Assignment questions

1. Are we presenting from the position of a supplier or a buyer or is it relevant? Supplier, you are presenting to the supply chain manager in this scenario

2. The assignment brief mentions that we are presenting insights from a company. Does that mean that all the items for the Household cleaning departments are coming directly from one supplier? Yes please, you are presenting to the procurement technology department of the company

3. What type of column headings should be included in the data? e.g. Should inventory planning, lead times, and unit pricing be included? This is up to you to decide, what category are you presenting, what is important to show a procurement team

4. Should the products we include be affected by Covid i.e. should there be associated shortages or price increases/decreases due to Covid? Yes please, as covered in the brief, the items have experienced shortages

5. How granular does the product info need to be? Again, this is up to you, please review the rubric I am looking for ideas of interesting data points to measure. You need to engage in product research also as per the rubric

6. Do I require sources for the data? Is a bibliography required? Yes please – use Harvard referencing

7. The brief mentions business performance. Is business performance applicable to certain aspects of the organization e.g. Sales, Lead Times, Profit Margins? Yes – what are your reflections and recommendations based on the data you have presented