Operations and Supply Management

  Choose a product with which you are familiar. Using a report format, complete the following tasks: - Provide an introduction to the product and explain why you have chosen it. - Develop a diagram illustrating the supply chain for your product. Include upstream and downstream organisations. - Provide an explanation of the different organisations involved in the supply chain, whether they are based in the UK or overseas and how they communicate with each other. - Using appropriate concepts, theories and frameworks discuss how operations management is used to meet customer demand for the product. Is it effective? - Evaluate how applicable lean operations are to the supply chain. - Provide recommendations for improvement for the management of the supply chain that you have studied. Additional information for students The University’s Learning Information Services have produced a series of guides covering a range of topics to support your studies, and develop your academic skills including a guide to academic referencing http://www.wlv.ac.uk/lib/skills_for_learning/study_guides.aspx Your module guide and course handbook contain additional and important information regarding; • The required referencing style for your assignment.* Whilst many modules require referencing in accordance with the Harvard Referencing convention, some modules – for example those within the School of Law – require Oxford Referencing. Please familiarise yourself with the requirements of your module. • Submission of your work • Marking, feedback and moderation in accordance with the University of Wolverhampton Assessment Handbook • Extensions on submission dates * • Additional support * • Academic conduct with regards to cheating, collusion or plagiarism * • Links to appropriate sources of relevant information * * Further information regarding these and other policies can be accessed through your student portal on wlv.ac.uk.