Supply Chain Management at Nestle: Research and Analysis Report

This report presents a research study on supply chain management (SCM) at Nestle, focusing on its role in enhancing the company's competitive advantage in the fast-moving consumer goods sector. The research employs an exploratory design and utilizes thematic analysis to analyze data collected from Nestle employees. The report outlines the research aims, methodology, data collection methods, and potential risks involved. It addresses ethical considerations, including participant selection, anonymity, and informed consent. The study aims to identify effective SCM strategies to improve product flow, optimize inventory management, and ultimately, enhance Nestle's market competitiveness. The report also discusses the potential limitations of the research, such as the small sample size, and how these limitations are addressed. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the research process and findings related to SCM within Nestle's operations.

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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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9) How do you propose to deal with any potential risks to participants?
There is no risk associated with participants.
10) What potential risks do you foresee for the researcher(s)?
Sample unit is small and due to this reason inaccurate results to some extent may obtain. In
future if researchers consider current work for their study then in that case they may use
wrong information.
11) How do you intend to deal with any potential risk to the researcher(s)?
Sample unit is small but it is ensured that all relevant sample units have ample knowledge of
supply chain management.
12) Will informed consent be asked from participants?
□ Yes Please attach the consent form
□ No Please give reasons below:
Current research work is not scientific in nature and due to this reason
consent is not required.
13) Will participants be given the right to withdraw throughout the research process?
□ Yes
□ No
If No, please give reasons below:
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14) How do you ensure the anonymity and confidentiality of participants?
Entire data will be saved on cloud so that unauthorized person can not access relevant
research work related facts.
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