Logistics Management
The Interfaces (about 500 words)
1. Production (about 200 words) (one or two of the below point that interface)
Length of production runs (long or short production run?)
Seasonal demand?
Supply side interfaces? (area that affect both party)
Outsourced to Third-party Logistics Service Provider? (3PL)
2. Marketing (about 200 words) (use one or two that is relevant)
Price
Product
Promotion
Place
3. Accounting and Finance (about 100 words)
Essay brief: Select a manufacturer that you are familiar with and assume that you are the logistics manager of this organization. Determine the areas in which logistics and the core functional areas (production, marketing, finance and accounting) might interface and analyse the effectiveness of the current order cycle and inventory management. Base on your analyse, recommend improvements by applying the theories and concepts found in logistics management.
Report should be presented as follows:
Introduction – Outline the background and purpose of this report (about 100 words is enough) and provide key information about the selected organization (eg. who are the supplier, who are the competitor, what they produce) (about 200 words is enough).
The Interfaces – Determine the areas in which logistics and three core functional areas, namely production (about 200 words), marketing (about 200 words), accounting and finance (about 100 words) of the selected organization might interface. Apply logistics theories and concepts. Diagrams are permitted to help explain concepts (about 500 words).
Order Cycle – Analyze the effectiveness and effciency of current order processing system of the selected organization and recommend improvement by applying logistical theories and concepts. Diagrams are permitted to help explain concepts (about 500 words).
Inventory Management – Analyze the effectiveness and effciency of current inventory management of the selected organization and recommend improvement by applying logistical theories and concepts. Diagrams are permitted to help explain concepts (about 500 words).
Conclusion – Reinstates all of the significant parts of this report and refers the reader back to the focus that have outlined in the introduction and to the central topic. This gives the report a sense of unity (about 200 words).
You are required to consult and fully referance a minimum of 10 references (e.g. books; www; journal article from the full-text database; current affairs magazine; newspaper etc.) The use of WIKIPEDIA is not allowed.
The word range of this essay is about 2,000(+/- 10%) words. Spacing 1.5 with font size 12 using Arial font style.
You must use APA referencing system to acknowledge your sources of information. (both in-text, and as a reference list at the end). Every paragraph must have at least one in-text/citation (including introduction, recommendation and conclusion.
Please kindly rephrase with your own words as when i submit the essay there will be a percent rate of plagiarism.
