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Anglo American is a leading global mining company, and its products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Its portfolio comprises of world$-$class competitive operations, with a broad range of future development options,

providing many of the future$-$enabling metals and minerals for a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast growing every day demands of billions of consumers. The organisation finds, plans and builds, mines, processes, moves

and markets to its customers a diversified and high$-$quality range of products, spanning bulk commodities, base metals and minerals, and precious metals and minerals.

You have been invited by the CEO Duncan Wanblad to attend a conference organised and sponsored by the organisation entitled $$Advancing competitiveness through adopting resilient supply chains in the mining sector$.$ Your task is to prepare a

report that will be presented and discussed by delegates during the $3-$day conference. You have been given the following topics and guidelines for your presentation. $($You should conduct secondary research in responding to the provided

questions$).$ You need to make sure that you provide a report in which the following questions together with the mark allocations are prioritised.

Note: Referencing should be provided when answering questions and marks will be deducted for failing to reference and acknowledge relevant sources.

Question $1\mathrm{.}3$

Anglo American has recently dismissed its supply chain

executive responsible for the East African Region for failing to

anticipate and plan for several supply chain risks that have cost

the company approximately US$$12$ million. Considering this,

comment on the appropriateness of this sanction and whether

SCM executives should be liable for failing to anticipate risk

occurrences. Provide relevant examples to substantiate your

position$(20$ marks$)$