Supply Chain Management

 

NMIMS Global Access

School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)

Course: Supply Chain Management

Internal Assignment Applicable for December 2023 Examination

Assignment Marks: 30

Instructions:

All Questions carry equal marks. All Questions are compulsory

All answers to be explained in not more than 1000 words for question 1 and 2 and for question 3 in not more than 500 words for each subsection. Use relevant examples, illustrations as far as possible.

All answers to be written individually. Discussion and group work is not advisable.

Students are free to refer to any books/reference material/website/internet for attempting their assignments, but are not allowed to copy the matter as it is from the source of reference.

Students should write the assignment in their own words. Copying of assignments from other students is not allowed

Students should follow the following parameter for answering the assignment questions.

For Theoretical Answer

Assessment Parameter	Weightage
Introduction	20%
Concepts and Application	60%
related to the question
Conclusion	20%

For Numerical Answer

Assessment Parameter	Weightage
Understanding and usage	20%
of the formula
Procedure / Steps	60%
Correct Answer &	20%
Interpretation

1. “Fast Fashion”, a new generation fashion and utility wear network of stores, has about 200 high end fashion stores in the country. They have heir own brand which appeals to youngsters and kids. They plan to expand to 500 stores by the year 2025. Along with this growth plan, they already are facing delays in getting

 

NMIMS Global Access

School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)

Course: Supply Chain Management

Internal Assignment Applicable for December 2023 Examination

stock, stock out situations, higher cost due to stocks not arriving within season, quality issue with apparel manufacturers etc. They want to open new stores and also optimize cost along with higher service. How can they leverage various

supply chain drivers to meet their objective by 2025? (10 Marks)

1. “Drunken Monkey” is a fast food and healthy snack chain. They are a post covid start up by fresh graduates and technocrats. Being creative thinkers, they have expanded to about 6 locations within the city. They plan is to put up 6 more stores within next year. Brand has picked up well but due to lack of sufficient experience they are already facing cost issues, sourcing is not able to meet customer demand, not able to meet required heathy snack demand. With more customers visiting outlets, non-availability is leading to negative social media reviews which is an issue for their brand and growth plan. They are aiming at making their process agile to meet increasing and variable demand. Also make

the business lean so that profits can be maintained while growing number of stores. How will they transition through different stages to reach LEAN and

AGILE value chain stage? (10 Marks)

1. “Winners” are a sports tourism agency who under take guided sports tourism package around major events like IPL, Football World Cup, F1 races and even smaller European and American sports / games events. They need to forecast from number of potential tourism package bookings, visa needs, travel bookings, organize stay, food etc.

a. Describe steps in demand forecasting in this case situation.

b. Describe methods of demand forecasting.

(5 Marks)

(5 Marks)

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