Supply Chain Management and Operations

Running head: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS
Supply chain management and operations
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS
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Executive Summary
The foremost determination of this proposal is to understand the operations department and
the supply chain department of different commercial establishments. This proposal will have
different section and each of the segment is important to preserve the consistency of this
proposal. Both secondary and primary data will be considered to maintain the dependability
of the findings of this proposal. The data analysis as well as the sampling method will also be
mentioned in this proposal, along with the ethical considerations and limitation of this study.
The time frame of this proposal along with the revision required in the proposal will also be
main discussed in the closing stages of this proposal along with the past experience of the
researcher of this proposal.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................4
Background of the study........................................................................................................4
Rationale of the study.............................................................................................................5
Research aims and objectives.................................................................................................5
Research Questions................................................................................................................5
Problem Statement.................................................................................................................6
Research Hypothesis..............................................................................................................6
Literature Review.......................................................................................................................6
Conceptual framework used in the proposal..........................................................................7
Research Methodology...............................................................................................................8
Introduction............................................................................................................................8
Research Philosophy..............................................................................................................8
Research Approach................................................................................................................9
Research Design...................................................................................................................10
Data Collection Process.......................................................................................................11
Data Analysis Process..........................................................................................................11
Sampling Method.................................................................................................................12
Ethical Consideration...........................................................................................................13
Mitigation procedures..........................................................................................................13
Limitations of the study.......................................................................................................13
Definition of the concepts from literature review............................................................13
Verification of the concepts used.....................................................................................13
Outline of the chapters.........................................................................................................14
Significance of the research.................................................................................................14
Time frame...............................................................................................................................15
Revised budgetary needs..........................................................................................................17
Qualification and experience of the researcher........................................................................17
Reference..................................................................................................................................18

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Introduction
The prime determination of this proposal is to highlight the issues of supply chain
management operations and operations which are practised in most of the commercial
establishment. The advantages as well as the disadvantages of having different categories of
strategies will be evaluated in this proposal (Swink et al., 2017). The following section of this
proposal will be presenting the back ground of the study where detailed description of the
supply chain and operational practices of major commercial establishments will be
highlighted in an organized manner.
Background of the study
Both the manufacturing as well as the services industries practices the operations and
supply chain. Different types of materials and management of those materials are very much
considered in the research proposal (Schönsleben, 2018). All the operations planning,
distribution, logistics, retailing actives, order fulfilments are the essential activities of the
operations and supply chain of commercial establishments.
Supply change management and operations management are completely different
from each other and both departments are aligned with each other using an organized
approach. External stakeholders of the business who are part of the supply chain of the
business are given proper training so that the overall quality of service of the organization is
maintained. The delivery of the products and the service depends entirely on the performance
of the workers who are working on each of the operations and supply chain (Nair & Reed‐
Tsochas, 2019). All the workers of the operations department as well as the logistics
department is handled in an systematized modus with the help of resource management plan.
Acquiring the raw materials, distribution to the consumers are managed using
effective sales and marketing plans. Operations strategy is selected by the project managers in
order to manage each of the operational strategies adopted by the operations manager
(Meixell & Luoma, 2015). The role of the operational manager is very much significant in
order to identify the performance of each of the stakeholders associated with the business.
Identification of the correct marketing channels all falls under the category of the supply
chain management. The significance of operational constants are very much significant as it
helps to manage each of the operations of the production rooms (Monczka et al., 2015).
Creation of the inventory and maximising the efficiency of operations are maintained by the