Answer 3 question base on a large supermarket
Level Two
Supply Chain Management
Lean Essay
Learning Objectives
- To review the lean assignment
- To better understand how to answer the essay questions set.
- To undertake a waste walk
Issues that currently need to be addressed
Issues that currently need to be addressed
- 25% of the mark for this element
- How will you answer this question?
- What issues currently exist in your supermarket example? How will you identify these?
- Need to show your understanding of lean and your example supermarket.
- Any issues need to be appropriate.
How lean could specifically address these issues
How lean could specifically address these issues
- 35% of the mark for this element
- How will you answer this question?
- Need to make sure you link to lean theory
- Use lean tools – diagrams and scanned images are fine!
- Discuss any adaptations you make to tools
Potential challenges with lean implementation
Potential challenges with lean implementation
- 30% of the mark for this element
- This section needs to be specific to your example
- Critical discussion required
- Make suggestions as to how to overcome the challenges with lean implementation in your example.
Referencing
Referencing
- 10% of the mark for this element
- Identical criteria to essay 1
- CU Harvard referencing guide
- Need to ensure both in text citations and reference list are correct.
- Punctuation is very important.
Waste Walk
Undertake a virtual waste walk of a supermarket you will use for your essay.
To Do
- Start your essays!
- Work on models that think are appropriate.