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Advanced Principles in Supply Chain Management

Assignment 1

SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE IN LARGE ORGANISATIONS
(Context: Covid19 Pandemic TIME November 2019 - December 2021).

You will produce a typed professional written report.
(Refer to advice in coursework submission section on style / referencing and similarity),
Identify any suitable substantial1 Engineering related firm/company/joint venture/contractor or consultant organisation.

Part 1 Introduction
A) Briefly introduce and describe the organisation (who are they and what do they do2)
B) Briefly describe how and why their business and customers were affected by the pandemic.
C) Identify A Key supplier in their supply chain (vital supplier)

Part 2 main Section
A) Identify if and how the chosen organisation had to change their "business model" with respect to their supply chain (up and down stream) because of the pandemic.
B) Identify and describe any Government/State "assistance" that the business and/or supply chain have received3 what has been the effect of this aid (if no aid was necessary, why was this).
C) Describe if and how the supply chain has needed to adapt for the chosen organisation as affected by the factors concerning the pandemic.
D) List the key supply chain related, strategic choices that the organisation has implemented.

Part 3 - Conclusion and Recommendations
A) Conclusion - Was the chosen organisation successful in adapting to the "Pandemic"4
B) Recommendations - With Hindsight, would you have changed the strategic choices of your chosen organisation (and why).