Handout and Rubric

Individual Assignment 2: Outline for Signature Assignment

MGTU 315 Operations Management
Length:         Paper: 2-4 double-spaced page (excluding title page and references)
Due:        Week 6 by Sunday Midnight PST
Value:        120 Points Possible
Post:        Week 6 Assignments
After reading the text, all course materials and participating in discussion threads assigned to
date you are to develop a two to three-page outline that explains the key points to build an
Operations/Supply Chain Management Plan for a specific company that the student selected
during the Week Three Operations Discussion and the instructor approved the selection.  The
company is to be an actual business (perhaps in the student’s geographic area or something they
have purchased or used) either a product or a service with sales between $500,000 and $500
million.  The purpose of the assignment is to have students show the entire supply chain (in
graphics as well as an 8 - 12-page paper) of how materials are sourced, developed, built,
packaged, stored, packaged, transported and stored and to develop the customer experience
feedback loop.  They are to include sustainability issues as well as cost of goods sold (COGS).  It
is recommended that students choose a product over a service as the assignment will be easier
using a product.
Processes to follow for writing. Be sure to follow all APA guidelines and review sample APA
paper and other writing helps found in Course Information, under “Writing Helps.” You are to
follow all APA guidelines, use Times New Roman 12 font. Use APA headings as below:
 http://blog.apastyle.org/.a/6a01157041f4e3970b011570f0dd68970c-popup 

This paper is not just to report on an existing company (although you must do that). Additionally,
you are to identify a problem that this company is experiencing or an opportunity that the
company might consider. This paper will have a minimum of ten level 1 headings (which are
highlighted below).  You will have at least two level 2 headings under each level 1 heading and
at least one of the level 2 headings will have a citation. The level 1 headings include at a
minimum:
Overview of Management Plan for XYZ Company (includes, company website, industry
information, purpose of the management plan, problem or opportunity to be explored, key
descriptions of the product or service under review, etc.)
Demographic of customer (use gov. data) https://www.usa.gov/statistics
Design of the Supply Chain (design for quality, delivery speed, deliverability reliability, or low
cost and why which one of these four desirability’s will take precedence over the others based
upon mission and vision and industry standards)
Supplier Relationship Management Plan, (key terms and conditions)
Production (how much, where, when, who, how produced)
Packaging (what, how much, why, how this meets with the customer need)
Transportation (how, cost, why, does it meet customer expectations)
Cost of Goods Sold
CRM (Customer Relationship Management Plan)
Sustainability and CSR Plan (customer experience feedback loop)

Rubric:  Evaluation Criteria

Criteria Exemplary Proficient Developing Emerging

Supply Chain 30 26 23 20
Overall Clearly, Fairly clearly Somewhat Limited if any
concisely and and accurately describes the accurate
accurately describes the industry, and the description of
describes the industry and the product or the industry, and
industry and the product or service that is the product or
product or service that is under service that is
service that is under review. review. Somewha under review.
under review. Provides data to t provides data to The supply
Provides show how the show how the chain is not
interesting data product or service product or service clearly
to show how the will move through will move through presented.
product or a functional a functional supply
service will supply chain.  chain.
move through a
functional supply
chain.
Content 30 26 23 20
  Creatively Fairly clearly, Somewhat Limited if any
clearly and and accurately accurately identification of
concisely and identifies the identifies the four the four
accurately four desirability’s. desirability’s
identifies and desirability’s. Identifies which and it is unclear
cites the main Accurately of the if or why the
sections of the identifies which desirability’s that company
 supply chain. of the the product or focused on
Clearly and desirability’s service under which.
accurately that the product review has
identifies sources or service under focused on for
and concepts that review has the design of
are from the text focused on for their supply
book and other the design of chain.
business sources. their supply .
chain.
.
Analysis 30 25 22 19
The problem or The problem or Somewhat Limited if any
opportunity that opportunity that identifies the analysis and/or
will be addressed will be problem or use of data to
through the addressed opportunity that identify insights
supply chain is through the will be addressed gained; may not
creatively and supply chain is through the discuss
clearly identified identified. supply chain relevancies to
Each of the Each of the Most of the the textbook.
points of analysis points of points of analysis Insights are not
are interesting analysis connect connect to the relevant and/or
and connect to to the text book. text book. The aligned to
the text book or The analyses are analyses are course concepts.
other business of equal weight somewhat of
sources. The (about the same equal weight
analyses are of number of (about the same
equal weight words) and show number of words)
(about the same some research and show some
number of and application. research but
words) and show . limited
research and application.
application.
Writing 30 25 22 19
Mechanics Outline is clear, Outline is clear, Outline is clear, Outline lacks
concise and well and well written; spelling, clarity and may
written; spelling, spelling, grammar and be confusing;
grammar and grammar and punctuation are may contain
punctuation are punctuation are somewhat numerous (7+)
accurate. Paper is accurate. Paper accurate. Paper is errors in APA,
the required is the required the required spelling,
length of two to length of two to length of two to grammar and/or
three pages of three pages of three pages of punctuation.
content plus content. Follows content. Follows
appendices. APA headings, APA headings,
Follows APA citations, title citations, title
headings, page and page and
citations, title reference reference section.
page and section. May May have four to
reference section. have one to six APA errors.
three APA
errors.