Enterprise wide Systems and Supply Chain Management

Learning Outcomes addressed Primarily Learning Outcomes 3 and 4 are addressed in this assignment.

3. critically appraise the implications of the way in which Enterprise-Wide Systems affect people, processes, structures and operational management, and be able to identify and define potential problems and solutions. 4. identify and explain the major objectives, critical success factors and characteristics of Enterprise-Wide Systems and their implementation. Word Count 2000 maximum (as specified by the Coursework length protocol) A Critical Literature Review You are required to carry a critical review of peer-reviewed academic articles choosing one of the following areas. Note that the term Supply Chain Management (SCM) here means that if you want to focus on Procurement, this is possible as Procurement may be viewed as part of SCM. • Enterprise wide Systems and Supply Chain Management;

• Business Intelligence/Analytics and Supply Chain Management; • Big Data and Supply Chain Management • Information Management and Supply Chain Integration; • Information Management and Change Management (Business Transformation). • Information Management and Supply Chain Management. • New Technology impact on Supply Chain Management This task requires the selection of a minimum of five (5) articles taken from at least three (3) different journals and different editions where the same journal is selected. THREE of these articles should be original research articles. The other two may be either/both Conceptual papers or Literature Reviews. The length of these articles should be a minimum of eight (8) pages, excluding the references or diagrams. Shorter journals can still be used to support your position or arguments but cannot be included as one of the five core articles. Within the area of your choice, you will need to focus your Review. For example, New Technology impact on SCM could have a focus on use of automation in warehousing OR a focus on use of IT systems in transport logistics. Business Intelligence and SCM could focus on a new technology such as Block Chain. Do not attempt to cover several areas, choose your focus first. Students who wish to choose another technology related area and develop a topic from this are welcome to BUT they must get approval from the module leader to ensure the topic relates to the learning outcomes. It is recommended that when writing on use of technology in Supply Chain, references should be no more than five years old. Where older, you need to show that the source you have cited remains current, for example by showing newer sources are using the older work.