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Logistics Management ASSIGNMENT -1 mgt322 Critical Writing The purpose of this assignment is to identify and apply Logistics and Supply Chain Management concepts/tools to suggest logistics performance priorities. To this purpose, you should search and review about these companies through secondary available information. Think about how you can apply the concepts/tools that you learned in this course. Write about logistics performance priorities for “Albaik” fast food restaurant chain in Covid 19 restrictions; explain why you have come to your conclusions: The Answer must follow the outline points below: 1. Executive summary (1Mark, word count rage 300-500) - Summarize what is logistics performance priorities, what Logistics and Supply Chain Management concepts/tools applied to achieve the company’s objective. 2. Background information (1Mark, word count rage 300-500) - Briefly introduce the company background (e.g., name, products, business size, location, internal/external interesting facts, etc). 3. Problem Description (1Marks, word count rage 300-500) - Describe the objectives clearly and specifically. - The objective may involve either logistics decision-making or process improvement. 4. Results by using application of logistics and SCM concepts/tools that applied (1Mark) - Describe what specific logistics and Supply Chain Management concepts/tools be applied to achieve the objective. This section should make it clear that you understand the concepts/tools you are about to use. 5. References at least 5 to 7. (1 Marks) Note: The Answer should be of each point in the range of 300 to- 500 word counts. Each point carrying 1 Mark. Use APA style of referencing Deadline on 16 0f OCT-2021 Assignment 2 Project Management (MGT323) Deadline:21/10/2021 Assignment-1-Case Study Assignment Question: (Marks 5) Please read the Case-4.2 “The Home Improvement Project.” from Chapter 4 “Defining the Project” given in your textbook – Project Management: The Managerial Process 8th edition by Larson and Gray page no: 132 also refer to specific concepts you have learned from the chapter to support your answers. Answer the following questions with 500 Words limit. 1. What factors and forces contributed to scope creep in this case? (1.5 Marks) 2. Is this an example of good or bad scope creep? Explain. (1.5 Marks) 3. How could scope creep have been better managed by the Nelsons? (2 Marks) Assignment 3 - MGT325 -Technology Deadline: 23/10/2021 Essay Weight: 5 Marks Write an essay on the ‘Role of Technology and Innovation in the realization of vision 2030 KSA’. Use examples, peer-reviewed journals to support your submission. This essay must be at least 1200-words in length. Directions: ✓ All students are encouraged to use their own words. ✓ Be three to five pages in length (1000-1200 words), which does not include the title page, abstract or required reference page, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements. ✓ Write a three-part essay (i.e., an essay that includes an introduction paragraph, the essay’s body, and a conclusion paragraph). ✓ Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines. ✓ Use proper referencing (APA style) to reference, other styles will not be accepted. ✓ Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles unless the assignment calls for more. ✓ It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments into the safe assignment Originality Check prior to submitting it to your instructor for grading and review the grading rubric to understand how you will be graded for this assignment. ✓ ✓ Assignment -4 -MGT403 ✓ Deadline: 23/10/2021 Assignment Questions: This Assignment is a report-based assignment. The Assignment structure is as follows: A. Introduction: (2 Marks) (05 Marks) ➢ The introduction part must clearly highlight the history of knowledge management. (Provide minimum 3 references to support your answer.) ➢ Highlight the role of Knowledge management in present day organisations. B. Knowledge management cycle: ( 3 Marks) ➢ Highlight the role of Knowledge management cycle for the development of organisations in a sustainable way. ➢ Briefly describe the concepts of Data, Information and Knowledge. ➢ Briefly describe the various types of Knowledge management cycles. (Support each part of the assignment with Proper references) Assignment 5 Deadline: 23/10/2021 Mgt-321 Case study Please read Case 4: “Will China Continue to Be a Growth Marketplace?” available in your textbook, (12th edition) and answer the following questions: • Assignment Questions: 1. Will China maintain its strong economic growth in the years to come? Some suggest it will until 2050. What do you think? (Marks: 2) 2. If China will go from 17 million to 200 million middle- and upper-income people by the early 2020s, would the scenario presented by Best Buy not be applicable anymore? Would newly rich Chinese customers engage in this purchasing in the 2020s? (Marks: 2) 3. With Alibaba’s ownership of the very popular Tmall and Taobao online shopping systems (similar to eBay and Amazon) and its spread across the world, will a Western-based online shopping culture ultimately infiltrate China? (Mark:1)
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Executive summary
Logistics can be defined as the process of moving supplies from their concentrated area of origin
to areas where demand is high through the easiest transportation method possible (Gupta et al.,
2019). Within logistics are several activities such as raw material acquisition, storage of products,
transportation, and delivery to retailers, packaging, and even carrying out customer services. From
manufacturers to both the sellers or retailers and the supplier are involved in logistic work. Nonprofit organizations and military agencies are also involved in logistic work. Some other parties
like business organizations and state agencies are also entitled to maintain profitability from their
operations. For organizations to realize profits, logistic measures have to be deployed.
To effectively apply logistics in their operations, enterprises resort to carrying out in-depth
financial calculations that reveal where and how every organization's coin has been spent. The
concept of logistics demands that businesses weigh losses and profits accrued after sales are made.
The cost is drafted from the expenses resulting from the storage of products, terms of business,
shipping cost, and any other relevant logistic measure. Superior logistic performance is realized
when the expenses incurred are way lower than the profit made from such transactions (Hong et
al., 2018).
Depending on the cost of businesses transaction, organizations may reset their goals. Goals setting
occurs as a reaction plan to realizing that there is no profit accumulating from the business activity.
Losses that occur as a result of logistic shortfalls call for goal setting. The goals set are exposed to
thorough research and conclusions drawn from the logistic process. Goals setting is based on
observed shortcomings within the whole process service provision, starting from securing raw

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materials to manufacturing, supply up to retailing of the final product. Organizations can use wit
and provide incentives to workers who dedicate themselves to realizing the firm's goals.
In the process of supplying, organizations have their objective as; minimizing the cost of
transportation of products while preserving the high-quality supply services within the least
possible time. For the transfer of products to happen, several processes have to come in and ensure
the success of the supply. The stages of product movement involve planning, scheduling,
managing, and finally implementing strategies within the supply chain.
Background information
Albaik is a fast food restaurant located in Saudi Arabia. The restaurant has its headquarters in
Jeddah, Hejaz. The restaurant is famous for its spiced chicken meals, be it fried or roasted. The
restaurant stands out because of the secret spice used in saucing the chicken and other seafood. In
Saudi Arabia, the chain is the largest and most famous restaurant known to rival other food chains
like McDonald's. At the moment, the chain has expanded its trade name into at least eighty
countries worldwide.
The founder of Albaik is called Shakour Abu Ghazalah who is an entrepreneur based in Saudi
Arabia. Ghazalah has been selling fried chicken from the year 1974, and the initial location of his
restaurant was in Jeddah, along Od Airport Road. In the year 1986, the restaurant was registered
as Saudi's trademark. The restaurant made huge steps by opening two branches in Bahrain. The
opening of the chains in December 2020 records the first attempt of Albaik to open a chain outside
its country of establishment, Saudi Arabia.

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Since Saudi is a Muslim nation, Albaik has popularized chicken, and the food is viewed as halal
or permissible. The restaurant is a popular fast food industry with several branches in the city
where it all started. Specifically, Albaik has ten branches in Mecca, forty in Jeddah, and at least
one in Taif, Medina, Al Qunfudhah, Buraydhah, Al-Kharj Al Lith, and Yanbu. The restaurant's
stakeholders have plans of expanding the restaurant by opening other chains in the cities of Saudi,
for example, in Buraidah.
Like any other business, Albaik also fights for the market with its rival service providers,
specifically McDonald's and KFC. The restaurant boasts for classy and delicious deep-fried and
broasted chicken. What makes each of the restaurants stand out is their different unique secret
spices. Albaik specifically has its delicacies prepared using eighteen spices, excluding the garlic
and the chicken. The popularization of Albaik is owned to its delicious taste, good customer
service, and affordability. (Bakhari, 2015).
Problem description and objectives
The eruption of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected all sectors of the economy. The measures
put in place by governments to prevent the spread of the virus have seen many businesses plunge
into losses and ultimately closure. Food delivery has been a challenge due to compromised
logistics. The supply of raw materials, the processing challenges, disruption of distribution, and
even interrupted income have affected the logistic of most businesses, including fast-food
restaurants, specifically Albaik.
Albaik restaurant is very dependent on raw materials like chicken and secret spices to serve its
customers. The supplies of both the chicken and spices are from foreign countries. Brazil produces

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the raw materials transported to the restaurant's chains for processing into the finished broasted
chicken. The lockdown measures in the supplier counties saw the unforgiving effects of the virus.
The flights ferrying cargo are not allowed access or departure; therefore, only small cargo can be
ferried by passenger planes.
The restriction on air and sea freight has limited the supply of chicken and spices, and therefore
Albaik cannot keep up with the customer demand for fast food. The inconveniences have been
heightened by the many health inspections that can cause delays by even days. The delay can make
the chicken go bad, resulting in financial loss for both the suppliers and Albaik restaurant
Transportation by land has been hit by COVID-19 measures, making the transportation of even
the local chicken a hard task to accomplish. The track drivers that transport chicken and spices are
required to have permits before making any supplies. Since the supply-demand is overstretched,
the drivers are overworked and still do not meet the supply demands. The transportation works
bilaterally; the supply of raw materials and the delivery of ordered food. Both ways are affected
by measures put in place to prevent COVID-19.
Closed borders, shortage of workforce, lockdown measures, and social distancing rules are among
the many challenges that have adversely affected Albaik restaurants. Brazil, which is the major
supplier of chicken to the restaurant, is marked as a red zone area, and therefore, supplies are no
longer possible. Social distancing makes it impossible for restaurants to accommodate their full
capacity. The shortage of workforce has led to complications on logistics of the restaurant that
prepare and supply chicken as demanded. The objective is to reduce the cost of importing chicken
and spices. The cost of supplying broasted chicken is also under the radar. Lastly, the cost incurred
during the preparation process is also be reduced.

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Logistics and supply management concepts/tools.
Albaik stakeholders need to re-evaluate their strategies to meet the high demands from customers
and the low supply of chicken and spices. The ultimate strategy should yield profit to the restaurant
and effortlessly supply broasted chicken to the customers. The supply chain requires an in-depth
inspection from those who rear the chicken to transport them to the restaurants. There should also
be an inspection into the number of workers available in the restaurant at any given time, the
number of available suppliers, alternatives of supplying the already fried and broasted chicken,
and the number of customers making orders daily.
Demand forecasting
Albaik stakeholders can analyze the projection of their output, demand, and supply so that large
quantities of chicken source can be identified and transportation means secured. This tool will ease
the transaction of both the restaurant and the chicken and spices supplier.
Supplier management
The supplier management tool is needed to understand what it takes for the chicken and spices
suppliers to deliver the raw materials to the restaurant's premises. The knowledge is important
since it allows room for the arrangement of any other local chicken supplier. The supplier
management tool allows room for correction or adjustments, depending on th...


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