Part A: Written report
Write a report to critically evaluate the supply chain of an organisation, Zara using a set of the strategic supply chain management concepts learned in this subject.
In your report:
• Briefly explain the organisation, Zara and provide an overview of its supply chain so that a reader can understand the scope of your analysis. You can delimit the scope, for example, by focusing on a set of products/services. You are required to provide a high-level map of the select supply chain.
• Analyse and critically evaluate the organisation in terms of:
o supply chain agility and responsiveness
o supply chain risk management
o supply chain sustainability.
• Based on your analysis and evaluation, make one or more detailed recommendations which could improve the organisation’s supply chain management at the national and/or global level.
• You are also required to read and incorporate the following article into your report: Whelan, T & Fink, C 2016, ‘The comprehensive business case for sustainability’, Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, pp. 2–8.
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