Ways of improving supply chain management and its impact on business performance

Dissertation Proposal
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TITLE: “Ways of improving supply chain management and its impact on business
performance”
1. Introduction to the Dissertation Topic
Supply chain management can be stated as the management of flow of products and services
and involves all the processes which are needed to transform inputs into outputs. it includes
active streamlining of supply side activities of business in order to maximize the value of
customer and game rivalry advantage in market. Supply chain management represents an effort
through suppliers to develop and execute supply chains which are efficient as well as economical
as possible. In this dissertation proposal, the chosen organisation is Radiometer Medical which is
a Danish multinational company that develops, manufactures as well as market solutions for
blood gas analysis, immunoassay testing, blood sampling, transcutaneous monitoring and the
related information technology management systems. The company was established in year 1935
and is headquartered in Denmark. It offers its products and services worldwide and has around
3200 employees who are working towards accomplishment of organisational goals. This research
proposal is based on the topic “Ways of improving supply chain management and its impact on
business performance” and aims to ascertain various ways to enhance supply chain management
and its influence on performance of business.
Aims and objectives
Research aim:
The aim in relation to this dissertation proposal is "To ascertain the ways of improving
supply chain management and its impact on business performance. A case study on Radiometer
Medical."
Research Objectives:
The objectives of research associated with this dissertation proposal are as follows:
1. To understand the concept of supply chain management in business.
2. To identify different strategies to improve the supply chain management within organisation.
3. To assess the impact of improving supply chain management on business performance.
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2. Brief Review of the Key Literatures
Concept of supply chain management in business
Different strategies to improve the supply chain management within organisation
Impact of improving supply chain management on business performance
3. Research Question and Proposed Research Methodology
Research Questions
The key questions of research in relation to this dissertation proposal are as follows:
1. What is the concept of supply chain management in business?
2. Which are the different strategies to improve the supply chain management within
organisation?
3. What is the impact of improving supply chain management on business performance?
Proposed Research Methodology
Research methodologies are the specific procedures that are utilised to identify, process as
well as analyse data regarding a topic. It enables the reader to evaluate the validity and reliability
of study and perform it in systematic manner. The choice of methodology made by researcher is
based on the nature of topic and the distinction between qualitative and quantitative data. The
proposed research methodology based on this research is quantitative methodology. The different
methods of research are provided below which will utilise by the researcher to perform the
investigation systematically.
Research Philosophy
Positivism and interpretivism are the two types of research philosophies which mainly
utilised by investigators while performing a study. Positivism philosophy adheres to the view
that observation is the way to gain factual knowledge. Whereas interpretivism philosophy
involves interpretation of elements of study and integrates human interest. This study will use
positivism research philosophy as it relies on quantifiable observations and aims to explain and
predict the data.
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