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PROJECT PROPOSAL COVER SHEET

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AIB student ID
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Student name:
Teaching
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A12084
Adasa Edwards

School Of Higher Education Ltd


Logistics & Supply Chain Managment

Subject Matter of the


Project Proposal:

(ie which subject/area from the


Strategic Supply Chain Management
MBA course is the Project
Proposal
NB: If you are doing a specialised MBA the Subject Matter of the Project Proposal MUST be the
area of specialisation in order to receive the specialised degree (eg for a MBA (Marketing)
student, the Subject Matter MUST be Marketing)
The impact of Information Technology Development as it
Title of the Project
relates to
Proposal:
Supply Chain Management.

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PROJECT PROPOSAL FEEDBACK FORM


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AIB student ID
number:
Student name:
Course/Specialisat
ion:

A12084
Adasa Edwards
MBA Logistics & Supply Chain Management

Introduction
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Title Page:
The impact of Information Technology Development as it relates to Supply Chain Management.

1. Introduction
Background:
Kennscott Limited is a small customer driven company managed by a cadre of highly skilled
technical workers within the catering sector. They provide catering and ship chandelling services
for many companies within the energy sector of Trinidad and Tobago. Kennscott Limited. A
relatively new player in our countrys thriving energy sector, KENNSCOTT Ltd became fully
operational in June 2008, and has already made its mark as a dependable, ethical, efficient and
professional business enterprise partner to several leading energy companies, both locally and
internationally.
Project Research Problem
Project Research Problem Many organizations have become cognizant to establishing supply
chain management as an essential function in todays business world. It is with this growing
phenomenon that establishes logistics and supply chain management as a separate function of
business practices, companies are definitely giving these business function respect as they have
realized that these strategic business units are the underlying mechanisms to increase their
competitive advantage.
With this being stated, it is essential that Private Companies, Limited Liabilities and multinational organization to gain insight on proper Information Technology solutions to fuel their
business. The concept of Supply Chain Management simply encapsulated, states the active
management of supply chain activities to maximize customer value and achieve a sustainable
competitive advantage.
At Kennscott Limited there is little management of Supply Chain activities, and resources are
limited to utilizing accounting software for management of receivables and issues of stock.
Currently this company is trading at a regional level and it has become essential that proper
supply chain management be emphasize so that supplies can ultimately reach off-shore, on-shore

and business functions on-time. Therefore systems must be in placed to facilitate this new
strategic business unit that must arise for proper coordination of Kennscott Limited Operations.
This proposed system will enhance Kennscott Limited Production line, distribution and upstream
supply chain of various suppliers, both local and regional.

2.Focus of the Study


Purpose of Study
To provide Kennscott Limited with a solution to Supply Chain Management through modern day
information technologies and by integrating the great enabler the internet to facilitate increased
communication and robustness that will then become a central enterprise wide system for future
supply chain and business functional purposes.
Key Areas of Investigation will be;
The entire operation of the Kennscott Limited inclusive of Operations Locally and Regionally
The current Procurement and Supply Chain Management strategy utilized by Kennscott Limited
Supply Chain Management Function in all Offices
Effects of Implementation of an Enterprise Supply Chain Solution

Research Questions:
1. How is Supply Chain Management Activities practiced in Kennscott Limited
Regional and Local operations?
2. What factors, processes or tools are essential to managed regional supply
chains?
3. What are Kennscott Strengths and Weaknesses in their current logistics
and supply chain strategy?
4. How can Kennscott utilize different approaches and tools to effectively
manage their supply chain?
5. How would the emerging strategy and solution to Kennscott Limited
Supply Chain Management be planed and implement?
Significance of the Project

Kennscott Limited will benefit from understanding the importance of Supply


Chain Management as a strategic business function within their organisation;
they will also gain and understanding of the mechanisms and tools that are
used to facilitate management of their supply chain. A strategy will be
developed based on implementing an Information technology solution that
will facilitate communication and visibility throughout their enterprise
thereby allowing them to gain competitive advantage.

3. Project Related Literature


Summary
This project will cover supply chain and information technology development,
it will seek to review modern day mechanisms utilized by similar companies
that have done cross-over information technology solutions to facilitate
their supply chain and logistical movement. Published articles of related
supply chain management cases therefore such cases will be review while
new enterprise solutions technologies will be investigated. Further data will
be reviewed from
1. Anderson, David L.; Frank Britt,; Donavon Favre,. "The 7 principles of
Supply Chain Management.(FUNDAMENTALS)." Supply Chain
Management Review. Peerless Media. 2007.
2. "Enterprise Resources Planning, Technology", Harvard Business School,
Escalle, cedric X., Mark Cotteleer and Robert D. Austin. 1999.

3. Introduction to Supply Chain Management Technologies, Second Edition


David Frederick Ross, APICS National, Chicago, Illinois, USA
4. "Version Models for Software Configuration Management," ACM
Computing Surveys, vol. 30, R.Conradi and B. Westfechtel no. 2, 1998.
5. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT.
2013.INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT.
[ONLINE] Available at: http://prala.hubpages.com/hub/INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY-AD-SUPPLY-CHAIN-MANAGEMENT.

4. Planned Methodology
The first method that will be instituted is to review all relevant literature and
theoretical findings of Information Technological developments within supply
chain management, this approach will be done through a case research
method, emphasis will be placed on retrieval of information on companies
that were initiating new techniques and solutions for Supply Chain
Management.
This will be followed by a review of Kennscott Limited current supply chain
management practices through internal documentation made available
through kennscott limited of processes from initial request for quotation to
delivery of final product, it is therefore essential to gain secondary data as it
provides a legacy framework of an encapsulation of kennscott Limited
Operations. This data will be retrieved through purchase orders, client files,
request for quotation, invoices and job forms, all of these forms will provide
an accurate picture of kennscott requirements for an information
technological supply chain management solution, since this data are
secondary data that are would be provided through approval of the current
managing director Mr Kenneth Prescott .
To gain insight for requirements for development it is essential that the
managing director and key stakeholders of this proposed solution be
included in discussions for potential improvement for the future, therefore
interviews will be done to gain primary data.
After this encapsulation of various research methods are instituted,
evaluation of improvement initiatives will be implemented through
theoretical evaluations to the case of Kennscott Limited impact of
Information Technology as it relates to Supply Chain Management.

5. Schedule for Completion Tasks


Task 1. Project Proposal
Task 2. Project Literature Research
Task 3. Data Collection
Task 4. Final Draft
Task 5. Review
Task 6. Final Submission

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