Module 2 SLPModule 2 SLP
The Session Long Project (SLP) involves writing essays on contemporary logistics topics facing an organization of your choice. Pick an organization that will allow you to examine its approach to logistics throughout the course. It may be an organization that you currently work for, one that you have worked for in the past, or one that is of interest to you. Be sure when selecting the reference organization that you will have access to data to address the five module topics. You will be examining this organization for all five modules of the SLP assignments.
The Session Long Project for this Capstone course is based on two major phases (activities) for each of the five modules:
Activity 1 (Assessment Phase)
Describe and evaluate how your Case study organization approaches five contemporary logistics issues explored in the modules. For example, Module 1 is focused on exploring and describing the placement of logistics in the organizational structure. Module 2 gives you the opportunity to assess the feasibility of the organizations use of third and fourth party logistics providers. Module 3 examines the role benchmarking and performance assessment play in your organization. Module 4 explores adaptations the organization is making to adjust to the volatility of geopolitical issues. Module 5 demonstrates the role planning plays in the design of a logistics system.
Activity 2 (Improvement Phase)
Display your creativity and demonstrate integrative and synthesizing skills based on the current course and on previous courses taken in logistics and related areas (i.e., LOG301, LOG302, and LOG401). Assess how your Case study organization might better address the five issues described in the first phase.
Whenever possible integrate information from previous courses along with providing examples based on your own experiences to illustrate and support the points discussed in the essay.
For Module 1, after selecting a reference organization, write a 1- to 2-page essay that addresses the following:
Phase 1 (Assessment Phase)
Briefly describe the organization you have selected for the SLP, discuss where the unit responsible for logistics is in the organizational chart, briefly describe the duties and responsibilities of the logistics unit, and note the level of recognition senior management gives the unit.
Phase 2 (Improvement Phase)
Assess how and if logistics operations could be more effectively and strategically integrated into the organizational structure (Phase 2).
SLP Assignment Expectations
Display an in-depth understanding of the unit responsible for logistics, the responsibilities of the unit, and the placement of logistics in the organizational chart of the reference organization. Assess the selection feasibility and rationale that the Case study organization will support in the two phases of the SLP exercise. Show critical thinking skills in evaluating the current placement of logistics in the reference organization and how logistics might be more effectively integrated into the organizational structure.
Submit your assignment for grading by the end of this module.
Module 2 SLP
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For the module two SLP, write an essay of 12 pages discussing the following:
Phase 1 (Assessment Phase)
Describe and assess your organization’s experience, if any, with 4PLs (virtual logistics service providers [VLSP]).
Phase 2 (Improvement Phase)
Determine if your organization could more effectively use the services of 4PLs (VLSP). If your organization has no experience with 4PLs (VLSP), discuss the major advantages and disadvantages that might result from using a VLSP for the organization.
SLP Assignment Expectations
Incorporate the background materials and previous course work in assessing the reference organizations experience, if any, with virtual logistics service providers. Demonstrate critical thinking, logic, and an in-depth knowledge of the virtual logistics service concept and how it could be introduced or more effectively utilized in the reference organizations supply chain management effort.
Submit your assignment for grading by the end of the module.
Module 3 SLP
For the Module 3 SLP, write a 1- to 2-page essay addressing the following:
Activity 1 (Assessment Phase)
Describe and assess how benchmarking is used to evaluate the performance of the logistics function within your organization.
Activity 2 (Improvement Phase)
Explore how your organization might enhance logistics operations by incorporating greater use of benchmarking and performance metrics.
SLP Assignment Expectations
Demonstrate an understanding of how benchmarking is used to assess logistics performance in the reference organization. Display an in-depth understanding of how benchmarking is implemented and the role played by quantitative and qualitative benchmarking measures when applied to monitoring logistics performance of the reference organization. Provide a critical analysis that assesses if the reference organization could enhance the strategic implications of logistics operations through greater use of benchmarking.
Submit your assignment for grading by the end of the module.
Module 4 SLP
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Activity 1 (Assessment Phase)
Discuss the major operational threats your organization’s logistics functions face as a result of global terrorism.
Activity 2 (Improvement Phase)
How might your organization better mitigate the threats of terrorism relative to its logistics operations?
Armed forces personnel who believe they may have difficulty answering these questions because of security concerns should shift the scale of inquiry to the logistics risks the nation faces and how it might better mitigate vulnerability to these risks.
SLP Assignment Expectations
Demonstrate an understanding of how domestic and global terrorism affect the logistics of the reference organization. Identify the risks of terrorism facing the organizations logistics and offer creative solutions to mitigating the risks. Integrate the background materials, employ synthesis from previous courses, and use creative thinking in determining feasible solutions and strategies for balancing security initiatives with efficiency and effectiveness objectives.
Submit your assignment for grading by the end of the module.
Module 5 SLP
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Activity 1 (Assessment Phase)
Describe and assess whether your organization uses comprehensive logistics planning effectively.
Activity 2 (Improvement Phase)
Explore how your reference organization might more effectively implement comprehensive logistics planning.
SLP Assignment Expectations
Assess knowledge of the stages involved in comprehensive logistics planning and the relevance of the planning process to the reference organizations logistics management effort. Demonstrate synthesis from previous course work and creativity in evaluating and suggesting how comprehensive logistics planning could be more effectively integrated into the management of the reference organizations supply chain.
Submit your assignment for grading by the end of the module.