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Unit Number and Title

Qualification

Unit 46: Supply Chain Organization


Pearson BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Business

Start Date
Deadline
Assessor
Assignment Title

11th October 2015


200th October 2015
Amritesh Pratap Singh
Examining the Supply Chain Organization

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Purpose of this Assignment


This assignment aims to enable learners to develop an understanding of the global nature of the supply chain and how the nature of
the supply chain has become synonymous with modern logistics. Learners will understand the impact of supply chain operations on
the quality of customer service and, through this, develop a broader view of the profession.
Scenario
In the early 1980s, U.S. companies dramatically increased the outsourcing of manufacturing, raw materials, components, and
services to foreign countries. Around that time, the term supply chain was coined to recognize the increased importance of a variety
of business disciplines that were now much more challenging to manage as a result of the new global economy. Prior to that,
functions such as purchasing, transportation, warehousing, and so on were isolated and at fairly low levels in organizations.
Since that time, weve seen the creation of the Internet and various business technologies such as enterprise resource planning
(ERP) systems, advanced planning systems (APS), and radio frequency ID (RFID), to name a few, which have helped to speed up
the flow of information and product lifecycles as well as increasing the need for better communication, collaboration and visibility.
Today, logistics alone accounts for more than 9.5% of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). Over $1.3 trillion is spent on
transportation, inventory, and related logistics activities. The concept of the supply chain has now risen in importance to the extent
that commercials on TV extol the virtues of logistics (for example, UPS I Love Logistics commercials) to the point where it is now
part of the common lexicon and very mainstream. As a result, most universities now offer supply chain and logistics courses, if not
majors, and most organizations have a vice president of supply chain and logistics management (or similar title).
However, beyond supply chain and logistics employees, not many in business or the public fully understand the role and importance
that the supply chain plays in gaining and maintaining a competitive advantage in todays world.
We are at the point today where most people are familiar with the terms supply chain and logistics but dont really know that much
about them. In this book, we not only define the supply chain but also offer insight into its various components, tools, and
technology to help improve your understanding so that you can use it as a competitive tool in your business.
Because supply chain and logistics costs can range from 50% to 70% of a companys sales (with trillions spent on it worldwide),
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organizations of all sizes both perform and are interested in this function. Therefore, understanding and implementing an efficient
supply chain strategy can prove critical to both an employees and a companys success.

Task 1 (P1, P2, P3, P4, M1, P5, P6, M2, D1)
P1
Make a report to Discuss the global scope of supply chain networks covering following aspects of businesses:
Achieving customer satisfaction through interdependence of organizations in a business network.
Role of individual business in supply chain networks.
Discuss the supply chain activities in respect to different roles played by intermediaries in the supply chain.
P2
Considering a product of your choice illustrate a product flow through a supply chain in your report from above. The illustration
should cover the scope of various stages involved in end to end process of entire supply chain. The work should have a
diagrammatic representation of product flow in supply chain and their associated stages.
P3
Keeping in mind the above report on supply chain describe different job roles found in the logistics workplace. In the description of
Job roles produce:
A typical job description of various functional activities set out at a logistics workplace.
The activities undertaken by employees in different job roles.
P4
Your report should also define the concept of adding value in supply chain by quoting some real time examples. You must also
Describe how value is added to a product, process or operation in a company of your choice.
M1
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Following the above report also analyze the effects of adding value on job roles.
P5
The report must explain the relationship between information flow and logistics functions with the help of a diagram. The diagram
should cover the scope of following aspects:
Supply chain nodes
Overlap of operations
Existence of notes both within and outside the organization.
P6
In the report from above consider a logistics company of your choice and examine:
At least four technologies practiced within the choice of your organization.
How information technology is used within the choice of your organization.
How supply chain relate technologies to enable the activities within the choice of your organization.
M2
The report must analyze the effects of information technology on the operations of the company chosen above. The effects must
include aspects such as credibility and speed in accessing data.
D1
The report must evaluate the effects of information technology on the operations of your chosen organization.
Task 2 (P7, M3, D2)
P7
Visit a Logistics company of your choice at Jebel Ali Free Zone and examine the impact of quality on supply chain operations of that
company. Look at the aspects of customer service and different logistics operations during your visit. You findings can be in a form
of power point presentation.
M3
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The presentation must explain how good quality logistics operations in the supply chain can impact on customer service and
provide competitive advantage. Kindly mention some of the competitive advantages you might have discovered during your visit at
the company.
D2
In the presentation evaluate how good quality logistics operations in the supply chain can impact on customer service and provide
competitive advantage.

Evidence Checklist
Task 1
Task 2

Type of Evidence required


Report
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Evidence Presented

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