Write a study report to further explore two of the following three SCM areas:

1. Discuss the strategic options of purchasing function by using but not limited to the Kraljic Model; explore how the nature and characteristics of the purchasing function has been evolving over the last two decades; summarising the trends of its development; discuss how to best integrate the purchasing function into the supply chain management.
2. Explore extensively the critical importance of collaboration and supply chain integration by making references to professional journal articles; critically review some collaboration and integration models (‘model’ here refers to any ways and/or approaches of doing things) and their applications; further discuss how a business might decide on the most appropriate collaborative approach.   
3. Explain the concept of supply chain agility and responsiveness and discuss their increasing importance in today’s competitive environment; based on further reading of relevant literature; explore any common strategies and operational approaches that organisations may take to improve their supply chain responsiveness.     

Requirement:

1. A content page and page numbering
2. To complete a report on two chosen topics from the three above, indicating the question number.
3. Properly structure the discussion into sections and give subtitles for each section.
4. Use references (normally 5-7 professional journal articles for each report) to demonstrate the extended learning
5. Each topic is recommended to be around 1500-2000 words in length.
6. No lengthy case study is required, but some short (a few sentences) real world examples may be adequate.
7. Tables and graphs, introduction and conclusion are not included into final word count.