MANU1381 Sustainable Engineering Systems and Environment Assessment 2: Managing information system and sustainable production Assessment Type: Individual Case Project Report Word limit including References: 3000 (+/ 10%) Due date: Given on Canvas Weighting: 50% Overview This assessment is a case project that covers Module 2, i.e. Information Technology, and Module 3 Sustainable Production & Pathways to Sustainability.

Select any engineering or technological business system. Good choices include large automotive manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers or industrial machine manufacturers. The best choice would be a company where you were or you are currently employed. Alternatively, you can select any system for which you are able to gather enough relevant information to carry out the following tasks. It could be the same company as for Assignment 1. Assessment determines your ability to evaluate information technology (IT) management strategy of an organisation, identify its current and future IT needs, and form short and long-term solutions to address these needs. In addition to that, you have to present your approach to support, enable and maintain sustainable development. This means that you will ensure cleaner production and environment protection. Finally, energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources are the priorities for the future ecologically sustainable development. You will need to create a report to addresses these aspects, based on the detailed assessment description provided below. Learning Outcomes This assessment is relevant to the following learning outcome: apply recent developments in strategic planning and strategic management practice in the application and management of modern technology-based information and communication systems. Design and evaluate the effectiveness and impacts of technology development strategies against the goals of sustainable environment. Participate and contribute to the development of policies in technological development for the application of environmental management systems such as cleaner production monitoring. Page 1 of 6 Related CLOs: 3, 4, 5 Assessment details Concisely identify key business activities and mechanisms operating within the organisation, but do not copy part of the Assignment 1, if you are further analyzing the same business. a) Identify and scope current and projected future IT needs, as well as sustainability production. b) Conduct a strategic analysis on the organisations IT management and identify the organisations gaps and capabilities. c) Determine strategy for managing IT as purchasing, outsourcing, leasing, cloud computing, remote servers and other. Include specifications and conditions for your proposed solution. d) Including short and long-term plans and strategies to measure the effectiveness and expected costs/issues (overheads, fixed and variable costs) of your solution and implement a continuous improvement strategy. e) Present current state of the clean production practices and the development strategies against the goals of sustainable environment. f) Consider the use of renewable energy sources and future developments. Suggested report structure The following provides guidelines for the Report structure and what you need to include. Introduction Background information, Selection of the organisation Business activities and Current IT systems and sustainability pictures IT problem/challenge identification Problem/challenge description Proposed IT solutions Possible state-of-the-art solution Current state of the sustainability in business Proposed pathway for the Cleaner production, sustainable development and green energy application Conclusion References Page 2 of 6 Select any engineering or technological business system. Good choices include large automotive manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers or industrial machine manufacturers. The best choice would be a company where you were or you are currently employed. Alternatively, you can select any system for which you are able to gather enough relevant information to carry out the following tasks. It could be the same company as for Assignment 1. Maximum similarity report should be less than 20-30%. Academic integrity and plagiarism Use Harvard referencing style for this assessment. Academic integrity is about honest presentation of your academic work. It means acknowledging the work of others while developing your own insights, knowledge and ideas. You should take extreme care that you have: Acknowledged words, data, diagrams, models, frameworks and/or ideas of others you have quoted (i.e. directly copied), summarised, paraphrased, discussed or mentioned in your assessment through the appropriate referencing methods, Provided a reference list of the publication details so your reader can locate the source if necessary. This includes material taken from Internet sites. If you do not acknowledge the sources of your material, you may be accused of plagiarism because you have passed off the work and ideas of another person without appropriate referencing, as if they were your own. RMIT University treats plagiarism as a very serious offence constituting misconduct. Plagiarism covers a variety of inappropriate behaviours, including: Failure to properly document a source Copyright material from the internet or databases Collusion between students For further information on our policies and procedures, please refer to the University website. Assessment declaration When you submit work electronically, you agree to the assessment declaration. Page 3 of 6 Referencing guidelines You must acknowledge all sources of information that you have used in your assessment. Refer to the RMIT Easy Cite referencing tool to see examples and tips on how to reference in the appropriated style. You can also refer to the library referencing page for more tools such as EndNote, referencing tutorials and referencing guides for printing. Submission format Upload as one single file via the assignments submission page within Canvas. Assessment Criteria Criteria 1. System description 2. IT Identification 3. Sustainability presentation 4. Academic writing 5. Referencing Explanation The context of the system is clearly, logically and comprehensively described Comprehensiveness of the IT definition and presentation Comprehensiveness of the Sustainability definition and presentation Writing communicates meaning clearly and achieves purpose of the task with sound grammar and spelling. There is proper and consistent referencing with no errors Pts 0-10 0-10 0-10 0-10 0-10 f 6