Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Operations

SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT,
LOGISTICS AND
OPERATIONS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Supply Chain Management refers to an effective way through which the flow of products
and services within and organisation is planned, organised and controlled. On the other hand,
logistics refer to stocking and delivery of products within the company in relation to effectively
help maintaining the flow within and around the organisation (Tripathy and et. al., 2016). Thus,
the report below is based on supply chain management of Wellington Hospital, which is one of
the most renowned hospital within the UK. The report effectively covers an appropriate insight
into the operations, supply chain management and logistics of the hospital. This includes
effective introduction to the company as well as chosen topics, which are managing quality as
well as managing people in operations and supply chain. Moreover, several theories with respect
to these topics are implemented and assessed against the working of the organisation.
Furthermore, the report includes an effective as well as detailed insight in terms of triple bottom
like which considers economic, environmental and social considerations. In addition to this,
based on all the elements and factors above, the report also provides certain recommendation for
Wellington Hospital, in order to enhance the hospital's performance in context of operations,
logistics and supply chain management.
MAIN BODY
Organisational Background
Wellington Hospital is one of the most recognised and preferred hospitals within the UK,
which is renowned for its exceptional human resources and professionalism in handling patients.
It attends patients suffering from problems with brain functioning, cardiac issues as well as
orthopaedic problems. In relation to this, the organisation is North London's largest independent
healthcare centre within the whole country.
With respect to the organisation above, there are two effective concepts that are discussed
in brief below. One is Managing Quality, which develops the need for an organisation to
appropriately and effectively manage the overall quality of their services, particularly supply
chain management and logistics. It is one of the most appropriate and effective concepts which
are required to be appropriately adhered to by an organisation in relation to ensure effectiveness
in functioning (Marchi and Zanoni, 2017).
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