strategy, Resilience and Sustainability
This postgraduate logistics assessment requires students to conduct a critical review of the global logistics operations and strategies of a selected multinational manufacturing organisation. The chosen company must operate internationally and have sufficient publicly available information to support detailed academic and industry research. The report examines how global manufacturers structure, manage and improve their upstream and downstream logistics channels in increasingly complex and uncertain supply-chain environments. Component_2_NBS_7054A_25_Report… The first part analyses the organisation’s upstream and downstream logistics channels and evaluates the logistics strategies it has adopted. Particular attention is given to how the organisation responded to disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Students examine how supply-chain networks were reconfigured and how logistics strategies were adapted to maintain operations, while explicitly relating these responses to relevant performance objectives and supply-chain dimensions. Component_2_NBS_7054A_25_Report… The second part focuses on value creation within global logistics networks. Students evaluate how supply-chain intermediaries contribute to value co-creation while balancing operational costs and reducing waste or Muda. The analysis also considers how communication and information sharing support the objectives of the organisation’s marketing channel network and identifies lessons learned from pandemic-related disruption. Component_2_NBS_7054A_25_Report… The final section examines how the organisation can strengthen the sustainability of its logistics operations. Students assess the feasibility of aligning circular economy principles and Industry 4.0 technologies with existing inbound and outbound logistics activities. Relevant issues include reduced material use, reuse, repair, refurbishment, alternative transport modes, carbon-footprint reduction and environmental efficiency. Students must also recommend operational decisions that apply innovation-led lean approaches to sustainability initiatives. Component_2_NBS_7054A_25_Report… The marking criteria place 25% of the assessment on logistics theories and strategies, 35% on value co-creation, communication and resilient logistics networks, and 40% on circular economy, Industry 4.0 and sustainability recommendations. Marking_Criteria_NBS_7054A_25_R… Overall, the assessment integrates global logistics strategy, resilience, lean operations, digitalisation, sustainability and evidence-based supply-chain decision-making within a real organisational case study. Overview word count: approximately 340 words.
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Global Supply Chain Management / Operations Management
2,494 words
Global Supply Chain and Operations Performance: Company Case Analysis
This Level 7 individual assignment requires students to produce a 2,500-word company case analysis examining an important operations performance issue within a real organisation. Students may select an organisation of any size, type, industry or country and must concentrate their analysis on one operations performance objective: cost, dependability, flexibility, speed or quality. The report requires students to identify the current challenges faced by the chosen organisation in relation to the selected performance objective and critically examine those challenges using relevant operations and supply chain management theories, concepts and analytical tools. Rather than providing only a descriptive account of organisational activities, students are expected to apply appropriate theoretical frameworks to the case and evaluate how these concepts could contribute to improved organisational and supply chain performance. A significant component of the assignment involves critically discussing appropriate best practices for performance improvement. These may include digital technologies, sustainability practices or other relevant operational and supply chain approaches. Students should connect these practices directly to findings from their chosen company case and assess their practical relevance, opportunities and limitations. Academic literature and appropriate real-world evidence should be used throughout to substantiate the analysis and recommendations. The assignment evaluates students' ability to analyse supply chain and operations problems, apply academic theory to organisational practice, and develop evidence-based conclusions and practical recommendations. The marking rubric places substantial emphasis on analysis and discussion (30%), application of theory (30%), and conclusions and recommendations (30%), with the remaining 10% allocated to presentation, logical structure, English expression and correct referencing. The report must use Harvard referencing, include a contents page, and follow the specified academic formatting requirements, including Arial size 12, 1.5 line spacing and A4 pages with 2.54 cm margins.
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Operations and Supply Chain Management
1,800 words
Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain Resilience Under Global Uncertainty — A Firm-Level Critical Evaluation
This type of postgraduate coursework asks students to take a single real firm — a British company, or a multinational with substantial UK operations — and critically evaluate how its sourcing and supply chain strategy has adapted to a decade of sustained disruption: the pandemic, geopolitical conflict, tariff volatility, and departure from the European single market. The analytical scope is broad but the depth expectation is narrow. Students choose one or two themes rather than surveying all of them: insourcing versus outsourcing and location decisions; single versus multi-sourcing across supplier segments or regions; how supplier selection and monitoring criteria have shifted toward reliability and geographic proximity; alignment between sourcing decisions and wider corporate objectives; supplier and customer relationship management under cross-border friction; inventory tactics such as stockpiling and safety stock repositioning; digital adoption for visibility and compliance; sustainable sourcing under cost pressure; or risk management around currency, customs and compliance. The evidence base is deliberately mixed. Alongside academic literature, students are expected to draw on annual reports, shareholder briefings, company statements, practitioner journals and recent news coverage — with a minimum spread of credible sources across both categories, and some of the non-academic material drawn from the most recent year so the analysis reflects current firm behaviour rather than historical commentary. At least one theoretical framework from the module or the wider literature must be applied to the firm's decisions, and at least one recent documented practice must be examined with specific sourcing. Two requirements distinguish strong submissions. The first is criticality: the brief explicitly separates evaluation from description, and marks weight critical analysis most heavily. Reporting what a firm did is not the task; assessing whether it was the right response, and what opportunities and risks it created, is. The second is the recommendation — at least one specific, actionable proposal with steps, anticipated obstacles, expected outcomes, and a clear line back to the firm's own stated goals. A generic suggestion to "diversify suppliers" fails this test; a costed, sequenced proposal grounded in the firm's actual constraints does not. Word-count conventions are stricter than students often expect: in-text references, tables, illustrations and front matter typically count, while appendices and the reference list do not. Our support on assessments of this type is guidance-based. Typical areas of help include: narrowing a firm and theme so the analysis fits the word limit, explaining the difference between description and critical evaluation with worked examples, clarifying how a theoretical framework should structure an argument rather than sit decoratively in a paragraph, checking source mix and Harvard referencing consistency, and reviewing a completed draft against the published assessment weightings.
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