MMN225848 – Global Supply Chain Management
Assessment 1 (Individual Presentation):
The first assessment is based on the evaluation and analysis of the strategic supply choices of selected Chocolate Manufacturing Companies (Please note that you can gather secondary information on real life chocolate manufacturing companies operating globally and/or you can use insight and experience gained via the business simulation). It takes the form of an individual presentation and is worth 25% of the overall module mark.
The presentation should cover the following:
Q1. An outline of the strategy of two chocolate manufacturing companies (one of these companies may include the fictional chocolate manufacturing company that you took part in for the business simulation and one or two may include real life chocolate manufacturing companies).
For one of these chocolate manufacturing companies:
Q2. Provide an analysis of the various strategic and tactical supply chain choices that they have had to make, focusing on the factors which have impacted on these choices.
Q3. Outline any major changes in the company’s supply chain decisions.
Q4. Provide an assessment of the overall company’s supply chain strategy, their performance and results.
Q5. Outline recommendations for the company’s future supply chain (the way forward).
For Questions 2-5: If you are using the fictional chocolate manufacturing company from the business simulation then you can only consider their progress over a 4 year period – as the simulation only ran for a 4 week period with each week being equivalent to a year). If you are using a real life chocolate manufacturing company then you can consider their progress over a 5-10 year period.
Please note that you need to use relevant supply chain management concepts and frameworks to analyse the company and support your presentation.
Presentations should last no more than 12-15 minutes.