Reference no: EM132894058
OMGT1021 Supply Chain Principles - RMIT University
Title: Case Study of a Contemporary Supply Chain
Aim
This assignment is designed to foster students' understanding of contemporary supply chain concepts. This is achieved by asking students to read a given case study and answer a set of questions designed to challenge their critical thinking capability. Answers to all the questions should total about 600 (+/- 10%) words. Emphasis is placed on demonstrating an ability to link concepts introduced in the course to the scenario provided in the given case study to demonstrate understanding and application.
Assessment Task
A case study will be provided to each student via Canvas. This case study will be selected randomly.
• Each case study will have a set of three open-ended questions.
• You will read and analyse the case study in your own time.
• You will answer the questions posed based on your analysis of the case study.
The expected length of your answers is 600 (+/- 10%) words in total and reference list and figures/ diagrams will not be counted in the word count.
Questions
Q1. Using the information provided in the article, justify why sustainable practices across the entire supply network areimportant. Would sustainable practices across the entire supply network ensure achieving competitive advantage? Give your reasons.
Q2. This article iterates that suppliers, especially the lower-tier suppliers in the supply system, often don't comply with standards for sustainable social and environmental practices. What are the major barriers that have discouraged suppliers in general, and lower-tier suppliers in particular, to comply with such environmental and social practices and standards? How the four strategies suggested in the articlecan overcome such barriers?
Q3. The article suggests four approaches and various measures within each approach to managing lower-tier suppliers for sustainability. It also contends that multinational companies generally use a combination of approaches to achieve sustainability throughout the supply network. Looking into the approaches and measures, what combination of these approaches and measureswould you suggest to be most cost-effective for a multinational company in achieving a socially and environmentally sustainable supply chain? Why?
Attachment:- Supply Chain Principles.rar
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