LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT Construct a detailed analysis of a selected company (INTEL CORP) in terms of its supply chain function ( 3 current issues and resolution recommendati
Assessment 2 – Major Industry report (35%)
Groups of two students are required to undertake a detailed analysis of select a company and submit a report of 2500 words. The final report must be submitted through VU collaborate drop box with similarity index less than 10%. Harvard referencing will be required – a minimum of 10 academic references (Journal articles written between 2011 to 2021 are acceptable) will be required. A mixture of website references and academic references are allowable. (10 journal articles + 10 website references)
Total= 20 references are required
The case analysis or a company study is to be developed along the following framework:
COMPANY TO BE ASSESSED: INTEL CORP
Introduction
Analysis of the existing situation in which three major issues need to be considered:
• The physical flow of goods (1)
• The information flows and systems which underpin the flow of goods (2)
• The organizational and management structures which control the supply chain (3)
Current Performance of Supply chain:
• The overall performance of the supply chain in terms of both customer service and total logistics cost
• The relative performance of the supply chain preferably against outside organizations, again in terms of customer service, total logistics costs, use of state of the art technology, inventory levels etc.
• The relative performance of individual elements in logistics function like vehicle utilization in transport operations, stock-turn ratio in inventory management etc.
Logistics in the Business Context:
• Internal corporate policies like thrust on price competitiveness or cost reduction or increased in productivity or customer service.
• The external business environment e.g. pressures from major customers, price competition from overseas producers, changes in cost /efficiency of third-party contractors, development of new geo-political trading
blocs etc.
Conduct SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunity and Threat) of INTEL Corp relevant to Logistics analysis
Identify 3 major issues and problems of INTEL Corp (specifically in the context of supply chain & logistics)
Recommend Solution and Justification (Using supply chain & logistics theories and existing technological equipment / software systems (eg: ERP system, MRP system, EDI, RFID, Barcode)/ 3 party logistics service provider/ to solve the 3 major issues)
Implementation of Recommended Solution, including resources to be accessed, timing of implementation and monitoring of results.
Conclusion
You are expected to apply the concepts and/or theories used in the course and additional primary or secondary research when writing the report. The grade will be based on the relevance and extent of research, how effectively basic theories and concepts have been applied and the clarity of the writing and your particular view point.
Marking Criteria: Your report will be assessed according to the above seven criteria. Each Criteria has maximum five marks. The Feedback is in a range such as Excellent (five marks), Good (four mark), Satisfactory (Three marks), and Weak (1.5 mark).
