Digital SEM

The learning outcomes of this assessment are:

  • Critically evaluate the concepts and trends relating to digitalisation in supply chains.
  • Autonomously evaluate how emerging and existing information technologies (and systems) enhance supply chain efficiency, integration and visibility.
  • Deploy originality in the application of current theory to critically discuss the benefits and challenges of supply chain digitalisation.

Purpose

The purpose of this assessment is to demonstrate your understanding of how disruptive technologies, emerging technologies and information technologies (and systems) enhance supply chain efficiency, integration and visibility. In addition, you are required to apply current theory to critically discuss the benefits and challenges of supply chain digitisation.

Details

For this assessment you will be required to:

  1. Identify a supply chain within a specific sector (of your choice) and briefly explain the organisation, its supply chain partners and its line of business.
  2. Critically discuss the suitability (including opportunities and risks) of disruptive technologies (for example, artificial intelligence, IoT, blockchain, etc.) and how these can impact the supply chain processes. Discuss these within the context of supply chain efficiency, integration, visibility, transparency or resilience.
  3. Pick one or two theories to critically discuss the benefits and challenges of supply chain digitisation. Provide recommendations for supply chain digitisation based on the analysis.

You will need to define all the concepts that you are referring to in the essay

You are required to use literature research (for example, academic references, news reports, online customer reviews, etc.) and personal experience to develop this assessment. Your essay should draw on at least 15 sources. It is essential that you reference all sources used in the text. The recommended split between peer-reviewed (academic books and articles) and grey sources (company reports, consultation reviews, industry blogs, etc) you use is 50%-50%

1,800 words.

References should be reflected in Harvard style

Requirements: 1800

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