Please give/write/ explain a project proposal with the selection of a company/business unit and the products/services your want to analyze. Briefly discuss the reasons of your selection and the timeline for the progress of this project.

You are required to WRITE/explain a case project that analyzes and critiques the activities of supply chain management & logistics of an actual organization. You will select a firm of your interest (e.g. Apple, Walmart). Structure and topics/questions to guide the development of your project's content are provided below.

(You don't have to solve the answers for the below points but just to answer the top paragraph you can read below points as well just to know what you have to think about).

1.Executive summary.

2.Define the local or global context (business unit) in which it operates.

3.A Supply Chain mapping for a product or service choice is requested.

4.What is the supply chain strategy and market of the business unit or company?

5.What does this imply in terms of the supply chain process you are studying? What must this process be able to do particularly well in terms of cost, time, quality, and flexibility? The headings mentioned here are broad. You are expected to identify specific dimensions along which the process is expected to do particularly well.

6.Evaluate the company's supply chain resilience and flexibility by using its process structure in terms of information, inventory, transportation, location, etc.

7.Discuss the process capabilities, given the current structure, in terms of the specific dimensions identified by your group.

8.Discuss existing problems and weaknesses in the current process. What additional capabilities does the process need to develop?

9.How should the process be restructured to develop these capabilities? Discuss why the changes suggested by you will have the desired effect along the key dimensions identified by you.

10.Discuss how the suggested changes should be implemented with a timeline. Explain any resistance you may face in implementing the changes.

11.Identify, evaluate and recommend opportunities for supply chain cost reductions.

12.Assess drivers and barriers to supply chain collaboration and propose possible solutions.

13.Assess the drivers and barriers of green supply chain and sustainability if there are any.

14.Evaluate its logistic structure and conduct lead time assessments to ensure on-time deliveries from overseas suppliers.