Assignment Part 1: Critical Thinking Maximum Grades: 15 Duration: 5 Weeks Number of Words for Eac ...
Assignment Part 1: Critical Thinking Maximum Grades: 15 Duration: 5 Weeks Number of Words for Each Answer: 150 to 200 Words Critical Thinking Background information: Advanced technologies are shaking up the supply chain world. With quickly evolving capabilities across generative AI, data analytics, automation, machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain and more, the ‘smart’ supply chain is well on its way to becoming the new normal. (Supply chain trends 2024: The digital shake-up). In recent years it has been observed that one prominent trend shaping the Saudi Arabia Industry 4.0 landscape is the increasing integration of Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in manufacturing processes. Saudi industries are leveraging IoT devices and sensors to collect real-time data from machinery and equipment on the factory floor. (Saudi Arabia Industry 4.0 Research Report 2024). The supply chain profession entered the year leading the digitalization of ecosystems, delivering the customer experience, managing trade uncertainty, and applying circular economy concepts. Technology has driven enterprises to the next level by helping in many ways starting from automating repetitive activities, eliminating errors, and last but not least helping in decision-making. The use of technology will surely bring down the challenges and issues, related to customer expectations, managing their suppliers, maintaining the quality standards, and access to supply chain data faced by Supply Chain leaders year-on-year. The evolution of SCM is being driven by new information technologies, including Big Data, cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), radio frequency identification (RFID), 3-D printing, robotics, global digital networks, artificial intelligence, and augmented reality. Global supply chain flows will become increasingly digital and integrated, and end-to-end data will be driven in real-time, exponentially increasing upstream information flows." This new paradigm calls for a new management culture. We call this management culture "Supply Chain Management 4.0. This novel technology will affect the logistics, supply chains, manufacturing, and transportation industries. As a Project manager what measures are you going to take for your organization under below mentioned critical questions:???? ?????? ???????? ???????? | Critical Question(s) Ques-1-Looking ahead to 2025 and beyond, what does the future hold for the supply chain? (3- Marks) Ques-2-Discuss the role of technologies (Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, etc.) and its Impact on the Leanness of E-Procurement Processes. (3- Marks) Ques-3-Examine and outline the major issues being faced by supply chain manager(s) and how they affect the company they work for. (3- Marks) Ques-4- Information Communication & Technology (ICT) offers many valuable capabilities to the enterprise, especially in E-Auction / Negotiation, Discuss. (3- Marks) Ques-5- As an expert discuss, how supply chain managers should manage challenges arising from global supply chains. (3- Marks)???? ?????? ???????? ???????? | Below is the list of companies available that you need to select as a group activity and attempt the critical questions mentioned below. 1. KIA MOTORS https://www.kia.com/aljabr/en 2. NADEC https://www.nadec.com/en 3. NAMSHI https://www.namshi.com/saudi-en/ 4. SABIC https://www.sabic.com/en 5. IKEA Saudi https://www.ikea.com/sa/en 6. COCA-COLA MIDDLE EAST https://www.coca-cola.com/xf/en 7. JARIR https://www.jarir.com/sa-en 8. Jawwy Telecom https://jawwy.sa/content/jawwy/en/home.html 9. Careem https://www.careem.com/en-AE/ksa-rides/ 10. Lulu Hyper Market https://www.luluhypermarket.com/en-sa Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY Guidelines for the assignment: o This is a group project (3 to 4 students), and requires group effort, research, and critical thinking. The instructor will inform if in case there is any change. HEM CAREFULLY O The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via the allocated folder. O Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted. o Number of words for each answer should be 150 to 200 Words. O Students are advised to make their work clear and well-presented; marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling in your information on the cover page. O Students must mention the question number clearly in their answers. O Late submissions will NOT be accepted/ or direct 1 mark will be deducted from the marks achieved. o Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions. o Up to 20% of the total grade will be deducted for providing a poor structure of the assignment (Structure includes these elements paper style, free of spelling and grammar mistakes, referencing, and word count) .----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assignment Part 2 Group Submission: This is a group project (3 or 4 students), where group members are required to select any company listed below. Students are required to analyze and write their assessments with respect to the questions below. Students are required to go through the companies mentioned below (You are already registered via groups using the Blackboard system) for their assessment and answer the critical questions, the word count is 200 to 250 Words. Questions: 1. Identify key Supply Chain Practices from the enterprises selected by you. (3-Marks) 2. Discuss Supply Chain Integration, Collaboration, and Procurement Planning adopted by the company you have selected. (3-Marks) 3. Define the Web traceability systems practiced by the company which you have selected for your group study. (3-Marks) 4. Evaluate, how the present technologies (Radio-frequency identification (RFID), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management, Predictive Analysis) are being used by your organisation. (3-Marks) 5. Identify and evaluate best practices for improving Supply Chain Management. (3- Marks)???? ?????? ???????? ???????? | Below is the list of companies available that you need to select as a group activity and attempt the critical questions mentioned below. 1. KIA MOTORS https://www.kia.com/aljabr/en 2. NADEC https://www.nadec.com/en 3. NAMSHI https://www.namshi.com/saudi-en/ 4. SABIC https://www.sabic.com/en 5. IKEA Saudi https://www.ikea.com/sa/en 6. COCA-COLA MIDDLE EAST https://www.coca-cola.com/xf/en 7. JARIR https://www.jarir.com/sa-en 8. Jawwy Telecom https://jawwy.sa/content/jawwy/en/home.html 9. Careem https://www.careem.com/en-AE/ksa-rides/ 10. Lulu Hyper Market https://www.luluhypermarket.com/en-sa tructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY Guidelines for the assignment: o This is a group project (3 to 4 students), and requires group effort, research, and critical thinking. The instructor will inform if in case there is any change. HEM CAREFULLY O The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via the allocated folder. O Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted. o Number of words for each answer should be 150 to 200 Words. O Students are advised to make their work clear and well-presented; marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling in your information on the cover page. O Students must mention the question number clearly in their answers. O Late submissions will NOT be accepted/ or direct 1 mark will be deducted from the marks achieved. o Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions. o Up to 20% of the total grade will be deducted for providing a poor structure of the assignment (Structure includes these elements paper style, free of spelling and grammar mistakes, referencing, and word count). ???? ?????? ???????? ???????? | o All answers must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism). o Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA (7th ed) style guidelines. o Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. o Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted. Answer (1) Answer (2) Answer (3) Answer (4) Answer (5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Assignment Part 3-GROUP PRESENTATION This is a group presentation (3 or 4 students). It is based on the questions of Assignment Part 2. You need to prepare the presentation slides and upload it under the assignment space. Maximum Grades: 12 This Group Presentation is based on Assignment Part 2, where you selected the companies listed below: 1. KIA MOTORS https://www.kia.com/aljabr/en 2. NADEC https://www.nadec.com/en 3. NAMSHI https://www.namshi.com/saudi-en/ 4. SABIC https://www.sabic.com/en 5. IKEA Saudi https://www.ikea.com/sa/en 6. COCA-COLA MIDDLE EAST https://www.coca-cola.com/xf/en 7. JARIR https://www.jarir.com/sa-en 8. Jawwy Telecom https://jawwy.sa/content/jawwy/en/home.html 9. Careem https://www.careem.com/en-AE/ksa-rides/ 10. Lulu Hyper Market https://www.luluhypermarket.com/en-sa Questions: 1. Identify key Supply Chain Practices from the enterprises selected by you. (3-Marks) 2. Discuss Supply Chain Integration, Collaboration, and Procurement Planning adopted by the company you have selected. (3-Marks) 3. Define the Web traceability systems practiced by the company which you have selected for your group study. (3-Marks) 4. Evaluate, how the present technologies (Radio-frequency identification (RFID), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management, and Predictive Analysis) are being used by your organization. (3-Marks) 5. Identify and evaluate best practices for improving Supply Chain Management. (3-Marks)???? ?????? ???????? ???????? | Guidelines for the assignment: o The presentation must be completed in a Group or as per the instructions given by the instructor. o The slides should contain only hint points and not paragraphs. o This Group Presentation is based on Assignment Part 2, where you may select any one company selected by your group. o The slides could contain images, graphs, and details about the example companies. o The presentation file(.ppt) must be prepared for the Questions of Part 2 and to be uploaded to the Blackboard before the Due date. o The oral presentation by the Group will be presented during WEEK -11, where students get enough time to complete their Assignment Part-3 work and present in a class before all the students. o Including the cover page, the presentation needs to have up to 15 slides. o The slides should contain only hint points and not paragraphs. o The slides could contain images, graphs, and details about the example companies. o You MUST use the PowerPoint format for the Assignment-3 upload. 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