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:
supply chain agility and responsiveness
supply chain risk management
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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