Advanced Principles in Global Supply Chain Management

SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE IN LARGE ORGANISATIONS

Time Context: TIME PERIOD January 2020 until Present (January 2024).

Chosen Company: Aston Martin

Identify the challenges that this organisation has or are facing through their supply chain.

Introduction 

– A) Briefly introduce and describe the organisation (who they are and what they do) (100 words)

– B) Briefly describe how and why their business and customers are affected by the challenges. (200 words)

– C) Identify the key elements in their supply chain (the main vital suppliers and/or customers) (100 words)

Main Section 

– A) Identify what the chosen organisation did or needs to do, to secure their supply chain and enable continued trading. (300 words)

– B) Identify and describe any strategic actions that the business and/or supply chain have taken (describe the expected outcome of the action). (300 words)

– C) Describe the key current risks to the organisation (provide a risk register). (300 words)

– D) Assess the key risks, and the strategic choices that the focal organisation has implemented. (300 words)

Conclusion and Recommendations 

– A) Findings – From Section 2, discuss whether the risks were foreseeable, and how might the organisation have done things differently. (200 words)

– B) Conclusion and Recommendations – Is the chosen organisation likely to be successful and with hindsight, would you have changed the strategic choices of your chosen organisation