Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
2. Finding and evaluating sources
3. Planning and referencing

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Differentiate between procurement and purchasing.
• 1.2 Describe a procurement management cycle.
• 1.3 Compare different methods of procurement.
• 1.4 Assess the impact of procurement on the operations of a logistics business.
• 2.1 Describe a procurement process.
• 2.2 Differentiate between procurement management and supply chain management.
• 2.3 Illustrate how a business incorporates procurement into its logistics and supply chain operations.
• 3.1 Differentiate between inventory management and inventory control.
• 3.2 Describe an inventory management cycle.
• 3.3 Compare different methods of inventory management.
• 3.4 Discuss the importance of inventory management to a business and its supply chain.
• 4.1 Explain how inventory management forms part of the supply chain.
• 4.2 Explain how the supply chain affects inventory management.
• 4.3 Assess the impact of inventory management on the supply chain of a business.

Activity

Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Further resources

• Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
• Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
• Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students