Assignment Tasks:

Before Attempting Your Assignment

• You are required to read and understand the contexts of the Executive MBA Operations and Supply Chain Management course for an understanding of the concepts before attempting this
• You are required to read the attached article – The Seven Supply Chain
• You may also make reference to other pertinent published articles over the web and books. In such cases, you need to properly cite the references in accordance to the Harvard Referencing System.

Part 1: Answer the following 3 Questions.

1. Make a critical analysis of any five of the seven supply chain commandments mentioned in the
2. The studies carried out by Accenture from across various industries and geographies focused probably on profit making Identify the similarities and differences of supply chain objectives and strategies in the public sector with those of the private sector.
3. Explain why traditional supply chain practices are inadequate in today’s business environment.

Part 2: Answer the following 4 Questions.

1. The term “supply chain management‟ does not have a universally agreed definition. Consider three different views of supply chain management. Provide your definition of “supply chain management‟.
2. Explain how supply chain strategies should be aligned with corporate Support your answer with appropriate examples.
3. The concept of sustainability in procurement has become very popular over the past years. Should a private sector organisation apply the principles of sustainability in its procurement of goods and services? To what extent your answer would differ in the case of a public sector organisation?
4. Integrating supply chain partners is very difficult without the use of information technology. Identify few successful large companies which are currently using four information technology tools to integrate its supply chain partners and discuss how each of these tools contributes to their

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The word count is 5,000 words (+/- 10%) with indexed headings & subheadings in the following format:

• A Cover Page
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Body
• Conclusion
• Reference Section

# The Harvard Referencing System must be adopted with in-text citations.