Your initial meeting with your new boss went very well and
you are now working in a department that supports the company’s strategic
planning for growth in the Supply Chain industry. Your department head has
asked you to do research from a newcomer’s perspective to inform existing
company marketing directions. He has
asked you to write a short paper detailing the three top trends in the Supply
Chain industry, and focus on what you think is the most important issue in
these trends. He is hoping to use your
research to position your department to launch a new strategic plan. However, your immediate task is to do the
research, write a short, focused paper with correctly cited sources to enable
further study.
This is your first real task and you are excited and a
little nervous about the assignment. You think you have a sense of the Supply
Chain industry but know you need to do more research to be spot on. The ability
to spot trends in your industry is an important skill. enabling you to spend
energy on new growth areas, products, and services. Spaeder (2007), writing for Entrepreneur,
offers ideas about how to Spot the Latest Trends
(https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/174142#).
Your assignment is to produce an essay of 1,000-1,300 words
in which you discuss THREE trends in the Supply Chain profession. You are to
provide citations for at least SIX RESOURCES to support your ideas. You will
give credit for ideas in your sources in proper APA “in – text” and
complete citations in the References page. You will identify three trends,
discuss them briefly, and then focus on a single issue that is especially
important.
Follow these steps for best results.
· Employ APA
Style 6ed format, including a title page, running header, and Reference List.
Use this short video to set up your References page properly. A great resource is ‘s APA Examples.
Check out the short video below that will help you set up your References page
expertly.
o An effective
introduction grabs the reader’s attention and sets the tone and direction for
the rest of the paper. In reading an
introduction, the reader should have a clear idea of what will follow. Supporting paragraphs move the reader from
the general introduction to the more specific aspects of your analysis in the
paper.
o The body
paragraphs show how the information you are providing supports and relates to
your thesis. Paragraphs across and
within sections need to effectively transition from one to the next.
o Each paragraph
should include a topic sentence, which contains the main point of the paragraph.
o The conclusion
brings to a close what you have presented in your paper.
