QAB020N502S Logistics and Supply Chain Management

On successful completion of this module students will be able to

1.Knowledge outcome – You will be able to develop your understandings of operations, logistics and SCM in organisations and how these contribute to organisational success

2.Intellectual /transferable skills outcome – You will be able to consider a complex scenario related to operations, logistics and SCM and apply quantitative or qualitative techniques to contribute to its solution.

1)Formative assessment: Feedback during revision sessions.

Next stages to follow are:

1. Review your previously submitted work and read carefully the feedback given by the marker.

2. Use this feedback to help you revisit and rewrite your work, improving it in the areas identified as weak in the original marking process.

3. The original Assignment instructions and Case Study follow, and should be used as the basis of your resit submission.

4. Include with your resubmission an additional reflective piece, 500 words maximum, on what you understand was weak, how you set about addressing this and what you have learned from this that may help you with further assignments.

You should address the following specifically:

(i)Identify tutor feedback points on your original work and identify where/how the resit work has changed (give page number) in response to feedback.

(ii)Identify the lessons you have learned from doing the resit

(iii)Reflect on how your feedback and this process will help you improve future assignments.

Based on your analysis, you are expected to make recommendations about how the business can improve its performance. Consider triple bottom line - described as the incorporation of economic, environmental and social factors as the three dimensions of sustainability in business practice - in your analysis.

As it might be impossible to analyse all the areas of operations, logistics and supply chain management, you

should also decide which area (s) to cover in your discussion. Therefore, choose two of the following areas in managing operations, logistics and supply chain.

·New product/ service development and process

·Managing quality

·Location and Layout

·Managing people in operation and supply chains

·Logistics mix: Channels, networks, transportation, managing inventory and capacity

·Managing business relationships in supply chains

·JIT, Lean and Agility

To conduct writing the essay, students need to read and refer to core text books and academic journals as well as source of their data collection (mentioned before).

Evision sessions are held for students to attend to discuss their work and review their progress with the tutor to help identify strengths and areas for improvement.

Summative (formal, individually marked assessment)

The 2,500 word essay (+/- 10%) will be marked using the break down as given above.  The mark awarded for each section will be done using the marking criteria as given at the end of this document.

How will your work be assessed?

Your work will be assessed by a subject expert who will use the marking grid provided in this assessment brief.  When you access your marked work it is important that you reflect on the feedback so that you can use it to improve future assignments.

Between you handing in your work and then receiving your feedback and marks within 20 days, there are a number of quality assurance processes that we go through to ensure that students receive marks which reflects their work. A brief summary is provided below.

·Step One – The module and marking team meet to agree standards, expectations and how feedback will be provided.

·Step Two – A subject expert will mark your work using the criteria provided in the assessment brief.

·Step Three – A moderation meeting takes place where all members of the teaching and marking team will review the marking of others to confirm whether they agree with the mark and feedback

·Step Four – Work at Levels 5 and 6 then goes to an external examiner who will review a sample of work to confirm that the marking between different staff is consistent and fair

·Step Five – Your mark and feedback is processed by the Office and made available to you.