Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: Reverse Logistics Processes
Code: 242008

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Step 1 - Recognition of Reverse Logistics

Activity Description
Type of activity: Individual
Evaluation moment: Initial
Highest score of the activity: 25 points
The activity starts on: Monday, The activity ends on: Sunday, February
February 1, 2021 14, 2021
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

Recognize the Reverse logistics, as a business sustainability strategy.

The activity consists of:

This course is offered in English and as it is specified in the Rules and conditions for
course development: Contributions in different languages won´t be taken into
account”.

Individual
The student must develop the following activities:

1. Review all environments and download and analyze the syllabus of the course at the
Learning Environment to have a clear understanding of the proposal,
competences and contents to develop.

2. Read the following article, attached at the Learning Environment as Annex 1 -

Montoya, R. A. G. (2010). Logística inversa un proceso de impacto ambiental y
productividad. Producción Más Limpia, 5(2), 1–14.

3. According to the previous article and your own search on internet:

Using your own words, write an one-page (4 paragraphs of 100 to 200 words each
one) article summary, including the cites and references in order to avoid
plagiarism, explaining your ideas in relation to the basis of Reverse logistics and
answering the question: How important is the Reverse logistics in supply chains?

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4. Consolidate your summary in a PDF document and submit it at the Evaluation
Environment, according to the guidelines given below in section Individual Work
Evidences, naming it with the following structure:

RLP_Step 1_Student name_Group number

Please note that your article review will be analyzed by Turnitin, to

identify if there is any plagiarism from any other document, even those
delivered by other students.

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

Review the agenda to identify the deadline, visit the General Forum and post your
presentation and visit the Synchronous attention by SkypePage to identify the
tutor
user.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

Review the syllabus of the course, the Annex 1 and the guide to solve the activity.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

Submit individually the final PDF document with the structure indicated in this guide.

Evidences of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

Each student submits a PDF document including:

 Cover
 Introduction
 Objectives
 Article summary (1 page) (Activity 3)
 Conclusions
 References (Use APA guidelines)

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From guidelines:
 PDF format
 Page Size: Letter
 Font type: Times New Roman
 Font size: 12
 Line spacing: Double
 Page margins: 2.54 cm
 Paragraph Alignment: Left-aligned
Evidences of collaborative work:
No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

1. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidences, consider the following:

 All contributions include in the document must be written in English.

 This activity must be written in your own words

 Before submitting the requested product, students should check that it meets all
the requirements mentioned in this activity guide.

Please keep in mind that all individual or collaborative written products must comply
with the spelling rules and presentation conditions defined in this activity guide.
Regarding the use of references, consider that the product of this activity must
comply with APA style.
In any case, make sure you comply with the rules and avoid academic plagiarism.
You can review your written products using the Turnitin tool found in the virtual
campus.

Under the Academic Code of Conduct, the actions that infringe the academic order,
among others, are the following: paragraph e) Plagiarism is to present as your own
work all or part of a written report, task or document of invention carried out by
another person. It also implies the use of citations or lack of references, or it
includes citations where there is no match between these and the reference and
paragraph f) To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational resources or results of
research products, which have rights reserved for the University. (Acuerdo 029 - 13
de diciembre de 2013, artículo 99)

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The academic penalties students will face are:
a) In case of academic fraud demonstrated in the academic work or evaluation, the
score obtained will be zero (0.0) without any disciplinary measures being derived.
b) In case of proven plagiarism in academic work of any nature, the score obtained
will be zero (0.0), without any disciplinary measures being derived.

2. Evaluation Rubric Template

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Initial
The highest score in this activity is 25 points
First evaluation High level: The student recognizes the importance of Reverse
criterion: logistics in productive chains, by writing in their own words an
one page article summary, including cites and references,
Recognize the explaining the student´s own ideas, based on the arguments
importance of proposed by the author of real situations in the country.
reverse logistics in
productive chains. If your work is at this level, you can get between 13 points
and 15 points
This criterion
represents 15 Average level: The student presents their understanding of the
points of the total importance of Reverse logistics in productive chains, but it does
of 25 points of not evidence relevant arguments according to the article.
the activity. .
If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
and 12 points

Low level: The student does not present the article summary
related to the importance of Reverse logistics in productive
chains or it isn´t written in his own words.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0

points and 1 points
Second evaluation High level: The student submits at the Evaluation
criterion: Environment, a PDF document according to the given guidelines,
evidencing proper grammar and spelling, presenting a proper

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Present the development of the activities proposed for the recognition of
document according Reverse Logistics.
to the format and
guidelines. If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points
and 10 points

This criterion Average level: The student submits a document, developing

represents 10 part of the proposed activities, evidencing some spelling and
points of the total grammar mistakes or missing some guidelines.
of 25 points of
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
and 7 points

Low level: The student does not submit the document

evidencing his own development of the proposed activities for
the recognition of Reverse Logistics.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0

points and 1 points

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