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Assessment – Individual maximum 3000-word report
In this report, you are to critical analyse an organisation’s purchasing and supply management (PSM) strategies and practices. This chosen organisation can be in any industry. It can be a real organisation or a hypothetical one which you’d like to set up based on your business idea. You need to analyse how the organisation manages its purchasing and supply to support its business strategy, identifying strength and weakness. Through this analysis, you will gain insights into real world PSM practices and develop the ability to apply relevant theoretical concepts and frameworks to PSM practices.

In building your report, the following structure is applied:
1. Organisation overview: Provide a brief overview of the organisation, including its industry, size, market presence, key products or service, and business strategy.
10 marks

2. Purchasing management: Describe at least one of the following areas and analyse how the organisation manages its purchasing to support its business strategy.
● Decentralized/centralization purchasing structure
● Kraljic model
● Local/global sourcing
● Single/multiple sourcing
● Supplier selection
30 marks

3. Supply base management: Describe at least two of the following areas and analyse how the organisation manages its supply base to support its business strategy.
● Supplier performance evaluation and management
● Supplier development
● Supplier early involvement
● Supply risk management
● Supplier relationship management
40 marks

4. Conclusion: Provide a critical reflection on the overall effectiveness of the organisation’s
purchasing and supply management, identifying areas of strength and weakness. Provide two recommendations based on the weakness.
20 marks

Notes:
● Utilise academic literature, industry reports, and credible sources to support your analysis and arguments.
● Ensure that all claims are substantiated with evidence and examples.
● In-depth analysis of specific areas is preferred over superficial coverage of multiple
aspects. You are encouraged to focus on one or two key areas and provide thorough analysis than spreading thin across various areas.
● Properly formatted in-text citations and ensure all references are included in the final reference list.
● Avoid plagiarism. You must acknowledge your source everytime you use others’ work. Find more about plagiarism using this link:
https://library.leeds.ac.uk/info/1401/academic_skills/46/academic_integrity_and_plagiarism
● Find more about referencing using this link:
https://library.leeds.ac.uk/info/1402/referencing
● Find more about essay writing using this link:
https://library.leeds.ac.uk/info/14011/writing/112/essay_writing/6
● Find more about critical thinking using this link:
https://library.leeds.ac.uk/info/1401/academic_skills/105/critical_thinking

Assignments should be a maximum of 3,000 words in length.
All coursework assignments that contribute to the assessment of a module are subject to a word limit, as specified on the assessment brief. The word limit is an extremely important aspect of good
academic practice, and must be adhered to. Unless stated otherwise in the relevant module
handbook (if one has been provided), the word count includes EVERYTHING (i.e. all text in the main body of the assignment including summaries, subtitles, contents pages, tables, supportive material
whether in footnotes or in-text references) except the main title, reference list and/or bibliography and any appendices. It is not acceptable to present matters of substance, which should be included in the main body of the text, in the appendices (“appendix abuse”). It is not acceptable to attempt to hide
words in graphs and diagrams; only text which is strictly necessary should be included in graphs and diagrams.
You are required to adhere to the word limit specified and state an accurate word count on the cover page of your assignment brief. Your declared word count must be accurate, and should not mislead. Making a fraudulent statement concerning the work submitted for assessment could be considered academic malpractice and investigated as such. If the amount of work submitted is higher than that specified by the word limit or that declared on your word count, this may be reflected in the mark
awarded and noted through individual feedback given to you.