This week’s topics
Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
- Drafting against the criteria
- Tutor and peer feedback
- Improving the final submission
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
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
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