This assignment requires you to use (ideally) the same Multi-National Corporation (MNC) [ i.e. an organisation that operates in its country of origin and also has a branch abroad) from the first assignment to write a report on their e-supply chain operations and the impact of digital activities in the supply chain.
You are required to also identify general issues with digital activities in terms of risks associated with hacking, data protection and the like in the sector and provide examples of issues from your organisation or others in the sector to highlight the issues organisations need to consider when developing and using digital activities.
The future digital trends for the organisation and sector should be explored with recommendations being made on how the organisation could develop its future digital trends.
Using secondary sources e.g., academic texts and journals available via the online library in StudyNet as well as reliable websites, news items, articles, develop a report covering the content above.
None of the MNCs covered in tutorials i.e Amazon, Uber, M&S can be used as your organisation as these have been covered in class.
You will need to complete the following tasks for this assignment:
1. A brief introduction to the organisation and its digital activities.
2. Research into the background of the organisation and its current e-supply chain digital activities and provided a detailed review of this.
3. Discuss the issues associated with organisations within the digital economy landscape. focussing on the possible impact of these issues (no definitions and different parts of GDPR for example). Consider fraud, GDPR and hacking as a minimum.
4. Provide examples of the above issues that your organisation may have faced/are facing. Alternatively, provide examples from other organisations in the sector or similar sectors to highlight the issues and impact these can have on organisations. Consider other issues associated with the digital economy.
5. The future digital trends for the chosen organisation/ sector should be explored with recommendations being provided for the organisation/sector. For future developments, you may consider application of digital technologies such as AI, augmented technology, virtual reality to improve operational processes such as supply chain, customer relationship management and marketing. How future digital trends could provide business intelligence could also be considered here.
6. Referencing: in-text citation should be included within the body of the report with the full reference list being at the end of the report.
7. Please submit/upload your report as a PDF file.