MGMT 8064: Briefly describe & introduce the organization and illustrate via supply chain mapping/diagraming the current process: Purchasing & Supply Management Assignment, MTU, Ireland

(a) Briefly describe & introduce the organization and illustrate via supply chain
mapping/diagraming the current process of, engagement across companies,
suppliers and customers to bring the product(s) / service(s) to the consumer
(including returns where applicable).

(b)Analyse the internal and external organizational requirements and the types
of supply chain management relationships that exist within the
organization’s industry.

(c) Discuss and evaluate the challenges within the organization’s supply
network relevant to the industry norms i.e. in the context of today’s global
environment.

(d)Specifically appraise the changing nature of technological and data-driven
supply chain communications and information requirements within the
industry

(e) Critically assess the ‘effectiveness’ of the organisation’s current supplychain strategy via the application of a supply-chain performance
measurement framework (e.g. Balanced Score Card / Scor).

SECTION (B) – Future Recommendations
Having set out, evaluated and critiqued all aspects of the report above (i.e.
points a-f), students are now required to propose key recommendations for
each of the points above to drive and enhance viable supply chain
performance improvement.
*Students are required to incorporate knowledge of relevant global
integrative supply-chain and supply network theories to rationalise and
support answer.
At minimum, in this section – students are required to:

(a) Propose recommended changes to the process of engagement across
companies, suppliers and customers – to bring the product(s) / service(s)
more efficiently to the consumer (including returns where applicable).
*Students may include supply chain mapping to assist.

(b) Propose internal and external organisational requirements and propose
relationships / relationship management for more effective supply chain
management in the organisation’s industry.

(c) Propose recommendations to counteract the challenges within the
organisations’ industry’s supply chain management i.e. in the context of
today’s global environment.

(d) Propose recommendations to address / facilitate the changing
technological and data-driven supply chain communications and information
requirements within the industry.

(E) Propose a recommended ‘supply-chain strategy’ via the application of a
supply-chain performance measurement framework (e.g. Balanced Scorecard
/ Scor)