Global Supply Chain and

Department of Manufacturing Strategy

Engineering & 55-701843
Mathematics Assignment – 2022/2023

Session: 2022/2023
Module: 55-701843 – Global Supply Chain and Manufacturing
Strategy
Academic Contact for guidance: Ehsan Badakhshan Email: e.badakhshan@shu.ac.uk
Type of Assignment: Group Assignment
Word Count or Number of Pages: 2000 words (+/-10%)
Percentage Contribution to overall Module Mark: 50%
Deadline for Submission: Thursday 20 April 2023 15:00 hrs (3 pm) – NO EXTENSION
Method and Location for Submission: Blackboard & Turnitin Submission Points
Deadline for return of feedback: Three Weeks after deadline for submission

References/recommended reading:
 Slack, N., Brandon-Jones, A., Burgess, N., & Slack, N. (2022). Operations management (Tenth edition).
Pearson.
 Please also refer to other resources in the library and online to complete thorough research of the topic
such as:
o Library Catalogue (books and academic papers).
o Materials supplied on Module Blackboard site.
o Support Resources available via Blackboard
Please ensure that all sources of information used are referenced correctly using APA 7.
For guidance see:
http://libguides.shu.ac.uk/referencing
All forms of assessments are subject to SHU regulations around academic conduct. For further
information on plagiarism, and collusion and how to avoid it, please refer to:
https://students.shu.ac.uk/shuspacecontent/assessment/plagiarism

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 Department of Global Supply Chain and
Engineering & Manufacturing Strategy
Mathematics 55-701843
Assignment – 2022/2023

Global Supply Chain and Manufacturing Strategy

Group Research Assignment 2 2023.
Assignment 2
You are to produce 2000 words (Exclude Reference list) academic report.

Please note, critical discussion with support of a good range of literature (i.e.,
Journal & conference articles) in your report will be highly considered in the
marks allocated to your group.

Marking Scheme

Section 1 5%
Section 2 20%
Section 3 20%
Section 4 25%
Section 5 25%
Layout and Presentation/ Development of a
5%
coherent theme throughout the report
Please note the attached generic Level 7 Assessment Rubric.

You must first select a manufacturing company of your choice and follow the below
structure: (Please note that the selected manufacturing company could be a member
of the supply chain you studied in Assignment 1.)

Section 1- Introduction
 Give a general introduction to the selected manufacturing company and its
today’s challenges for a broad audience.
Section 2- Operations performance (see week 8 lecture and tutorial)
 Critically discuss the indicators which are or need to be used to measure the
performance of the company’s operations at societal, strategic, and
operational levels.
Section 3- Operations strategy perspectives (the four perspectives) (see week 9
lecture and tutorial)
 Critically discuss how operations strategy align with market requirements.
 Critically discuss how operations strategy align with operations resources.
Section 4- Failure prevention and recovery (see week 10 lecture and tutorial)
 Identify the potential causes and consequences of failures within
manufacturing operations.
 Suggest actions which need to be taken by the company to prevent the
identified failures.
Section 5- Manufacturing strategy and process design (see week 11 lecture and
tutorial)
 Identify the manufacturing strategy employed by the company and justify its
selection.

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Engineering & Manufacturing Strategy
Mathematics 55-701843
Assignment – 2022/2023
 Explain whether manufacturing processes have been designed in line with
the manufacturing strategy of company.

All submissions must conform to the SHU standard of APA 7 referencing

conventions.

Group Formation:

You must work with your allocated group to deliver your assignment task. You must
work together with all members of your group and contribute equally to the task.

Contribution:

Important note: The groups are unchangeable.

All members of the group are expected to contribute equally to the task of analysing
research and preparing the report. You must work together on all aspects of the task.
Whilst group meetings are encouraged to discuss and exchange ideas, it is strongly
advised that you also use the group discussion boards, Google docs or similar online
portal systems to work on this task. This will assist with construction, compilation and
thus contribution and will improve access and communication between group
members.

Drafting Your Work

There is a folder in the assessment tab of the Bb site that will help with drafting your
work. This includes links to referencing, plagiarism and draft Turnitin submission
points. You can submit drafts to the 'Draft Turnitin Submission Point' as many times
as you like to check your work.

Important note: Please DO NOT use other modules Turnitin Submission Point to
check your similarity percentage.

Hand In

Your final group report: Submission must be submitted electronically via both the '
002 Group Report - Submission Point' and the 'Turnitin' submission point marked
'Task 2 Turnitin Submission Point'. These can both be found on the blackboard
module site in the assessment tab. The file should be saved and uploaded by one
member of the group and the name of the file must include:

Tutorial Instructor. Tutorial number. Group number at the beginning of the file
name.

i.e., "Ehsan.6.1 ". Please upload your work as a word document and ensure all
names of group members are included in the report and formatting is correct before
submission.

The deadline is 20th April 2023 by 15:00 pm. You will have 24 hours to submit
after this but without extenuating circumstances, your work will be capped at 50%.

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Engineering & Manufacturing Strategy
Mathematics 55-701843
Assignment – 2022/2023
Any element submitted after the 15:00 deadline without prior arrangement or
exceptional circumstances request may result in an award of zero marks for the task.

Support

Your lecturer will be available to discuss your progress and to provide some direction
with your research. This will be provided at class tutorials, by prior arrangement to
meet with the lecturer, or by e-mail response within 3 working days of your request.
A marking scheme for the report can be found below.

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Mathematics
Global Supply Chain and
Manufacturing Strategy
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Engineering &
Mathematics
Global Supply Chain and
Manufacturing Strategy
55-701843
Assignment – 2022/2023