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Primary research must be carried out, with the support of secondary research, on producing a Case Study Report for an organisation of your choice. The organisation should produce goods and/or services, and must involve international business operations. (JD Sports, Primark, Cadbury) - Any one of these businesses. The Case Study Report needs to: 1. Critically discuss the existing operations in the case organisation using literature review on logistics and supply chain management theories. (20%) 2. Analyse the logistics and supply chain operations of the case organisation, with the support of illustrating the internal and external process map(s) of the case organisation’s operation using Microsoft Visio (30%). 3. Critically evaluate the case organisation’s operation in terms of supply chain strategies using the Five Operations Performance Objectives (30%). 4. Suggestion for improvement in terms of logistics and supply chain management (20%). Learning Resources Essential Reading Slack, N., Chambers, S., and Johnston, R. (2010), Operations Management, 6th Edition, Harlow : Pearson Education Limited Additional Reading Fernie, J. And Sparks, L. (Eds) (2009) Logistics and Retail Management: Emerging Issues and New Challenges In the Retail Supply Chain. 3rd Ed. London: Kogan Page. Fitzsimmons, J. A. and Fitzsimmons, M. J (2008) Service Management: Operations, Strategy, and Information Technology. 6th Ed. London: McGraw-Hill. Johnston, R., Chambers, S., Slack, N., Harrison, A. and Harland, C. (2002) Cases in Operations Management. 3rd Ed. Harlow: Financial Times Prentice Hall. Rogers, D. S. and Tibben-Lembke, R. (1998) Going Backwards: Reverse Logistics Trends and Practices. Pittsburgh, PA: RLEC Press. Simchi-Levi, D., Kaminsky, P. and Simchi-Levi, E. (2008) Designing and Managing The Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies, and Case Studies. 3rd Ed. London: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. Taylor, D. (1997) Global Cases In Logistics and Supply Chain Management. London: International Thompson Business.