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Industry Based Group Case Study
Assessment 2
Assessment Overview

Overview
Length or Duration
Worth
Due

Investigate the Global Procurement
activities of a chosen business in
Australia or overseas, and assess the
effectiveness of the procurement
operations in meeting the needs of the
organisation.

Length must not exceed 12
(
about 3000 words) printed
pages plus illustrations,
references, and supporting
appendices.
Please note: The Appendixes
and Bibliography are not part
of the word limit.

50%
Session 4: Proposal
(5%)
Week 6 in-class:
Presentation (15%)
Session 14, 23:59
EST:
Report
submission (30%)

Key Assessment Information
Purpose
In a group of three, this project requires you to investigate the Global Procurement activities
of a chosen business in Australia or overseas. The output of this industry-based Global
Procurement project is a written report that to be prepared in consultation with the Senior
Procurement Executive or a key person of the company. Additionally, the group is to present a
summary of your report in class.
The unit Learning Outcomes assessed are:
LO 1: Analyse a range of functions that make up the modern procurement process and their
importance in the supply chain
LO 2: Investigate contemporary supply chain issues and provide recommendations
LO 4: Articulate a range of supply chain solutions by working collaboratively within the group
Assessment Structure
In a group of three, you are required to choose an actual company from within Australia or overseas.
You will evaluate the current procurement activities of the company by talking to the Procurement or
Sourcing Manager(s) and gather relevant information about materials or services purchased, suppliers,
transportation methods, terms of trade, types of contracts employed and associated supply base management
activities. Then, the group can choose a particular commodity or critical supplier for a more detailed analysis.

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Particular attention should be paid to the overall procurement policies and the policies or strategies that apply
to critical purchased items. If the organisation has documented commodity plans
(and is willing to share
these)
then the group can assess these commodity plans for their completeness and alignment with theory. If
the organisation does not have formal commodity plans, then the group can create a commodity plan that they
would recommend to the business.
Finally, the group can assess the effectiveness of the procurement operations in meeting the needs of the
organisation. This might include discussions or surveys with the internal customers or suppliers of the
organisation.
Any problems highlighted by this assessment should then be answered by the group
making recommendations for improvement.
PLEASE NOTE:
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Instructions
Project Proposal (5%)
1. A brief single-page project proposal explaining the business and plan of study should be
submitted in Week 2 Session 4 for the lecturer to check that it meets the assessment requirement.
2.
The proposal should outline the rationale behind:
1. The chosen area of study
2. A company profile
3. The nature of materials or services purchased
4. Internal customers
5. Suppliers of the goods or services
6. Methodology to be followed in undertaking the study
7. The main contact at the organisation to be studied
3. The proposal should spell out clearly the issues/problems in the chosen area of research,
including a clear outline of each member’s roles and responsibilities within the major project.
Presentation (15%) & Report (35%)
1. The group is advised to start working on their major project as soon as they get the proposal
approved.
1. The considerable effort required can be integrated into your own regular workload if
approached sufficiently early
2. This project is a critical piece of assessment for the subject
2. Each student should expect to spend 25-30 hours on it.
3. Commence the project by understanding the context of the organisation and the criticality of the
items purchased to the success of the organisation. Seek to understand the overall procurement
policies and any commodity or category management plans in place.
4. Be able to describe the organisation’s supply base management approaches including what types
of supplier development and performance assessments might be employed.
5. Having discovered what, the organisation does, in regard to, procurement policy and
commodity/category planning, supply base management, and supplier development, compare
this with the theory provided as part of this course and assess whether improvements can be
made. Where there are opportunities for improvement provide recommendations for how the
organisation might close the gaps identified.
6.
Submit your report to the Dropbox in VUC for plagiarism check which should be less than
15%. One member of the group should manage the submission.

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Please note
If you are having difficulties, you must talk to your Lecturer/Tutor as soon as possible.
Self-enrol into a group!
You should have formulated groups within your session, so the next thing to do is to selfenrol online via VU Collaborate.
Please follow the simple instructions to self-enrol online here.
Assessment Criteria
The following levels of criteria will be used to grade this assessment task:
Criteria 1: Structured synopsis/executive summary prepared in line with the purpose of the report,
findings, methodology/approach, implications for theory, limitation of the study and originality (must
be part of final report)
Criteria 2: Clear identification of the existing commodity or category management plans or in their
absence recommendations for what strategies or plans should be adopted which are supported by
theory.
Criteria 3: Description of the organisations supply base management and supplier development
activities and how these align with theory, where these activities are missing or incomplete make
recommendations on what activities the organisation should implement.
Criteria 4: Methodology (what methodology – interview, internet/company website search, short
questionnaire, etc.)
Criteria 5: Identification of the effectiveness of the procurement activities including any opportunities
for improvement.
Criteria 6: Clear support for any assessment or recommendations from the literature.
Criteria 7: The use of suitable references which are detailed in the body of the report and a
bibliography utilizing the Harvard methodology.
Criteria 9: Presentation, writing skills, and content of the report (professional writing, grammar,
spelling, quality of references used, contents of report).
Criteria 10: A well-constructed group presentation that summarises the group’s work and highlights
the key points and recommendations. Each student is expected to contribute to the presentation and
marks may differ between students.
Access Assessment 2A: Proposal, Assessment 2B: Presentation, Assessment 2C:
Report
rubrics for the full marking criteria.
Submission Instructions
Please submit your completed assessment electronically via the Assessment 2A: Report
Proposal
; Assessment 2B: Report Presentation; Assessment 2C: Report
Submission
Dropboxes.
Please note: This is a group assessment, therefore only one member of the group is required to
submit on behalf of the group. Ensure all group member details (Full Name and Student ID) are presented
clearly on the assessment.
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