• Cover page • Table of content • List of figures • Executive summary • Introduction • Main body: Question 1: • Discuss and evaluate Cairn Energy supply Network: o Briefly describe Cairn energy supply chain (supply network) in terms of its purpose, its configuration and coordination, as well as its relevance o Critically analyse the merits and limitations of Cain Energy Supply network, taking into consideration its operational targets and its business environment. • Cain Energy Human resources challenges: o Briefly describe the purpose of HR in general terms and identify specific issues facing employees operating in the offshore oil and gas industry o Identify and discuss potential HR challenges Cairn Energy is facing or might face during its offshore drilling operations. o Critically investigate the implications of the identified challenges for the organisation’s operation targets, and discuss ways of mitigating them. • Managing Cairn Energy Inventory: Briefly explain the concept of inventory management, its purpose and its significance for Cairn Energy as a whole and its drilling operations in particular. The discussion needs to emphasise the significance of robust inventory management practices within the context of offshore drilling operations undertaken by contractors such as Cairn Energy. • Controlling cost and quality issues of deepwater drilling operations: Discuss the need to maintain deepwater drilling operation’s costs and quality under control and critically investigate Cairn Energy’s performance in regard to both performance objectives. • Capacity planning and availability: Briefly describe the concept of capacity planning and its purpose within the context of organisations operating in the O&G offshore drilling industry. Critically discuss the relevance of capacity planning for Cairn Energy in relation to its operations targets. • Role and significance of Health and Safety programmes in the Oil and Gas industry: Briefly explain the concept and purpose of Health and safety programmes for organisations operating in the O&G industry. Discuss its significance for Cairn Energy’s and investigate some of the measures, that are implemented or might have been implemented in an effort to mitigate potential risks linked to O&G offshore exploration and production activities. You could consider recent disasters to substantiate your statements. • Main body: Question 2: • Identify and critically discuss production/product/manufacturing related challenges such as wellbore drilling in the case of offshore drilling operations • Identify and critically discuss service provision related challenges faced by O&G offshore drilling contractors. The list could include aspects such as equipment maintenance, logistics and transportation of various equipment, or the supply of food and laundry service, etc. • Bearing in mind Cairn energy supply network, critically discuss both types of challenges (see above) in terms of their relevance to Cairn energy operation’s efficiency and reliability • Your discussion should investigate the potential correlation that might exist between both types of challenges (product vs. service) and its potential impact on the organisation ́s operations. In your answer you should clearly give examples of between 3 and 6 operational-related challenges (production / product / manufacturing -related challenges) and between 3 and 6 service-related challenges • Conclusion and recommendation: . Need to be drawn from the discussions developed in the main body o Need to triangulate (reflect) with the introduction and the main body. • Add a bibliography section Finally: • Adopt a professional format with justified text among others • Pages should be numbered • Include numbered heading and subheadings • Add some figures and tables if appropriate • Avoid the use of too many bullet points within the work • Reference within the work and adequately use the Harvard conventions of referencing in the main body and in the bibliography section • Avoid being too descriptive – be critical – contrast different authors viewpoints for example • Check the work for spelling errors and wording before submission. Someone might help in this regard. • Support the content with sufficient relevant and varied sources such as books and academic journals.