Reference no: EM133113755
7ENT1069 Procurement and Supply Chain Management - University of Hertfordshire
Sustainable Supply Chain Practices
List the key word used to identify the paper to be analysed.
Using the information gathered from the literature, you are to prepare a short report for the top management. In the report, you are to: present the key sustainable supplier selection criteria and critically discuss how the criteria are used in different industrial contexts.
Assignment Task: You are starting your new role as a junior supply chain consultant at a multinational consulting corporation. As part of your job, you and your team need to carry out some research activities to prepare for each consultation. Your first consultancy project involves the design and development of a sustainable supply network strategy.
In particular, as a junior consultant, you need to conduct research to gain an understanding what are the most suitable sustainable supplier selection criteria for your business case. Therefore, before meeting your client, you and your team decide to consult the latest academic literature to identify the key sustainable supplier selection criteria used in each industry. To document your findings, you are to complete the attached template (see CW3 - Sustainable Supplier Selection Criteria Template).
More specifically, you are to: Identify and list all the keywords used for your research. Review a series of peer-reviewed journal articles and summarise your findings in the table provided within the template. Each member of the group needs to review 2 journal papers. That means the number of papers to be reviewed in a group is calculated as the number of team members * 2 journal papers = Total number of papers to be reviewed.
For example, a group of 5 students will review 2x5=10 papers, while a group of 6 will review 12 papers. In conclusion, using the information gathered from the literature, you are to prepare a short 500 words summary of the key findings for the top management. In the summary, you are to present the key sustainable supplier selection criteria and critically discuss how the criteria are used in different industrial contexts. In addition to the short summary, you are to prepare a 10 minutes group presentation presenting the key findings of your research.
The presentation should cover the following aspects: Definition and critical discussion of sustainable sourcing practices and their importance in the current business environment. Briefly present the keywords selected to identify relevant journal articles. Summarise the key findings from the literature presenting sustainable supplier selection criteria that you would recommend your client to consider and justify your choices. Identify at least ONE company that successfully implemented sustainable sourcing and discuss its benefits. The presentation will be followed by a 5 minutes Q&A session.
Attachment:- Sustainable Supply Selection Criteria Template.rar