The role of purchasing teams

Group Assessment:
In this assignment your groups are required to play the role of purchasing teams, for
new Melbourne-based patisseries, that are aiming to launch in January 2020. Your
task is to develop a procurement plan, for all the equipment/supplies you will need to
open for business (ignore buildings/lease and utilities), in addition to products that
cover anticipated market demand for the period Jan-Dec 2020 (choose just one
product).
Your report, based on a combination of facts you know/can learn about patisseries
and your own opinions, should describe:
ƒ Your company’s vision, mission, and market position;
ƒ Who will be your main competitors and why; and
ƒ Your competitive advantage(s), that is your competitive point of difference –
that is, how is your business unique and how will it bring in customers?
Your report will be expected to present clear links between knowledge you have
gained in the classroom, research you will conduct for this assignment, and academic
literature. Key issues that should be discussed include:
ƒ Supplier identification and evaluation - sourcing of Real Life suppliers for all
equipment and ingredients/components (Company name, description,
location, reason you have selected them etc.)
ƒ The categories by which you will break down your procurement needs,
ƒ Developing a forecast of predicted demand for your product over the 12-
month period - a graph/bar chart required,
ƒ Utilising your forecast to establish a procurement strategy for the needs
requirements of product supply over that 12-month period (what quantities
will you order and how frequently will you place orders? Remember to
consider lead times) – GANTT chart required.
ƒ A detailed supply chain diagram for your product from 2nd tier suppliers to
OEM (your company, no distribution plan required)
ƒ The importance of quality systems,
ƒ Examples of performance indicators you might wish to include on your
suppliers’ performance scorecards and why,
ƒ Any outsourcing you will use, the reasons behind that decision, and the risks
involved; and
ƒ Estimated overall costs/budget required.
Submission details:
Please submit an electronic copy of your report on to Canvas, including Assessment
Cover Sheet signed by all group members, by the due date.
Report length is 3000 words (+/- 10%) (excluding references), a word count should be
provided at the end, and it should follow an acceptable academic structure for reports
(e.g. Executive Summary, Table of Contents, Introduction, Content of Report with clear
Headings, Conclusions, References, Appendices (if required) etc.)
Academic references should be included, to link your findings about company practise
to established theory, and all referencing should be in the Swinburne Harvard style –
this applies to the citations in the main body of the text as well as the reference section
at the end of your report.