Purpose To assess your understanding for E- Supply Chain / E Logistic Management

Question

Purpose
To assess your understanding for E- Supply Chain / E Logistic Management in an organization of your choice or the startup business of yours.
Action Items:
Create or choose any business organization of your choice and describe the organization according to the below:
1. To create a new company or find a suitable company, to be located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which include the followings:
a. Give an introduction about the company as well business unit.
b. Mention the kind of product(s) as well as services.
c. Write down Company statement.
d. Vision and Mission of the company
2. Understanding the concepts of SCM and logistics in a broader framework
3. Introduce the concepts of E-supply logistics and E-SCM, collaboration, and Integration, which demonstrates effective use of ICT.
4. To apply a SWOT analysis to your business.
5. Also analyze your business and process as per below points:
Strategic Planning (SP)
i. Location of Supply Chain Facilities
ii. Supply Chain Configuration
iii. Procurement Planning
iv. Distribution Facilities Planning
v. Logistics Planning
Operational Optimization (OO)
I. Supply Chain Inventory Optimization
II. Logistics Resources Scheduling
Note:
1. Each students will have one Project.
2. Project will be based on the implementation of the e-supply chain and logistics in real world.
3. Project will require summarizing, demonstrating, and the use and potential values of SCM and LOGISTICS for an organization.
4. The Due date for the this assignment is Week-9.
5. Students can also make business plan to introduce the concepts, Tools and Technologies for any particular business from KSA market.
6. The word count for this assignment must be between 1200 ¡V 1500 words.
Submission Instructions
„h Post your response in the Discussion Board per your professor's instructions.
Grading Criteria
0 ¡V 8- points
Grading Rubric:
Criteria
A (10.0) Outstanding
B (6.0) Proficient
C (4.0) Basic
D/F (0) Below Expectations
Critical Thinking
„h Rich in content
„h Full of thought, insight, and analysis
„h Substantial information
„h Thought, insight, and analysis has taken place
„h Generally competent
„h Information is thin and commonplace
„h Rudimentary and superficial
„h No analysis or insight is displayed
Connections
Clear connections
„h To previous or current
„h To real-life situations
„h New ideas or connections
„h Lack depth and/or detail
„h Limited, if any connections
„h Vague generalities
„h No connections are made
„h Off topic
Uniqueness
„h New ideas
„h New connections
„h Made with
„h New ideas or connections
„h Lack depth and/or detail
„h Few, if any new ideas or connections
„h Rehash or summarize other
„h No new ideas
„h ¡§I agree with¡K¡¨ statement
depth and detail
postings
Timeliness
„h All required postings
„h Early in discussion
„h Throughout the discussion
„h All required postings
„h Some not in time for others to read and respond
„h All required postings
„h Most at the last minute without allowing for response time
„h Some, or all, required postings missing
Stylistics
„h Few grammatical or stylistic errors
„h Several grammatical or stylistic errors
„h Obvious grammatical or stylistic errors
„h Errors interfere with content
„h Obvious grammatical or stylistic errors
„h Makes understanding impossible

Explanation / Answer

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Answer :-

Mercedes Benz Assembly Plant in Saudi Arabia

Mercedes Benz is a German autobile manufacturing company with its assembly plant located in carious locations. It is one of the luxury car manufacturers.

Products-

2. Supply chain management

SCM integrates all the functions within a company. In mercedes a core functional team would work with its members coming from every department to tackle the differences within the company. Organized SCM would ensure smooth flow of raw materials to the assembly plant, the efficient processing within the plant, and timely deliveries to the customers. SCM would eventually remove all the silos present in the company.

Logistics

Logitics is a sub-function of SCM which ensures efficient flow of raw materials to the assembly plant so as to avoid shortage of raw materials and to also avoid pile up of extra inventories. Milk run system ensures streamlining logistics function where the suppliers are closely located and the raw materials are transported only when they are needed.

3- E-SCM & E-Logistics

Sourcing intermediatories often help big organizations to source their raw materials from their supplier's database. Right from quotation to delivery is handled by the sourcing firms. E-SCM comes to life through various softwares lke SAP, which integrate all the functions of a company virtually. SAP helps educate the employees of a company about the other functions, thus increasing the overall efficiency.

4-SWOT Analysis

2. Weakness

3. Opportunity

4. Threats

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