Assignment Part 1: Critical Thinking Maximum Grades: 15 Duration: 6 Weeks Number

Assignment Part 1: Critical Thinking
Maximum Grades: 15
Duration: 6 Weeks
Number of Words for Each Answer: 150 to 200 Words
Critical Thinking
Background information:
The supply chain profession entered the year leading the digitalization of ecosystems, delivering the customer experience, managing trade uncertainty, and applying circular economy concepts.
Digital technologies have deeply changed the way societies exchange information and interact with each other Technological novelties have altered how people communicate and share information. Technology has driven enterprises to the next level by helping in many ways starting from automating repetitive activities, eliminating errors, and last but not least to help in decision making. The use of technology will surely bring down the challenges and issues, related to customer expectations, managing their suppliers, maintaining the quality standards, and access to supply chain data faced by Supply Chain leaders year-on-year.
The evolution of SCM is being driven by new information technologies, including Big Data, cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), radio frequency identification (RFID), 3-D printing, robotics, global digital networks, artificial intelligence, and augmented reality. Global supply chain flows will become increasingly digital and integrated, and end-to-end data will be driven in real-time, exponentially increasing upstream information flows.” This new paradigm calls for a new management culture. We call this management culture “Supply Chain Management 4.0.”
This novel technology will affect the logistics, supply chains, manufacturing, and transportation industries. Therefore, the future of every industry will be open to innovation and technology. Every industry is going through a rapid transformation that appeared with the fourth industrial revolution.
As a Project manager what measures are you going to take for your organization under below mentioned critical questions:
Below is the list of companies available that you need to select as a group activity and attempt the critical questions mentioned below. so the company we chose is Pepsi write about it
Pepsi https://www.pepsico.sa/
Critical Question(s)
Ques-1-Looking ahead to 2024 and beyond, what does the future hold for the supply chain? (3- Marks)
Ques-2-Discuss the role of technologies (Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, etc.) and its Impact on the Leanness of E-Procurement Processes. (3- Marks)
Ques-3-Examine and Outline the major issues being faced by supply chain manager(s) and how it affects the company they work for. (3- Marks)
Ques-4- Information Communication & Technology (ICT) offers many valuable capabilities to the enterprise, especially in E-Auction / Negotiation, Discuss. (3- Marks)
Ques-5- As an expert discuss, how supply chain managers should manage challenges arising from global supply chains. (3- Marks)
uctions – PL Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
Guidelines for the assignment:
This is a group project (3 to 4 students), and requires group effort, research, and critical thinking. The instructor will inform if in case there is any change. HEM CAREFULLY
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via the allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Number of words for each answer should be 150 to 200 Words.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well-presented; marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling in your information on the cover page.
Students must mention the question number clearly in their answers.
Late submissions will NOT be accepted/ or direct 1 mark will be deducted from the marks achieved.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
Up to 20% of the total grade will be deducted for providing a poor structure of the assignment (Structure includes these elements paper style, free of spelling and grammar mistakes, referencing, and word count).
All answers must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA (7th ed) style guidelines.
Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Answer (1)
Answer (2)
Answer (3)
Answer (4)
Answer (5)
References:
Assignment General Instructions
The answer sheet should contain the following:
1.Cover page ( As attached)
2.Questions
3.Answers
Assignment’s requirements
q Use the cover page. One mark will be deducted if there is no cover page.
qAssignment must be submitted with in due date and time.

There will be maximum three(3) number of attempts allowed for a student
1st attempt and 2nd attempt – Allowed for Plagiarism check. In case of plagiarism found, it need to be resubmitted without any plagiarism for Grading.
Answers can be in paragraph and points.
3rd attempt – Grading and Comments
q Two minimum number of required references and reference style (APA, Harvard…etc.)
q Quotations must be cited to its resources.
q For the paper styles use Times New Roman, 12 font size, 1.5 line space and adjusted text.
q The student must check the spelling and grammar mistakes before submitting the assignment.
q Up to 20% of the total grade will be deducted for providing a poor structure of assignment. Structure includes these elements paper style, free of spelling and grammar mistakes, referencing and word count.
Plagiarism marking policy:

-If the SafeAssign match report equals 20% and above, the assignment will be reviewed by the instructor.
-The cover page and assignment’ questions match percentage must be excluded from the overall match percentage of SafeAssign report.
-80% and above of the answer is plagiarised, the assignment will award ZERO mark. (including identical assignments, both students award ZERO mark)
-20-79% of the answer is plagiarised, these plagiarised parts should be highlighted, and only non-plagiarised parts will be marked.
Late submission policy

-It aims to ensure that all students are treated equitably and do not gain an unfair advantage by choosing to submit their work late.
-Penalties for late submission shall be 10% of the total mark of the assignment for each day of late submission up to six calendar days after the due date.
-Assignments will not be accepted after the sixth day and the student will award ZERO mark.
– All late submissions must be made electronically through BB.
Example if the assignment is marked out of 20, deduction of 10% means a deduction of 2 marks per day.
-This policy does not cover “Extenuating Circumstances”. Examples; circumstances outside of the control of a student.
Dr Prakash
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General Instructions
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Plagiarism is a serious offence. Any kind of plagiarism will result in a mark of 0.
Say No to Plagiarism. There should be no plagiarism. Do not copy your answers neither from other students’ answer nor from internet. In case of you have visited any website for your understanding, write the sources of website/article under Reference.
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Include the cover page with all information required. In case of not using or not filling cover page, 1 mark will be deducted. Put a table of contents before the answer page.
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The use of In-text citations in case of using others’ work. Ensure that you follow the APA style in your project and references.
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Your assignment length should be between 500 to 1000 words in total.
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Proofread your work for spelling, grammar and punctuation.
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Your file should be saved as Word doc (No submission in PDF format)
Example: Your Group Number_ECOM421_Assignment Number .doc
Your Group Number_ECOM421_Assignment Number.doc
Your Group Number_ECOM421_Assignment Number.pptx
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Formatting style elements

Use 1.5 line spacing with adjusting to all paragraphs (alignment).
Use the footer function to insert the page number.
Use black color for your answers.
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Gentle reminder: As per the marking policy available on your blackboard, a deduction of 20% will be applied due to the below reasons:
Late submission
Poor structure of the assignment/If the word count is not correct, or if the assignment has multiple spelling, grammar, or punctuation issues.
Plagiarism is strictly prohibited and in case of copying answer either from internet or from any existing or previous students’ submission will attract 00/15 i.e. Zero marks.
Kindly check plagiarism before submitting the assignment.