LOG201: Choose an existing small business or a start‐up Refrain from using companies that you have no association with and are located on the Internet: Supply Chain Management Assignment, SUSS, Singapore

Choose an existing small business or a start‐up. Refrain from using companies
that you have no association with, and are located on the Internet. You are to
ensure that you know the owner or someone in the organization who can
answer any questions posed to them.

Introduction

• Explain how the company, and by consequence, its supply chain,
  competes in its industry. You can look at the competition, the suppliers
  in the industry, and the regulations that govern them, customer
  expectations in the supply chain, including those of the end consumer,
  and so on, which would justify the approach the company is taking. The
  statements that you make must be supported by evidence from credible
  and independent references.
• You need not attempt to address this section using PESTLE, Porter’s 5
  Forces, SWOT, etc. Base your assessment on anecdotal evidence
  obtained from the owner(s) of the company themselves, or publicly
  available information.

The Company’s Inputs

• Look at the processes that are involved in the purchase of goods and
  services for the company, either to meet planned or actual demand.
  Your emphasis is on how the company selects its suppliers, establishes
  policies to facilitate these processes schedule the receipt of the
  deliveries, and consequently assess the suppliers’ performance
• Explain how the input processes are set up in the company, and how it
  supports the company’s stated objective to its customers, using
  concepts learned in this module and correlated by observations and
  interviews from the company.

The Company’s Operations

•  You are then to explore and explain whether the processes that
  transform the purchased inputs from (2) to a finished product or service
  meet demand. The focus here is to discuss the scheduling of
  production, the measurement of its performance, and the management
  of the inventory. Provide evidence to support your views
• Explain how operations of the company address or not, the
  challenges of balancing supply and demand in the supply chain. Based
  on the concepts learned in the module, explain the ways that the
  company could address this primary issue, therefore, satisfying the
  needs of both the company’s customers and its suppliers.

The Company’s Outputs

• This concerns the company’s processes that provide the finished goods
  and services to its customers. Identify and explain the workings of the
  company’s order management, warehouse management, and
  transportation management.
• Make a brief assessment as to whether the company and its supply
  chain are achieving its objective of being responsive or efficient in
  meeting the needs of its customers. This can be done by evaluating the
  business performance of the company, to assess whether revenues are
  increasing, decreasing, or staying stagnant.