EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (500 WORDS) This is about an overall understanding about the two tasks. The integration of these two tasks in the summary is important. You are required to have a very good understanding of all of the questions to link them together in your summary, and to pinpoint the theories, SC strategies and actual requirements of all 2 questions in general. TASK 1 (1000 WORDS) You are a global logistics and supply chain analyst and you are going to critically analyse a fresh food supply chain against car manufacturing supply chain, both with global and national supply network. You will critically evaluate the current issues, challenges and expected future of these supply chains nationally and globally in relation to meeting four key performance indicators of quality, time, cost and CO2 emission. Organisations are obliged to meet objectives associated to these 4 KPIs in a synergic and integrated approach to achieve competitive advantage. You are expected to critically compare and contrast these 2 supply chains about how to achieve the objectives pinpointing the current issues, challenges and strategies and expected future strategies. These strategies, theories or tools are expected to be critically analysed to promote a top quality, responsive, fast, efficient and environmentally friendly supply chain. The critical analysis includes underpinning theories and strategies extracted from sufficient up to date peer reviewed academic journal articles as theoretical background and analysing real world examples and cases (minimum one example of each supply chain). The theories and strategies must be referred but not limited to those that have already been taught during this semester. You are expected to create an argumentative discussion by comparing and contrasting these supply chains and adding your own insight and analysis. TASK 2 (1000 WORDS) You are part of an APAC Conference advisory team to organise a conference about Contemporary issues and strategies in global logistics and supply chain management. You have been asked to suggest 5 different themes for this conference. Themes are the main criteria that conference papers and presentations must be relevant to and must be related and beneficial to GLSCM and crucial in the view of both researchers and practitioners. Conference delegates are university academics and PD students and some executive business leaders of global organisations around Europe. You will critically justify the selection of these themes, which could represent current contemporary issues and research and business hot topics in GSCM with the support of up to date peer reviewed academic journal articles. As part of justification, you will critically analyse these themes and importance of them to be part of this APAC conference both theoretically and practically. You are expected to present these 5 themes very clearly. Themes do not have to be limited only to Europe and could be a broader global theme.