Assignment topic: Describe, illustrate and critically discuss the purchasing and supply challenges encountered by local pharmaceutical and medical supplies companies during the COVID 19 Pandemic. In part students are expected to: Identify the nature and extent of the pharmaceutical and medical supplies supply chains. This will enable you to understand how these businesses operate in the bigger scheme of things. Understand the purchasing processes these businesses adopt and use. Understand the advantages and shortcomings of these purchasing processes or buying methods. This will lead you into what the businesses could/ve done differently during the pandemic in order to be resilient Understand the ordinary challenges experienced in order to determine if there were any extra ordinary challenges experienced during the pandemic. Student will be penalised heavily for playing a guessing game.