SCMT502 Operations Management Assignment

ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW

Assessment Number:	2
Assignment Type:	Case Study
Weighting:	30%
Word Count:	1,500 words (+/- 10%)

ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES

This assessment is designed to help you achieve the following Unit Learning Outcomes:

• ULO1: Analyse operations strategy and the ways in which it is implemented in organisations
• ULO3: Review and discuss the relationship between operations management and supply chain management
• ULO4: Critically analyse key metrics and processes involved in assessing operations performance and their potential impact on overall organisational performance, viability, and risk management

The marking rubric is accessible through the relevant assessment on Engage.

INSTRUCTIONS

You are required to:

• read the case study provided by your lecturer;
• research the identified organisation and its operations;
• identify the type of industry or sector characteristics in which the organisation is situated, including the supply chain;
• analyse the current operational issues it faces;
• discuss what types of operational strategies are used;
• examine appropriate principles and methodologies that could assist with addressing the identified operational issues;
• develop recommendations to address the identified operational issues; and
• write a report on your analysis and recommendations.

The report must be designed for a senior management audience and offer a synthesis of operations strategy and operations improvement principles and methodologies, demonstrating their application to the case.

The report must be based on research and should be informed by insights gained from the lectures, class discussions, and personal experience. Marks will be awarded based on the depth and breadth of discussion and analysis, the level of understanding of the issues identified, insights acquired, and the standard of presentation of the report.

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STRUCTURE

The report should follow the structure detailed below

• Introduction (400 words): this section consists in presenting the key facts and themes of the case study and must include a sub-section on method giving an overview of the process adopted to write your report to provide quality assurance to the audience;
• Body (750 words): this section is composed of the analysis and recommendations;
• Conclusion (250 words): this section consists in recounting the key insights on the case, including recommendations; and
• Reference list.

The above word count is indicative only.

You are encouraged to include appendices to illustrate your research and analysis. Please note that appendices are excluded from the word count and are not marked.

FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS

• Your assessment must be written in the academic style, in the third person (or in the first person where appropriate, e.g., for reflective aspects of the report).
• You must use at least six (6) in-text references.
• You must use a variation of the Harvard referencing style, e.g., as per LCBA’s Harvard Referencing Guide or the Harvard Anglia 2008 MS Word’s built-in Citation & Bibliography tool. All references must be formatted consistently in accordance with the chosen style.
• You must adhere to the following formatting conventions (as applicable):
• Document structure: Each of the following (if applicable) should start on a separate page:
  • cover page (automatically generated within Turnitin)
• • main text
• • references
• • appendices, labelled (A, B, C, … or 1, 2, 3, …) – excluded from word count limit.
  • Document layout
    • A4 paper size
• • normal margins
• • page numbers in bottom-left of each page, except for the title page
  • • page numbering of the form: Page X of X
    • Calibri font

    Headings

• • 14-point font size
• • either minimal or maximal capitalisation
  • Body:
    • Left alignment
    • Calibri font
    • 12-point font size
    • 1.5 line spacing
    • in-text quotes less than 40 words in inverted commas followed by reference
    • quotes of more than 40 words as indented quotes, without inverted commas, in 11-point font size, followed by reference
    • double spaces between paragraphs
    • You must submit your assignment to Turnitin, via LCBA Engage.
    • For assessment due date, refer to the Unit Outline and Engage class.

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