Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

1. Drafting against the criteria
2. Tutor and peer feedback
3. Improving the final submission

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Explain why effective operations management is important to a logistics business.
• 1.2 Explain how the resources of a logistics business influences its operations planning.
• 1.3 Explain the relationship between the management of operations and a business’s objectives.
• 1.4 Discuss how a logistic business’s objectives impact of the achievement of operational objectives.
• 2.1 Explain why effective logistics management is important to a logistics business.
• 2.2 Compare types of logistics network planning.
• 2.3 Explain how logistics network planning relates to supply chains.
• 2.4 Discuss how a logistic business’s objectives impact of the achievement of logistics objectives.
• 3.1 Explain the key principles of warehouse management.
• 3.2 Describe a logistic business’s warehouse management processes.
• 3.3 Explain the key principles of inventory management.
• 3.4 Describe a logistic business’s inventory management processes.
• 4.1 Explain the role of transport management.
• 4.2 Explain the importance of effective transport planning to a logistics business.
• 4.3 Describe different modes of transport.
• 4.4 Assess the impact of current issues on a logistics business’s transportation and distribution.

Activity

Draft the assignment, get feedback and improve it before submission.

Study materials

Further resources

• Writing Guide, 3.5: Peer review and using feedback · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 92–94 · for registered students
• Supporting learners' agentic engagement with feedback: a systematic review · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students