Post Graduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management

Learning Outcomes You should be able to:

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Assure sourcing and on-time delivery of best priced best quality materials and services Finding the right supplier and effectively execute supplier relationship management for win-win partnerships Negotiate win-win deals for the best interests of the organization Find solutions to sourcing bottlenecks and risks to ensure on-time delivery of materials Encourage suppliers early in new product or service development andfoster innovation Execute sourcing at the global level and use sourcing as a means of competitive advantage Deliverables This assignment represents 15% of the total marks for this subject. The deliverables are: A report of 2,500 words You should state the number of words used on the cover of the assignment. You may include diagrams or figures, reference and bibliography lists and any appendices without word penalty. The report must follow the standard academic format: Font type: Times New Roman Font size: 12 pts Line spacing : 1.5 Instructions Visit a manufacturing organization of your choice and do the following; 1) Identify at least one outsourcing initiative in the following areas and briefly explain the process of outsourcing. a) Processes b) Components and assemblies c) Services 2) Critically analyse the reasons for outsourcing the above functions and identifyand explain the advantages and disadvantages. 3) Identify and critically analyse at least one failure of outsourcing in the above organization. 4) Identify and explain the factors that they should do better in order to manage outsourcing efforts effectively 5) Identify, explain and justify the elements that they should include into the outsourcing agreement.

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Submissions of assignments; 13th October 2013

Specification of Assignment: 1. Students should have a minimum of 5 references to substantiate their research and report writing. Students are required to use proper referencing method (Harvard system) for this assignment. 2. Reports should be well structured and the use of proper headings for topic separation is encouraged. Possible Topic/Chapter suggestions:1. Cover page (Institution name, Programme name, Module name, Student name, Registration no and the word count should be included) 2. Table of contents 3. Executive Summary Provide a snap shot view to the report, identify the industry you will be focusing on, give brief information in regards the procurement function and the related processes. This should include a briefing of key findings of the research. Words in the executive summary is not considered in your word count but it should not be more than ONE (1) page). 4. Introduction 5. Key areas of outsourcing. 6. Reasons for outsourcing 7. Analysis of the failure 8. Factors that should be focused in order to be more effective 9. Outsourcing contract 10. List of References 11. Appendices Marking Criteria Components Introduction Key areas of outsourcing. Reasons for outsourcing Analysis of the failure Factors that should be focused in order to be more Marks Allocation 05 15 25 15 15

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Post Graduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management

effective Contract of outsourcing Referencing - Harvard referencing system with textual citation Documentation - Standard academic format Total 15 05 05 100

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Submission and Administrative Information Plagiarism is NOT acceptable. Representation of another person's work as your own, without acknowledgement of the source, for the purpose of satisfying formal assessment requirements is considered plagiarism. The possible consequences of plagiarism include: Reduced grade for this module Referral for this module Failure of this module Expulsion from the Institution

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