700887 Sustainable Logistics & Operations Management, Assignment, University Of Hull

Overview of This Assignment Brief 

The assignment will be assessed via a written report (100% of the marks of the module). You are required to write a report with a word count of 4,000 words (excluding your list of references and any appendices).

Awareness of sustainability issues is growing among businesses, customers, communities, and legislators. As a result, sustainability has become Friday, 20th December 2024, before 2 pm 772108 Mr William Zhao 2 increasingly important for many companies in recent years, forcing changes to logistics and operations. New policies, new business models, technologies, and investments have been the result.

How have logistics and operations management changed? In your report, you are required to answer All three sections, A, B, and C. You are expected to use company examples to support your essay. These companies could be manufacturing, retail, or services.

A) Identify only ONE particular sustainability issue (examples from the module such as Procurement, Transportation, Circular Economy, etc.). Please refer to the module material for an explanation of a sustainability issue. 

B) Discuss the process of adaptation as companies alter their strategies in response to sustainability concerns. Use at least THREE of the topics introduced in class in this part of your report: for example, themes covered in the lectures include sustainable warehousing, circular economy, green product design, responsible procurement, etc. Your report must address the potential costs and benefits of adaptation while pursuing their Logistics and Operations strategies. 

C) Using any TWO examples of the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals, critically discuss how companies are adopting these goals in support of their management practices whilst carrying out logistics operations. For critical argument, ALL selected SDGs must be mapped against at least one for each of five of the UN’s Blueprint for Business Leadership guiding questions found here: Blueprint.unglobalcompact.org.

Programme Competency Statement (PCs) 

PC 1 Develop and apply business management theories, processes, best practices, and tactics to deliver transformational change in a real-world business context

PC 6 Demonstrate global-mindedness and intercultural sensitivity and show a heightened critical appreciation of diversity and inclusivity in business decision-making in cross-cultural settings.

PC 8 Collect, critically analyze, and evaluate complex data and deploy advanced and established business research and inquiry techniques relevant to contemporary business requirements

PC 9 Design and develop advanced specialist business projects, activities, and plans, mirroring or based on real-world management practice.

PC 10 Practice moral and ethical dimensions of responsible business management practices and corporate social responsibility and comply with professional values and standards.

PC 11 Identify, develop, and deploy socially responsible business management practices to deliver sustainable economic, social, and environmental outcomes for business and society.

PC 12 Demonstrate integrated and synthesized understanding of the global dimensions of the business environment and intercultural mix in a local and international context.

PC 13 Practice responsible procurement to create sustainable value and protect the people and environments across the whole supply chain and supply network.