Report tasks in detail: Work through these tasks for your Assessment 4. Make sure you upload your upload your analyses to your Google Sites page. Part A: Supply issues 1. Identify and describe key product categories that the procurement department has to manage 2. Research the supply market of the company and identify its suppliers (related to key product categories) as well as their geographical dispersion 3. Assess the supply market and importance of sourcing items (or services) (use Kraljic, 1983) 4. Research supplier selection, evaluation, and development practices and programs 5. Research key supply-related challenges and opportunities in your company and industry Part B: Operations issues 1. Identify and describe your sales market and key customers of the company (including their geographical dispersion, importance to the company) 2. Identify, discuss and evaluate demand forecasting techniques used by the company. Are different techniques used across the sales market? Why? 3. Identity, discuss and evaluate inventory management techniques used by your company; Are different techniques used for different products? Why? 4. Research demand and inventory management challenges of the company Part C: Information issues 1. Research for instances of bullwhip effect as well as their 'causes' and 'remedies' across the company's supply chain (use Padmanabhan et al., 2009); discuss how this impacted the company's supply chain capabilities 2. Identify key information technology tools used across the company's key supply chain business processes; explain how these IT tools impacted the company's supply chain capabilities 3. Identify collaborative practices used across the company's supply chain (in relationship with both suppliers and customers)? Focus on one practice (for both supplier and customer side), discuss its implementation, challenges and opportunities, and impacts on the company's supply chain capabilities Part D: Integration issues 1. Develop a comprehensive map of the company's supply chain (using findings from tasks a and b) 2. Using the 9-step framework for design and assessment of supply chain integration, assess the company's level of integration (collect relevant evidence for each step) 3. Expand your assessment of step 3 drawing on key tenets of the Triple-A Supply Chain, i.e. agility, adaptability and alignment Part E: Sustainability issues 1. Identify key procurement and supply chain sustainability practices used by the company (see Pagell and Wu, 2009) 2. Assess sustainability implementation and integration across the company's supply chain drawing on the triggers model (both internal and external) (use Seuring and Muller, 2008)