SCM 610 – Supply Chain Collaboration

Assignment – Supply Chain Mapping

Learning Outcome

This assignment is designed to practice the tool of supply chain mapping and provide a first-hand experience with the complexity of supply chains.

Directions

Identify your FAVORITE PRODUCT – then using your personal knowledge and open-source media, create a supply chain map for that product.

The focus is on identifying inter-firm relations, visualizing the network complexity, and then determining the need to manage, monitor, or not monitor various links within the supply chain.

See Figure 11-1 in the textbook for a basic example of a supply chain map for a Manufacturer, Figure 11-2 for a Retailer, and Figure 11-3 for a Raw Material Supplier.

Your map will need to be more complex than these figures but must meet the requirements below.

Grading Criteria

Part A: Requirements for Map

1. Draw the map to fit on one page (8.5" × 11") with legible text.

• May be hand-drawn.
• Map must contain at least one raw material supplier ("dirt") and at least one post-consumer customer ("dirt").
• Align suppliers and customers into labeled tiers.

2. Clearly identify the focal firm by name and the product/product-line being analyzed.

3. Be sure to identify key suppliers/customers by name (others can have hypothetical names).

4. Highlight managed, monitored, and not-monitored links (using different line styles to differentiate).

5. Include non-members and their appropriate links (clearly differentiate them from members).

Part B: Requirements for Evaluation

1. Limited to one page (APA format not required).

2. Summarize the focal firm and product/product-line studied.

3. Briefly identify three issues of concern as seen on this supply chain map.

4. Recommend one potential improvement for each issue identified in #3.