BMR3174 Supply Chain Management

BMR3174 Supply Chain Management
Individual Assignment
Trimester 2, 2016/2017
Due date: By Week 11 (8000 words) – 29TH Jan 2017

General information:

Organisation Individual
Assessment This assignment contributes to 30% to the total coursework marks.
Assignment/group registration (if any) Topic must be related to operations management or supply chain management
Student Learning Time This assignment shall take 30 hours to complete.
Submission requirements Submission to Mr Lai Kim Piew
Cover page Please use the attached cover page
Typeface/Font New Times Roman
Font size 12
Line spacing 1.5
Margins Top: 2.54 cm; Bottom: 2.54cm; Left: 2.54cm; Right: 2.54cm
Length 8000 words, excluding preliminary pages and appendices
Reference format APA Style
Binding Stapled only

Mapping of assignment learning outcomes to subject learning outcomes:
Assignment’s Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this assignment, students should be able to: Subject Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this subject, students should be able to:
1 Organise the learned concepts as the key drivers of supply chain performance LO1 Identify the key elements of Supply Chain Management
LO2 Propose the best alternatives to retain competitiveness in business

Assessment rubrics
Score Description
80% – 100% • Demonstrate complete understanding of the problem
• Original contribution
• Clear evidence of creativity
• All requirements are included.
• Report is well organised, with proper formatting and preliminary pages
• All references are properly quoted and referred.
60% – 79% • Demonstrate sufficient understanding of the problem
• Original contribution
• Some evidence of creativity
• All requirements are included.
• Report is well organised, with proper formatting and preliminary pages
• All references are properly quoted and referred.
40% – 59% • Demonstrate partial understanding of the problem.
• Some original contributions
• Some evidence of creativity
• Most requirements are included.
• Report is not organised, no proper formatting and preliminary pages
• References are not properly quoted and referred.
20% – 39% • Demonstrate little understanding of the problem
• No evidence of original contribution
• No evidence of creativity
• Many requirements are not included.
• Report is not organised, no proper formatting and preliminary pages
• References are not properly quoted and referred.
0% – 19% • Misunderstood the problem.
• No evidence of original contribution
• No evidence of creativity
• Significant requirements are not included.
• Report is not organised, no proper formatting and preliminary pages
• References are not properly quoted and referred.

Instructions:
1. Student to select a TOPIC. The topic must reflect the contemporary issue of Supply Chain Management (SCM). Generic management or HR, Marketing, IB – Trade, Policy or other non-related topics will not be accepted.
2. Student must produce a report that incorporates three main sections: 1) The definition of the topic – must cite references – applicable to SCM; 2) Literature Review of the topic examples, RFID or Six Sigma – 3) Examine the topic relatedness to SCM, from the perspectives. Highlight the potential implication to SCM practitioners. Its implication to theory or model development, potential barriers or limitation to SCM practitioners and propose how the topic help retain competitiveness in business.

Reminders:
Plagiarism
• Plagiarism is a serious offence. The plagiarism rate shall not exceed 10 percent
• Plagiarism include the following behaviours (but not limited to):
o copy another student’s work,
o fail to properly cite other people’s work or give proper credit to the original source,
o hire or ask another individual to complete the assignment for you,
o copy too many words or ideas from one or two sources, that makes up a significant portion of your work, even with proper citation.
• The lecturer has the rights not to accept submission of plagiarised or duplicated work.
Report with plagiarism rate more than 10 percent will not be accepted under any reason.