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Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
E-Commerce Department
Assignment-1

Student Name:

Student ID:

Course Title: E-Supply Chain
Management

Course Code: ECOM402

Academic Year/ Semester: 2nd
2024/2025

CRN:

Instructor Name:

Student Grade:

Grade Level:

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E-Supply Chain Management (ECOM402)
Second Semester (2024-2025)
Assignment Part 1: Critical Thinking

Maximum Grades: 15
Duration: 5 Weeks
Number of Words for Each Answer: 150 to 200 Words
Critical Thinking

Background information:
Advanced technologies are shaking up the supply chain world. With quickly evolving capabilities
across generative AI, data analytics, automation, machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT),
blockchain and more, the ‘smart’ supply chain is well on its way to becoming the new normal.
(Supply chain trends 2024: The digital shake-up). In recent years it has been observed that one
prominent trend shaping the Saudi Arabia Industry 4.0 landscape is the increasing integration of
Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in manufacturing processes. Saudi
industries are leveraging IoT devices and sensors to collect real-time data from machinery and
equipment on the factory floor. (Saudi Arabia Industry 4.0 Research Report 2024). The supply chain
profession entered the year leading the digitalization of ecosystems, delivering the customer
experience, managing trade uncertainty, and applying circular economy concepts. Technology has
driven enterprises to the next level by helping in many ways starting from automating repetitive
activities, eliminating errors, and last but not least helping in decision-making. The use of technology
will surely bring down the challenges and issues, related to customer expectations, managing their
suppliers, maintaining the quality standards, and access to supply chain data faced by Supply Chain
leaders year-on-year.
The evolution of SCM is being driven by new information technologies, including Big Data, cloud
computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), radio frequency identification (RFID), 3-D printing, robotics,
global digital networks, artificial intelligence, and augmented reality. Global supply chain flows will
become increasingly digital and integrated, and end-to-end data will be driven in real-time,
exponentially increasing upstream information flows.” This new paradigm calls for a new
management culture. We call this management culture “Supply Chain Management 4.0. This novel
technology will affect the logistics, supply chains, manufacturing, and transportation industries.
As a Project manager what measures are you going to take for your organization under below
mentioned critical questions:

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Critical Question(s)
Ques-1-Looking ahead to 2025 and beyond, what does the future hold for the supply chain? (3Marks)

Ques-4- Information Communication & Technology (ICT) offers many valuable capabilities to the
enterprise, especially in E-Auction / Negotiation, Discuss. (3- Marks)

Below is the list of companies available that you need to select as a group activity and
attempt the critical questions mentioned below.

1. KIA MOTORS
2. NADEC
3. NAMSHI
4. SABIC
5. IKEA Saudi
6. COCA-COLA MIDDLE EAST
7. JARIR
8. Jawwy Telecom
9. Careem
10. Lulu Hyper Market

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Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
Guidelines for the assignment:

o This is a group project (3 to 4 students), and requires group effort, research, and critical
thinking. The instructor will inform if in case there is any change. HEM

CAREFULLY
O The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via the
allocated folder.
O Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted. o
Number of words for each answer should be 150 to 200 Words.
O Students are advised to make their work clear and well-presented; marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling in your information on the cover page.
O Students must mention the question number clearly in their answers.
O Late submissions will NOT be accepted/ or direct 1 mark will be deducted from the marks
achieved.
o Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or
other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
o Up to 20% of the total grade will be deducted for providing a poor structure of the
assignment (Structure includes these elements paper style, free of spelling and grammar
mistakes, referencing, and word count).
o All answers must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
o Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA (7th ed) style
guidelines.
o Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from
the textbook and at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. o Submissions
without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

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