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Mark Scheme - Assignment Level 5 Operations Management: General Overview - Word Count
Mark Scheme - Assignment Level 5 Operations Management: General Overview - Word Count
Context
Choose a company (or context) with which you are familiar:
- It can be a real company or a fictional company (r a large national / multinational / global company)
- The company must be an organisation for which operations management is applicable, for example a
manufacturing company or a retail organisation.
Provide one page (up to 200 words) with background information on your chosen company:
- Name of the organisation
- Size of organisation
- Main markets where it operates (geographical locations)
- Examples of products and services
- Key competitors
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Task 1 – 850 words
Discuss how your chosen organisation can benefit from total quality management (TQM) within its operations
management.
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Task 2 – 850 words
a. Analyse the financial and non-financial consequences of any two types of supply chain risks associated with the
organisation. (12 marks)
b. Discuss a supply chain risk management (SCRM) approach you would propose for the organisation. (13 marks)
Task Indicative content Total
2a • Meaning of risk in the context of supply chain
• Unambiguous identification of types and sources of supply chain risks
• Financial consequences of the supply chain risks
• Non-financial consequences of the supply chain risks 12
Level Mark Descriptor
0 No rewardable material
1 1-4 • Lack of, limited or incomplete knowledge and understanding of risks in supply chain
• Lack of ability to identify types of supply chain risks for the organisation. Identified one or no
supply chain risk for the organisation.
• Lack of ability to analyse financial consequences of the risk(s) identified
• Lack of ability to analyse non-financial consequences of the risk(s) identified
• Lack of ability to present a balanced analysis
2 5-9 • Adequate knowledge and understanding of risks in supply chain
• Adequate ability to identify two types of supply chain risks for the organisation.
• Adequate ability to analyse financial consequences of the risk(s) identified
• Adequate ability to analyse non-financial consequences of the risk(s) identified
• Adequate ability to present a balanced analysis
3 10-12 • Sound knowledge and understanding of risks in supply chain
• Sound ability to identify types of supply chain risks for the organisation. This would include
identifying two supply chain risks and also their sources.
• Extensive ability to analyse financial consequences of the risk(s) identified
• Extensive ability to analyse non-financial consequences of the risk(s) identified
• Extensive of ability to present a balanced analysis
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Task 3 – 850 words
Discuss the potential benefits and limitations of adopting each of the following as a part of the supply network
strategy for the organisation.
i. Single-sourcing
ii. Multi-sourcing
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Task 4 – 850 words
a. Analyse the strategic importance of effective logistics in the organisation’s supply chain management.
(13 marks)
b. Discuss the adoption of just-in-time (JIT) inventory management in context of your chosen organisation.
(12 marks)
Task Indicative content Total
4a • Meaning and definition of logistics
• Linkage between logistics and competitive advantage
• Various advantages achieved from logistics: quality, time, cost, dependability, and variability
advantages 13
Level Mark Descriptor
0 No rewardable material
1 1-4 • Lack of, limited or incomplete knowledge and understanding of meaning and definition of
logistics
• Lack of ability to link logistics and competitive advantage
• Lack of ability to analyse the advantages achieved from logistics: quality, time, cost,
dependability and agility advantages achieved from logistics
2 5-9 • Adequate knowledge and understanding of meaning and definition of logistics
• Adequate ability to link logistics and competitive advantage
• Adequate ability to analyse the advantages achieved from logistics: quality, time, cost,
dependability and agility advantages achieved from logistics
3 10-12 • Sound knowledge and understanding of meaning and definition of logistics
• Extensive ability to link logistics and competitive advantage
• Extensive ability to analyse the advantages achieved from logistics: quality, time, cost,
dependability and agility advantages achieved from logistics
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