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Level 6 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

LSC605 · Strategic Procurement — Week 13 of 16

CourseLSC605
Week13 of 16
SemesterII
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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
  4. Academic reading and writing in English Part 3: The role of sources

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Explain the role of purchasing in business.
  • 1.2 Describe the purchasing relationship with the other functions in strategic procurement in business.
  • 1.3 Evaluate the purchasing and product lifecycle and new product development processes in strategic procurement in business management.
  • 2.1 Explain the purchasing decision process in business.
  • 2.2 Analyse sources of purchasing information in strategic procurement in business.
  • 2.3 Evaluate the operational and strategic supply chain decision process in strategic procurement in business management.
  • 3.1 Asses corporate strategies and strategic procurement in strategic procurement in business management.
  • 3.2 Evaluate the Total Quality Management (TQM) driven purchasing strategies.
  • 3.3 Analyse the portfolio driven supply strategies in strategic procurement business management.
  • 4.1 Explain traditional purchasing with lean, agile and virtual supply chain in strategic procurement in business management.
  • 4.2 Evaluating purchasing in different industries in strategic procurement in business management.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Videos

  • Academic reading and writing in English Part 3: The role of sources · YouTube · Leiden University - Faculty of Humanities · 11 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • 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
  • Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: The Strategic Role of Purchasing
  • Week 2: Cross-Functional Procurement Relationships
  • Week 3: Purchasing in NPD and the Product Lifecycle
  • Week 4: The Purchasing Decision Process and Market Intelligence
  • Week 5: Strategic and Operational Supply Chain Decisions
  • Week 6: Corporate Strategy and Procurement Strategic Alignment
  • Week 7: TQM-Driven Purchasing Strategies
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Portfolio-Driven Supply Strategies
  • Week 10: Lean, Agile, and Virtual Procurement Frameworks
  • Week 11: Comparative Procurement Across Diverse Industries
  • Week 12: Applying Strategic Procurement in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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