Example of Structure:

Topic - Investigating Supply Chain Management Challenges and its Impact on

Organisational Performance

1 Introduction

1.1 Aim Of the study

The aim of this study is to identify the challenges affecting Supply Chain
Management and its impact on organisational performance

1.2 Objectives of the study

To identify the challenges facing Supply Chain Management
To discover the impacts on organisational performance
To explore the impact of these challenges on organisational performance.
To make recommendations in order to improve Supply Chain Management

At each heading &

2. Defining Supply Chain Management subheadings insert the
3. Organisational Theories in SCM relevant discussion points
based on your review of the
▪ Resource Based View (RBV) relevant literature
▪ Knowledge Based Theory
▪ Agency Theory
▪ The Network Theory
4. Supply Chain Management Strategies

• Multiple Suppliers
Ensure your objectives are
• Few Suppliers being met by the content your
provided.
• Vertical Integration
Reword the objective as a
• Joint Ventures
question to ensure that they
• Keiretsu Network are being met/answered

• 2Virtual Companies
5. Defining Organisational Performance
6. Potential risks to an Organisation and its Supply Chain

• External end-to-end challenges

• Supply Challenges (Local, international and contract manufacturers)
(Under this there will be different headings namely the challenges)
• Distribution Challenges
• International Organisational Challenges
Insert or list out the
7. Supply Chain Management Challenges points you will discuss,
to demonstrate your
• Environmental uncertainty vast reading of the
• Government influence literature.

• Intensity of competition
• Internal risks
8. The Impact of these Challenges on Organisational Performance
Insert the relevant
• Impact of challenges on OP discussion 1 discussions based on your
review of the relevant
• Impact of challenges on OP discussion 2
literature.
• Impact of challenges on OP discussion 3
Engage with the content,
9. Conclusion present the debates &
discussions
10. Recommendations
11. Bibliography