Learning outcomes

Assessment criteria

1 Understand the relationship

between supply chain management

(SCM) and organisational business

Objectives

1.1 explain the importance of

effective supply chain

management in achieving

organisational objectives

1.2 explain the link between supply

chain management and business

functions in an organisation

1.3 discuss the key drivers for

achieving an integrated supply

chain strategy in an organisation

2 Be able to use information

technology to optimise supplier

relationships in an organisation

2.1 evaluate the effectiveness of

strategies used by an

organisation to maintain supplier

relationships

2.2 use information technology to

create strategies to develop an

organisation’s relationship with its

suppliers

2.3 develop systems to maintain an

organisation’s relationship with its

suppliers

3 Understand the role of information

technology in supply chain

management

3.1 assess how information

technology could assist

integration of different parts of

the supply chain of an

organisation

3.2 evaluate how information

technology has contributed to the

management of the supply chain

of an organisation

3.3 assess the effectiveness of

information technology in

managing the supply chain of an

organisation

4 Understand the role of logistics and

procurement in supply chain

management

4.1 explain the role of logistics in

supply chain management in an

organisation

4.2 evaluate procurement practices in

an organisation

4.3 discuss the factors that must be

considered when improving

logistics and procurement

practices in an organisation

5 Be able to plan a strategy to

improve an organisation’s supply

chain

5.1 plan a strategy to improve an

organisation’s supply chain

5.2 assess how a supply chain

improvement strategy will benefit

overall business performance in

an organisation

5.3 explain how barriers will be

overcome in an organisation

when implementing a supply

chain improvement strategy