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The document outlines the requirements for a group assignment in Supply Chain Management for the II semester of 2024-25, with a submission deadline of January 20, 2025. It includes specific tasks related to the National Logistics Policy of India, the World Bank Logistics Performance Index, and assessments of supply chain performance for selected companies. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of individual learning reflections based on a TED/TEDx talk, which must be included in the final submission.

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Assignment -1- Dos 20 Jan 2025

The document outlines the requirements for a group assignment in Supply Chain Management for the II semester of 2024-25, with a submission deadline of January 20, 2025. It includes specific tasks related to the National Logistics Policy of India, the World Bank Logistics Performance Index, and assessments of supply chain performance for selected companies. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of individual learning reflections based on a TED/TEDx talk, which must be included in the final submission.

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MCL756: Supply Chain Management – II Sem 2024-25 (Jan-May 2025)

Assignment 1 / Date of submission: 20 Jan 2025 [ Marks: 50]


a) Please note: This is a group assignment. Form your own group and maintain the same group
throughout the semester.
b) Give meaningful name to your group reflecting the spirit of the supply chain philosophy!
c) Submit the pdf copy of your response through Moodle only.
d) The first page of your response sheet should include
Name of your group Assignment No
Sn Entry number Name of member Specific contribution in the Comment (if any)
assignment Pl mention if someone
has NOT contributed
1
2
3
4
5
Please note the following:
Question No Maximum Word limit Marks
1 1500 10
2 1500 10
3 2500 10
4 2500 10
5 2500 10
Total Marks 50
Part A
1 Visit National Logistics Policy (NLP) of India (https://dpiit.gov.in/logistics/national-logistics-policy).
Take a particular product. With reference to this product, elaborate on at least 5 interventions (arising
out of NLP) which will make the supply chain of this product globally competitive. Give justification for
your arguments for each of these interventions.
2. Visit world bank Logistics Performance Index report for 2023 (https://lpi.worldbank.org/report)
Compare the performance of China vis-à-vis India on the parameters mentioned in LPI report. Articulate
reasons for the difference in performance vis-à-vis actions for improvement for each parameter.
You may use the following format for your response.
Parameter India’s Score and China’s Score and Possible Reasons Possible action
Rank Rank for difference agenda for
improving India’s
Rank
P1
P2
..
Pn..

3. Visit Gartner’s report on Top 10 SC in Asia Pacific Region for year 2024.
(https://www.gartner.com/en/supply-chain/research/supply-chain-top-25/asia-pacific-report). Take any
company out of these 10. Call it as CO1.
You are hired as a Global external consultant to evaluate the supply chain performance of CO1
Get as much information as possible about this company including its financial details in the public
domain (Mention clearly the source you are referring to).
Assess the SCM performance of CO1 on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 – Excellent, 1: Poor) .Your assessment
should be based on a few parameters (at least 5). Decide these parameters. Justify choice of your
parameters. Make a template to assess the overall SC performance of the company based on these
parameters.
Now take a domestic company (which should be different from CO1). Specifically mention the name of
this company, call it as DOMCO. Now compare the supply chains of CO1 and DOMCO on at least 5
parameters. Tabulate your response.
4. Take a product/service. With respect to this product describe in detail, the Customer Order Cycle AND
Replenishment Cycle in detail. Visualize both modes (purchasing via a physical Retail shop as well as
purchasing via virtual/online mode) Draw a flow chart of the various processes involved in these cycles.
Articulate importance of Cycle view of the supply chain with respect to the chosen product/service. List
at least 5 challenges in the Replenishment Cycle.

5. Choose a typical retail shop on the campus. Visit the shop. Mention the name and location (if possible,
attach a photo of the shop (with date and timestamp).
Now specifically answer the following questions:
a. What are the items/services sold by this shop. How are these items procured?
b. What are the steps involved in procuring these items? List challenges in this procurement.
c. Estimate the inventory (per month in Rupees) kept in the shop. Justify the basis on which you are
making the estimates. Also make an estimate of ITR (Inventory Turn Over Ratio) for the shop.
d. List at least 3 performance measures by which the financial efficiency of the shop can be decided
from SCM point of view. Give justification for these measures.
e. What are the challenges faced by this shop in managing material flow, information flow and the
money flow? Justify the same.

Part B
Kindly add this section in your submission
Kindly refer to the TED/TEDx** talk given in reference at the end of this assignment. Watch the same.
i) Learning for individual member in this assignment/TED/TEDx**
Sn Entry Name Individual learning Individual comment on the TED/TEDx/YouTube **
No (write 2-3 bullets each) (Just one bullet point)
for the entire
assignment
1
2
3
4
5

** Link of the relevant TED/TEDx/YouTube talk/session is given in Reference section


.
Your assignment WILL NOT BE evaluated unless part B is attached in the pdf
**Reference
Please refer to the following talk:
Sn Title By Duration source
1 What Toilet Paper Can Teach Us Willy Shih 7.42 https://www.ted.com/talks/willy_shih_what_toilet_pap
About Supply Chais minutes er_can_teach_us_about_supply_chains?subtitle=en
&geo=hi

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