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‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
‫وزارة التعليم‬
‫الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية‬

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University

College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment 2
Logistics Management (MGT 322)
Due Date: 02/11/2024 @ 23:59
Course Name:

Student’s Name:

Course Code: MGT322

Student’s ID Number:

Semester: First

CRN:
Academic Year:2024-25-1st

For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name:
Students’ Grade: / 10

Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low

General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
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The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
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‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
‫وزارة التعليم‬
‫الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية‬

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University

College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Logistics Management
ASSIGNMENT -2
Submission Date by students: Before week 10
Place of Submission: Students Grade Centre
Weight:

10 Marks

Learning Outcome:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of how global competitive environments are changing supply chain
management and logistics practice.
2. Apply essential elements of core logistic and supply chain management principles.
3. Analyse and identify challenges and issues pertaining to logistical processes.
Assignment Workload:
This assignment is an individual assignment.

Critical Thinking
Many businesses are looking for answers in the fiercely competitive, wildly unpredictable, and
dynamic climate of today. As supply chain management grows more complex and the gap between
what businesses want to do and what they can do internally widens, businesses start to understand
that doing the right thing is more exciting than doing everything. As a result, by outsourcing and
offshoring tasks that are unrelated to their main business, companies become sharper and more
specialized. Businesses frequently choose to contract out this function in full or in part to agents or
outside logistics companies.

Provide an answer to the following questions by acknowledging any local or multinational Saudi
enterprise using the offshoring and outsourcing concepts.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University

‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
‫وزارة التعليم‬
‫الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية‬

College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Question:
1. What functions do third-party logistics companies provide to ensure that a global organization’s
supply chain operates smoothly? (3 Mark)
2. What are the driving forces behind businesses expanding abroad? (3 Mark)
3. Why do businesses seek to offshore their work to developing nations? Give instances.
(Mention the country and decisive factors) (3 Mark)
4. References (Use APA style of referencing (1 Mark)

The Answer must follow the Keyword/ outline points below:
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Each answer should be 200 to 250 range of word counts.

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Outsourcing, offshoring, Third Party Logistics

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Their Main functions

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Motivational Factors /Drivers

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Reasons with suitable Examples

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Reference

Note: You can support your answer by reading your book.
You can use secondary source available on internet.

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