Ethics Approval Form

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Ethics Approval Form
Forms must be completed in Word Format.
Research type
(please tick box) □ Undergraduate student
□ Postgraduate student
□ Staff member
1) Briefly describe the rationale of your research proposal.
The present dissertation is based on topic to determine the issues and significance relates with
contribution of supply chain management in order to gain competitive advancement. The main
purpose of supply chain management is to ensure about the speedy collection and deliveries of good
to downstream enterprise or end users. Additionally, this enterprise has core focus on activities as to
ensure safe, secure and environment appropriate storage for all raw material, ingredients and
commodities.
Henceforth, the study has primarily focused on issues relate with supplier chain management
towards to gain competitive advancement. The main purpose of research study is to frame out the
effective supply chain management strategies that enable firms to improve product flow through
accurate demand and forecasting about the sales to facilitate better inventory management. This
report will focus on SCM at three level as strategic, tactical and operational. Therefore, this topic will
help to streamline business supply activities to maximize value to customers and also aids to gain
competitive advancement in the marketplace.
2) What are the research aims?
To examine the extent on how (SCM) can lead NESTLE to become competitive in the
importation and distribution of fast moving consumer good.
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3) Describe your research design.
Exploratory research design will be used in the present research study. This is because on this
topic there was no prior research and from scratch research is started on relevant topic.
4) Methods to be used for data collection and analysis.
Data will be collected from literatures and sample units of 20 people will be taken that are
working in Nestle. In order to analyse data thematic analysis method will be used.
5) Will vulnerable groups be used as participants in your study?
□ Yes
□ No
6) Briefly describe the participant characteristics to be involved in the research.
All 20 respondents will be from Nestle working in supply chain management system.
7) How will participants be selected?
Few questions will be asked to candidate, if looks right then will be form part of data
collection process.
8) What potential risks to the participants do you foresee?
No risk.
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