Assignment : logistics management (mgt322)

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Logistics Management

ASSIGNMENT -1

Submission Date by students:  Before the end of Week- 7th 

Place of Submission: Students Grade Centre 

Weight:  05 Marks

Learning Outcome: 

1. Demonstrate a deep understanding of the logistic function concepts and theories as well as supply chain management strategies.

2. Demonstrate the ability to understand complex issues pertaining to supply chain integration and strategic supply chain partnership.

Assignment Workload:

This assignment is an individual assignment.

Critical Writing

The purpose of this assignment is to identify and apply Logistics and Supply Chain Management concepts/tools to suggest logistics performance priorities. To this purpose, you should search and review about these companies through secondary available information. Think about how you can apply the concepts/tools that you learned in this course.

Suggest logistics performance priorities for any ONE of the following; explain why you have come to your conclusions:

1) A low fare Airline FLYNAS (Service)

OR

2) A fast food chain Such as Dominos (Product)

The Answer must follow the outline points below:

1. Executive summary (1Mark, word count rage 300-500)

– Summarize what is logistics performance priorities, what Logistics and Supply Chain Management concepts/tools applied to achieve the company’s objective.

2. Background information (1Mark, word count rage 300-500)

– Briefly introduce the company background (e.g., name, products, business size, location, internal/external interesting facts, etc).

3. Problem Description (1Marks, word count rage 300-500)

– Describe the objectives clearly and specifically.

– The objective may involve either logistics decision-making or process improvement.

4. Results by using application of logistics and SCM concepts/tools that applied (1Mark)

– Describe what specific logistics and Supply Chain Management concepts/tools be applied to achieve the objective. This section should make it clear that you understand the concepts/tools you are about to use.

5. References (1 Marks)

Note: The Answer should be of each point in the range of 300 to- 500 word counts. 

Each point carrying 1 Mark.

Use APA style of referencing