Briefly explain the purpose and value of the partnership/project, outlining the company’s current nature of business relationship management practices.

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Business Relationship Management and Strategic Procurement

Assignment Task and word count:

Research and write a case study article (3,500 words) on an effective relationship management strategy that incorporates a critical appraisal of current practice.

Unit Learning Outcomes Assessed.
1. Appraise business relationship management concepts to successfully manage a relationship in a project, operations, and/or supply chain.
2. Examine the nature of business relationship management practices.
3. Assess strategic relationships to negotiate internally between business functions, including procurement, and externally with business partners.

Assignment Details and Instructions.
You are required to research and critically investigate a business relationship strategy for a multi-stakeholder partnership. This should be based on a real-world partnership/project from your chosen company. The case study you select can be commercial or non-commercial organisation, but it must include the following features:
• Engaged in a multi-stakeholder partnership or project (refer LO1)
• Allows for comparative analysis of 2 types of business relationships (e.g., supplier, customer, internal and stakeholder).
• Examines the dynamic between internal and external business relationship management practice (refer LO3)

You need to briefly explain the purpose and value of the partnership/project, outlining the company’s current nature of business relationship management practices.

Select 2 or more strategic partners, each representing different types of relationship.

Appraise each relationship and their value to your chosen company, providing rationales as to why it is strategically important to manage each of these relationships both effectively and efficiently.

Careful consideration must be given to the presentation of case data using devices such as tables and quotes to substantiate your findings.

Compare and contrast the similarities and differences in the types of relationships you are analysing.

Evaluate how effective the organisation is at managing each type of relationship.

How does automatization of warehouses give the business a competitive edge while saving on labour costs and expand the company.

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Automatization of warehouses

How does automatization of warehouses give the business a competitive edge while saving on labour costs and expand the company.

Select a commercial service airport anywhere in the world. Identify the need for a capital development project at the chosen airport terminal, runway, parking garage, airfield capacity expansion.

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Research Project

Instructions
A research project is required for this course. Each student must independently prepare a report in: APA format and a minimum of ten pages 1.5 spacing. (If a student chooses to use Powerpoint it must be equivalent to 10 pages). Students should select a commercial service airport anywhere in the world. Identify the need for a capital development project at the chosen airport terminal, runway, parking garage, airfield capacity expansion. noise mitigation Project. environmental project. or ground transportation project and prepare a summary of the project including how the airport and aviation will benefit as a result, the cost of the project, and time frame for completion. Include photos and exhibits. Be sure to give credit to your sources.

In your research of ICAO Annex 17 and 49 CFR Part 1542, you should have an understanding how the Standards and Recommended Practices are applied to airports. Now put on your designer hat and in a one page summary, identify how airports are designed to accommodate security needs and infrastructures around the airfield and terminal complex.

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Airport Security

Instructions
In your research of ICAO Annex 17 and 49 CFR Part 1542, you should have an understanding how the Standards and Recommended Practices are applied to airports. Now put on your designer hat and in a one page summary, identify how airports are designed to accommodate security needs and infrastructures around the airfield and terminal complex.

DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, has successfully carried out a pilot project testing smart glasses in a warehouse in the Netherlands as a first step in their Augmented Reality journey. Make an argument for or against this technological innovation.

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Vision Picking at DHL -Augmented Reality in Logistics

Watch brief video of DHL

DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, has successfully carried out a pilot project testing smart glasses in a warehouse in the Netherlands as a first step in their Augmented Reality journey. In cooperation with DHL customer Ricoh and leading wearable computing solutions expert Ubimax, the technology was used to implement ‘vision picking’ in warehousing operations.

Some view this trend as another way people will lose jobs. Others see it as the way ahead.

Make an argument FOR or AGAINST this technological innovation.

Select a commercial service airport anywhere in the world. Identify the need for a capital development project at the chosen airport terminal, runway, parking garage, airfield capacity expansion.

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Research Project

Instructions
A research project is required for this course. Each student must independently prepare a report in: APA format and a minimum of ten pages 1.5 spacing. (If a student chooses to use Powerpoint it must be equivalent to 10 pages). Students should select a commercial service airport anywhere in the world. Identify the need for a capital development project at the chosen airport terminal, runway, parking garage, airfield capacity expansion. noise mitigation Project. environmental project. or ground transportation project and prepare a summary of the project including how the airport and aviation will benefit as a result, the cost of the project, and time frame for completion. Include photos and exhibits. Be sure to give credit to your sources.

In your research of ICAO Annex 17 and 49 CFR Part 1542, you should have an understanding how the Standards and Recommended Practices are applied to airports. Now put on your designer hat and in a one page summary, identify how airports are designed to accommodate security needs and infrastructures around the airfield and terminal complex.

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Airport Security

Instructions
In your research of ICAO Annex 17 and 49 CFR Part 1542, you should have an understanding how the Standards and Recommended Practices are applied to airports. Now put on your designer hat and in a one page summary, identify how airports are designed to accommodate security needs and infrastructures around the airfield and terminal complex.

Analyze and interpret the relevant information in the above scenario. Evaluate the information to determine three alternative solutions that you could propose to improve the supply chain performance for your new company. Summarize your response in a 1 to 2-page essay.

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Improving Supply Chain Performance

Read: the following two resources found in the Module 2 Assigned Reading.
The essentials of supply chain management: Chapter 2: Supply chain operations: Planning and sourcing The demand-driven supply chain: Making it work and delivering results.

Scenario: Imagine that you have just been hired as the supply chain manager for a regional furniture retailer with stores in Florida and Georgia. The company is struggling with demand management problems related to poor inventory control, a drop in service level to customers, write-offs and so forth. Your new job comes with a big salary, but the CEO expects you to come up with specific strategies to reduce inventory, improve delivery performance, and reduce overall supply chain costs.

Directions: Analyze and interpret the relevant information in the above scenario. Evaluate the information to determine three alternative solutions that you could propose to improve the supply chain performance for your new company. Summarize your response in a 1 to 2-page essay (plus title page and references). Ensure that your response meets the criteria listed in the attached grading rubric. Your paper should comply with APA formatting guidelines. Upload your paper as an MS Word compatible file to this assignment link no later than 11:59 p.m. on the posted due date.

NOTE: For all Assignments in this course, you must support your work with concepts from the assigned reading and/or other appropriate industry sources. You will earn credit only for your own original work (paraphrase, do not quote).

Ensure that you use in-text citations to identify every concept that you take from your reading. There is no credit for quoted content. Furthermore, using direct quotation without properly identifying it as such will result in a failing grade for the Assignment. See The Writer’s Handbook [link] for a very clear guide on paraphrasing. Let your instructor know if you have any questions about this fundamental rule of scholarship.

Based on material already covered in class, identify the topic/issue, provide a resolution/approach, examine the literature, give examples, and provide a conclusion. Provide appropriate sources to back-up your work.

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Mode of transportation / advantages and disadvantages

The mid-term paper is based on the topics covered in the first 4 weeks of class. You may pick a topic already covered in class such as regulation/deregulation of the industry, or a mode of transportation and its impact on the supply chain, even a mode of transportation and it advantages and disadvantages. The approach of the paper should be from a business logistics/supply chain using a managerial perspective. Based on material already covered in class, identify the topic/issue, provide a resolution/approach, examine the literature, give examples, and provide a conclusion. Provide appropriate sources to back-up your work. Peer-reviewed articles from the library, Government websites, and GAO reports should be used when looking for sources.

What Supply Chain lessons were learned? What suggestions might you give to the role players to effectuate different and perhaps more satisfying or even prosperous results?

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Financial Management for the Supply Chain Professional – Video Critique

A critique is an analytical essay on a video, in which you give your opinion on the aesthetic quality of the video and then give your reasons for your opinion. Do not limit yourself to reacting to the video (“I loved it !”) and do not use generic terms like “incredible,” “wonderful,” “marvelous,” etc. Unlike a review, you assume that the reader has already seen the video; you do not need to give an extensive plot summary; you do not need to hide plot information so as not to spoil the surprise of the viewer, and you do need to be consistently analytical and critical.

Your first paragraph should summarize the film’s plot and act as a transition to the analytical part of the essay.

The second paragraph should explain how the Supply Chain concepts for the week were depicted by the film and why the depiction was or was not meaningful.

What Supply Chain lessons were learned? What suggestions might you give to the role players to effectuate different and perhaps more satisfying or even prosperous results?