This assignment will require that you pick a company and map its supply chain as far back and forward as you can for a particular product.

An example might be

The Ford Motor Company based in Detroit, Michigan builds cars. The cars require tires that are manufactured by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company based in Toledo, Ohio. The tires are made of rubber

In that case, you will need to research rubber suppliers (I suggest you start with Google and work from there) and identify a few potential suppliers who you might recommend to Goodyear as the manager of their supply chain.

Remembering the basic principle that EVERYTHING that we manufacture originates in the ground, trace the supply chain back to its origination point

For every company in the supply chain you will need to provide

Product Produced:

Company Name

Address

Contact Information

Size

Quantity of product produced annually

Supply Chain component

Quantity of the component required annually

Actual Supplier (if known) plus at least 2 potential alternate suppliers

Source(s) of information

Your assessment of this portion of the supply chain and recommendation