Reference no: EM132299995

Business Logistics Report

Task Requirements:
This formal, academic report must adopt an analytical and critical perspective. You need to research your organisation thoroughly using non-academic sources, research the literature on logistics/supply chain management, use a wide range of theories and concepts to inform and underpin your critical analysis of the practical information obtained about the organisation, and offer recommendations for future improvements.

Please choose ONE of the following business organizations:

• Coles Supermarkets OR
• Zappos

Write a 2000 (+/- 10%) word research report critically analysing the current logistics/supply chain strategies that are relevant for your chosen organization. In your report, you are expected to demonstrate appropriate understanding and usage of relevant logistics/ supply chain management (SCM) theories, concepts, tools and techniques covered in this Unit.

Complete the following tasks:

1. Building on Task 4 of Progress Report, discuss two logistics/supply chain strategies of your chosen company. These strategies could be either employed by your chosen company and/or arerelevant to the industry of your chosen organisation (approx. 600 words);
2. What problemsdo you see with your chosen company's or industry's current strategy? Identify and discuss any two of them (approx. 500 words);
3. Drawing on your responses to Tasks 1 & 2 in this section, provide critical analysis using theory to support two recommendations to improve the current logistics/supply chain strategies.(approx. 500 words).

Writing Requirements:

You must use relevant supply chain management (SCM) and logistics theories and concepts, empirical research literature plus non-academic resources (including textbook and organisation website) in support of your analysis.

You are required to cite at least one academic journal article to examine each task from 1 to 3 (a minimum of three academic journal articles).

In addition to three journal articles above, you can cite other academic references such as books and book chapters. You can also cite relevant industry or organisational reports of your chosen organisation.

Note that Wikipedia, answers.com, general websites and your or other personal opinions or social networking websites are NOT accepted.

Assignments that cite these websites will be penalised.

Note that lecture slides are NOT counted as an academic reference. You need to track down the original sources to cite.

All references referred to in text must be placed in your reference list, and be correctly formatted using the Deakin Harvard referencing style. All items in the reference list must be cited in the body of the report.

Required Business Report Writing Format
• MSWord document (a .doc, or .docx format; NO other format is accepted)
• no long paragraphs (approx. 250 words maximum)
• no very short paragraphs (unless a connecting sentence between two sections)
• 1.5 spaced
• 2.5 cm margins
• 12 font size
• Times New Roman
• number the pages (these should match those shown in your TOC)
• use headings to help structure your assignment and be clear to the reader. Again these should match those shown in your TOC

Attachment:- Business Logistics.rar