International Maritime College Oman Logistics Trade Off and CODP 9 Paper
ASSESSMENT FOR PTRL II.I LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
-Students are expected to perform two Individual final assesment on below topic
-Assessment should include four part : Introduction, Chapters (1 and 2) , Conclusion and
Discussion and References
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– Minimum of 1750 words
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TOPIC “ AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LOGISTICS TRADE OFFS AND CUSTOMER ORDER
DECOUPLING POINTS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN”
-In the assessment the parts must be;
Introduction:
-Introduction of the trade-off and order decoupling points concepts/definition
Chapter 1
-In Chapter 1 of the Assessment, Students have to discuss a minimum of four different trade-offs
within and/or between logistics functions
-In Chapter 1 of the Assessment, Students have to discuss the effects of trade-offs on three logistics
costs (Transport-Inventory-Warehousing) and two service level factors (Availability-Response
Time) also.
Chapter 2
In Chapter 2 of the Assessment, Students have to discuss a minimum of four different decoupling
points in Supply Chains
-In Chapter 2 of the assessment, Students have to discuss the effects of customer order decoupling
points on three logistics costs (Transport-Inventory-Warehousing) and two service level factors
(Availability-Response time) also.
Conclusion and Discussion
Students will be expected to bring their own conclusions on the criticality of trade-offs and order
decoupling points which affects logistics operational costs and service factors
References
Students are also expected to make an alphabetical list of references used in the research
Example for making a pressed reference
Surname, Name (year) ‘Name of the book-article’ Publisher, Place
Malcom,John (2004) ‘Materials and Distribution Management’ Oxford Press Ltd, London
Example for making an Web Reference:
URL link of the reference and Accession date
Http: www.usysysu.com Accessed at 20/05/2020
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MARKING CRITERIA
Criteria Standards
Excellent (9-10) Advanced (7-8) Satisfactory
(6-7)
Not Satisfactory
(4-5)
Failed (0-3) Weight
Ability to
compare
different
trade-offs
and
decoupling
points
Give with
excellent
explanation of
8 different
trade-off and
decoupling
point
Give good
explanation for
5-6 different
trade-off and
decoupling
point
Give
explanation of
3-4 different
trade-off and
decoupling
point
Give poor
explanation for
1-2 different
trade-off and
decoupling
point
Very Poor
explanation, No
trade-offs or
decoupling points
have been discussed
20
Ability to
compare the
effects of
trade-offs on
costs/service
levels
Analyse 5
effects with
excellent
explanation
Analyse 3-4
effects with
good
explanation
Analyse 2
effects with
explanation
Give poor
analysis of one
effect
No analysis of
effects/ No
explanation for the
effcets
20
Ability to
compare
effects of
decoupling
points on
costs/service
levels
Compare all
types with
good
explanation
Compare most
of types with
good
explanation
Compare 1-2
types with
explanation
Compare only a
single type with
poor
explanation
No comparison of
different types
20
Ability to
bring
discussion
and
conclusions
Give an
excellent
discussion on
more than five
conclusion
Give a good
discussion on 4
conclusion
Give a
discussion on
2-3 conclusion
Give a
discussion only
on one
conclusion
No
conclusion/discussio
n has been given
20
Teamwork
skills
Demonstrate
excellent ability
to multi-task
and prioritize
workload
effectively
Demonstrate
ability to
multi-task and
prioritize
workload
effectively
Demonstrate
ability to
prioritize but
files are not
organized
Does not
demonstrate
ability to
prioritize
resulting in files
not organized
Does not
demonstrate ability
to prioritize resulting
in incomplete and
unorganized files
10
Time
management
Deliver all
assignments in
time and is
never late.
Deliver most
assignments in
time and few
assignments
deliver late
Deliver some
assignment in
time and some
late
Deliver most
assignments
late and few in
time
Deliver all
assignment late
10
Total Mark :100
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