Critically analyze global supply chain management practices of three global companies in an industry of your choice. Based on your critical analysis, provide managerial implications for global supply chain management of firms in that industry./p>

To provide a real-world critical analysis in your essay, you are required to select three international companies from a single industry of your choice, through which you provide a critical analysis of the fundamental supply chain processes and global supply chain management practices of your three companies.

The assignment is split into three Parts. You should refer to TWO suitable topics from the taught module:

PART A: Fundamentals of Supply Chain processes

An analysis of the three companies3upply chain processes. This requires you to

utilize insights from any ONE of topics 1 -5 below:

1. Fundamentals of Supply Chain: (supply chain flows, supply chain objectives, decision phases of the supply chain, process/cyclical views of the supply chain, push/pull views of the supply chain, competitive priorities, and the supply chain strategy, strategic fit, supply chain capabilities).

2. Demand Forecasting and Supply Chain Planning: (objective of forecasting, demand patterns, key decisions for making a forecast, types of forecasting techniques).

3. Operations Management: (Differences between processes and operations with examples from your selected companies, process view, operations strategy, process strategy, process change strategy, decisions for effective process strategy, six sigma improvement models, lean/agile, total quality management).

4. Order Fulfilment and Inventory Management: (order fulfillment process, inventory management, inventory and supply chains, types of inventory, inventory reduction tactics, economic order quantity, inventory control systems, strategies of inventory management).

5. Supply Chain Sustainability and Measurement Tool: (CSR and sustainability, importance of sustainable supply chain management, level of commitment to sustainability, Triple Bottom Line, measures of supply chain economic performance, SCOR model, sustainability, and supply chain drivers, closed-loop supply chain, criticisms of certification programs).

PART B: Global Supply Chain Management Practices

An analysis of the three companies lobal supply chain management practices This requires you to utilize insights from any ONE of topics 6 -9 below: 

6. Strategic Management of Global Supply Chains: (strategic questions, GSC configuration, global supply chain network design approaches, global operations strategy, strategic planning for global supply chain process, global competitiveness index) 

7. Global Sourcing: (sourcing process, sourcing scoring and assessment, supply selection, traditional/strategic sourcing and procurement, design collaboration, product categorization, sourcing/planning/analysis, global sourcing capability dimensions, global sourcing operations model, managing global sourcing networks)

8. Global Distribution: (key issues in global distribution, distribution channels/functions, factors affecting choice of global distribution channels, determinants of distribution channels for global firms, designing global distribution channels, entry modes, value proposition and planning, returns management in global distribution).

9. Global Logistics: (transportation network design, cross-docking/tailored transportation, trade-offs in transportation design, risk management, stakeholders in global logistics, key operations function, comparing transportation modes, factors for selecting transportation modes)

PART C: Managerial Implications for Global Supply Chain Practices for Firms in entire Industry selected.

Compare/contrast best practices of selected companies in relation to topics selected and discussed in Parts A and B above.