Assignment 2: Individual Written Piece Re-designing supply chains (40%)

Length: 3,000 words

You, as a senior supply chain manager in a well-established business*, have been asked to review the existing supply chain network and produce a proposal to restructure it as the business stumbled on many fronts during the pandemic. As your proposal to be shared with the senior managers, you have been asked to include a set of specific topics in your report.

* You can choose a business in any business sector which deals with tangible products for example, retail, food and beverages, and manufacturing etc.

Task

Produce your proposal under the following heading.

Introduction this should include pre-pandemic challenges in the chosen business sector and specific challenges caused by the pandemic.

Review your suggested approach to reviewing the current supply chain.

Strategies this section should outline specific supply chain strategies which could be considered to restructure the supply chain.

Case examples Two case examples, ideally from the same business sector if not from any other sector, where the proposed strategies have been successfully implemented to re-design a supply chain. Given that these two examples are expected to support your choice of strategies, this section should be around 50% of the overall length of the report.

Conclusions a brief section to highlight major findings.

Addressing Module Learning Outcomes 2 & 4

This assignment tests whether you have achieved the learning outcomes of the module:

Introduction recognition of relevant pre/post pandemic challenges10%Review a clearly outlined approach that can be used to review the existing supply chain10%Strategies a robust discussion on the relevant supply chain strategies20%Case example two rich examples which illustrate the successful implementation of the chosen strategies50%Presentation & References Quality of presentation and use of references to develop the proposal

LO2 - Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of supply chain network design to logistics and supply chain management, its relationship to other business functions and overall business performance

LO4 - Present and communicate ideas on supply chain network design, synthesising and evaluating unstructured and complex supply chain network design problems

Please write the answer in brief atleast 3000 words and revert back