Global Logistics & Technology

 

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLO

GY CARLOW

FACULTY OF LIFELONG LEARNING

ASSIGNMENT

 

Programme Title	Global Logistics & Technology
Module Title	TECHH5K01
Assignment Number	2
Assignment Type	Take home assignment
Weighting	20%
Submission date	30/03/2021
	Feedback can be expected from lecturer 3 weeks after above submission date

 

Continuous Assessment Submission Guidelines

Assignments must be submitted via Turnitin. If assignments are not submitted via Turnitin, this will be regarded as a non-submission.

Assignments should be double lined spaced and clearly structured.

 

Please observe the word count. Assignments that are too short or too long will be penalised. You must put word count on title page.

 

Extension Policy

Assignments will not be accepted after the submission date.

 

As per IT Carlow policy, submission dates will only be extended in exceptional circumstances.

 

If an extension is required, students must apply at https://www.itcarlow.ie/study/lifelong-learning/extension-request-form.htm in advance of the deadline.. Supporting documentary evidence must also be provided.

 

The circumstances under which a request for an extension will be considered include, but are not limited to:

Ø  Serious personal/family/business reasons

Ø  Where a student is representing their country or Institute

 

An extension is unlikely to be considered under the following circumstances:

Ø  Minor illnesses such as a common cold

Ø  Holidays during the academic year

Ø  Multiple assignments due at the one time

Ø  Failure to plan study schedule

Ø  Debs/weddings/social events

Ø  IT and/or computer failure

 

Please note that loss of/damage to a USB stick is not considered a valid reason for an extension under IT Carlow policy. To avoid any unnecessary distress, please ensure that you back up your work regularly as you undertake your assignment. By registering with free online storage services such as Dropbox or Skydrive you can save your work online and access it at any computer. Alternatively use an external hard drive/or just email it to yourself.

 

Failure to submit a piece of assessment will result in a grade of 0.

 

Plagiarism Policy

Assignments which have copied work from websites, from other authors, from other students or any other sources will receive a grade of 0. All instances of plagiarism must be reported to the Head of Department who, in turn, is obliged to report them to the Registrar. Students who receive this grade may be asked to justify their actions to the Institute’s plagiarism panel. Students must apply to the examination board at the end of the academic year to re-submit their work in such instances. Please note that copying verbatim from original sources is unacceptable even if you provide references.

 

Referencing

Please consult ‘Credit Where Credit is Due’ for the referencing system used by IT Carlow. Please ensure accuracy and consistency in your referencing. The following are the most common reference types that you will need when compiling the reference list at the end of your assignments.

 

Journal articles:

For example:

Seebohm, P., Gilchrist, A. and Morris, D. (2012) Bold but Balanced: How Community Development Contributes to Mental Health and Inclusion. Community Development Journal, 47 (4), pp. 473-490.

 

Books

For example:

Banks, S. (2012) Ethics and Values in Social Work. (4^th Ed.) Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

 

Book Chapter

If a book is an edited collection with different contributors for each chapter, cite the author of the specific chapter you have used in your work. If you use more than one chapter, cite each author separately. Include the page numbers of the chapter in the bibliography.

 

For example:

Forde, C. (2009) The Politics of Community Development: Relationship with the State. In: Forde, C., Kiely, E. and Meade, R., eds. Youth and Community in Ireland: Critical Perspectives, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, pp. 49-68.

 

Webpage

Unless the webpage has a specified individual author, you can treat the organisation as the author. If the year the webpage was created is available, you can give this. If not, simply state ‘no date available’. You must also include the date which you last accessed the webpage in brackets at the end of the reference.

 

 

For example:

Children’s Rights Alliance, (no date available) What Are Children’s Rights? Available: http://www.childrensrights.ie/childrens-rights-ireland/childrens-rights-ireland [accessed 01 September, 2013].

 

To avoid common referencing mistakes, please note the following:

 

Ø  In the reference list, place the title of the journal, not the specific journal article, in italics.

Ø  In the reference list, give a full reference for a webpage not just the url.

Ø  When referencing books in the reference list, the place of publication (e.g. Dublin) precedes the name of the publisher (e.g. Gill and Macmillan).

Ø  There is no need to bullet point or number your reference list.

Ø  When citing websites within the main body of your assignment, use the (author, date) formulation rather than the url; i.e. write (Children’s Rights Alliance, no date available) rather than inserting the web address.

When quoting directly from an original source within the main body of your assignment, give the page number(s). (Try to avoid excessive use of direct quotation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assignment Brief

The Maritime transport landscape has changed significantly over the past 15 years. Changes in transport availability, inter-connectedness, regulation and adoption of technology as well as competition from other modes and substitution are driving improvement at an ever accelerating pace.

With respect to supply chain management discuss how these changes impact the business landscape and supply chain management generally.

 

 

Assignment length	1500 words.
Assignment Format	Please use a neat font size 11 minimum. Line spacing of 1.5, justified layout and fully referenced in the Harvard style.
General	Students are advised to retain a soft copy of their project. Students are encouraged to upload draft documents on TURNITIN which prevents plagiarism within academic writing.
Blackboard Upload	Students will upload one copy by the deadline below in word format to ASSIGNMENT TWO TURNITIN. Please ensure that your final submission has a cover sheet with your name, student number, and module title.
Submission Deadlines	30/03/2021

 

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MSC in supply chain management

 

MSC in Supply Chain Management

 

Institute of Technology Carlow

 

Subject: Strategic Supply Management (yr. 5)

 

 

Assignment 2

 

 

to be submitted by 8^th April 2021

 

essay entitled:

 

 

Comparing competitive and collaborative approaches to Supply Management in the Industrial Sector.

 

 

Instruction

 

 

 

The assignment is to write an academic essay, as such it should draw on established and recent literature on these matters.  Wikipedia and other such websites should not be used as references.  In other words, reference material should be academically sound, and not merely convenient.

 

The essay should be typed, 1,000 words, and be referenced in the Harvard style as outlined in the Institute of Technology, Carlow guide to referencing ‘Credit Where Credit is due’.  A reference list should be provided. Students should familiarise themselves with the concept of plagiarism and ensure that they don’t unwittingly commit this offence. Please refer to the Essay Grading Guide on Blackboard for further guidance on essay writing. (see under assignments). 

 

The essay must be submitted through Turn-it-in via Blackboard, by midnight on the dead-line date.

 

Late submissions, after the deadline date, will attract a penalty of 20% of the grade awarded, per working day, and no submissions will be accepted after one week.

 

 

 

 

Marking scheme:

25%        This Essay

 

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How to use Chicago Citation

 

The Chicago citation format is a citation style that has two varieties. You may either use: 

• the notes and bibliography citation format or  

• the author-date citation format.  

The former citation format, the notes, and the bibliography format use footnotes or endnotes to cite sources instead of in-text citations. This format is usually preferred by language and other humanities students. Each footnote or endnote as a superscript number that corresponds to a reference listed in the bibliography. A footnote is a note found at the end of a word or page in superscript. When you come across numbers after a word written like this 1, you have probably come across a footnote. Clicking on it will link you to the full citation. Endnotes are found at the end of the chapter instead of after words or the end of pages. The advantage of this system is that:  

• It can accommodate even sources that do not fit into the restraints of the author-date system.  

• Moreover, it allows for more comfortable reading as it does not abruptly interrupt the reader with a citation and links to them instead. 

The author-date format is more widely used in natural and social sciences. In-text citations in this format involve stating the author's last name followed by the date of publication of the article, journal, or paper in parentheses. Each in-text citation usually corresponds to a full source in the bibliography. Aside from the use of numbered notes versus parenthetical references in the text, the two systems share a similar style. 

You should make citations in the following order: the author name(s), page title, website title, web address, and date published or accessed. The first author's name should be reversed in the bibliography, with a comma placed after the last name and a period after the first name (or any middle name). Titles and affiliations associated with the author should be omitted. 

The easiest method to cite using the Author-Date formatting system is to move the year published in the citation to follow the author's name. 

A few points to remember: 

• If an author's name is not available, you should begin the citation using the name of the website owner. 

• When the title of a work is referenced, you should use the full title in quotation marks and a full stop following it. The full stop should be within the quotation marks as well. 

• The first author's name should be reversed in the bibliography, with a comma placed after the last name and a period after the first name (or any middle name).  

• Titles and affiliations associated with the author should be omitted. 

 

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Green supply chain management

 

Coursework Brief:

 

You are required to help two of the top grocery retailers based in West Yorkshire in their efforts to reduce their customers’ carbon footprint by locating 10 local businesses within the Yorkshire business. Further the retailers wish to collaborate by adopting joint quality standards like QS-9000 in the automotive industry and work done in using order platforms like Colonist. They also would like all businesses in the network to be values led. Finally, they would like to allow the customers enhanced access to product information by utilizing the power of internet of things and enable traceability of products from Seed to Recycling.

 

1)      Devise a planning methodology that can be utilized so that all businesses can work together to reduce errors in forecasting and waste in the supply chain. [20 Marks]

2)      Design a quality standard in creating a supply chain that is value led and achieves exceptional customer satisfaction. [20 Marks]

3)      Identify what IoT technologies can be employed to create a traceability mechanism to enhance customers’ ability to trace food sources and its quality of its production? [20 Marks]

4)      Design a local food distribution network using 10 local businesses and 5 warehouses in West Yorkshire that can be shared by the two retailers and reduce footprint of products and identify their impact on existing supply chains and customers. [20 Marks]

5)      What can customers and above businesses in these supply chains do to ensure that the supply chains have minimal impact on the environment? [20 Marks]

Notes for Students:

 

Instructions for completion and submission of written assignment

 

·         Answer all aspects of the assessment;

 

·         This assessment is worth 100% of the marks for the module;

·         The word count is 6000 words is +/- 10%

 

·         You must submit your assessment electronically on MyBeckett using the Turnitin icon;

 

·         Words included in the bibliography are not included in the word count;

 

·         You should reference 25 journal articles and cite using Harvard referencing;

 

·         Any websites referred to must be properly referenced;

 

·         The text of your assessment must be displayed using a 12-point (or larger) Arial or Verdana font and with a line spacing of at least 1.5.

 

 

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