Supply Chain Design

• Select one of the following supply chains:
– Blood SC
– Meat SC (or any food SC, e.g. chicken)
– Dairy SC (or any product concerning the Cold SC)
– Vaccine SC
– Coffee Bean SC (or any Agricultural product)
– Humanitarian SC
– Car manufacturing SC (or Airplane, Ship, etc.)
– Waste Management SC
– Other (please have a chat with your tutor before selecting a topic which is not listed above)
• Explain design and structure of the selected supply chain and use a network model to provide a schematic
overview of the SC in the country that you are currently studying.
• All important aspect of supply chain design should be well explained, e.g. nodes, flow of product/services,
risks, decisions, authorities, disruptions, stakeholders, etc.
Step 2: Supply Chain Analysis
• Identify at least 20 peer reviewed articles where mathematical (quantitative) methods have been used to
address various knowledge gaps for the selected supply chain.
– At least 5 of the selected articles should be published after 2010.
• Select at least 2 mathematical (quantitative) methods.
– There is no obligation that you select mathematical methods which are covered in this course.
– Given that at least 20 peer reviewed articles should be identified for the selected 2 quantitative
methods, 8 to 12 articles should be selected for each quantitative method.
– Methods which are used for investigating into the relationship between variables are not considered as
mathematical modelling in this assignment. For example, Regression, Logistics Regression, Structural
Equation Modelling (SEM), Partial Least Squares (PLS) are not suitable for this assignment.
• Write a comprehensive literature review on the application of “your selected” mathematical methods to
design and analysis of “your selected” supply chain and address the following (but not limited to) points:
– How do the selected mathematical methods work?
– What problems have been addressed in the selected SC using the selected mathematical methods?
– How could the selected mathematical methods help to design and analysis of the selected supply
chain?
– What are the limitations of selected quantitative methods?
– Undertaking any additional critical and/or content analysis on the application of selected quantitative
methods in analysis of selected supply chain results in higher mark.