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 Explain supply chain planning and control in business.
• 1.2 Differentiate between the various elements of supply chain planning and control in business.
• 2.1 Explain the determination of system capacity in supply chain planning and control within business management.
• 2.2 Analyse the role of capacity management.
• 2.3 Analyse capacity decision for competitive advantage in supply chain planning and control in business management
• 3.1 Explain the role of inventory and types of inventories in supply chain planning and control in business management.
• 3.2 Assess inventory approaches used in business.
• 4.1 Explain the concept of master production schedule activities and techniques in supply chain planning and control in business management.
• 4.2 Analyse the structure of bills of materials and their importance in supply chain planning and control in business management

Activity

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

Study materials

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