If the assignment is within +10% of the stated word limit no penalty will apply.The word count is to...

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If the assignment is within +10% of the stated word limit no penalty will apply.
The word count is to be declared on the front page of your assignment and the assignment cover sheet. The word count does not include:

Title and Contents page	Reference list	Appendices	Appropriate tables, figures and illustrations
Glossary	Bibliography	Quotes from interviews and focus groups.

Please note, in text citations [e.g. (Smith, 2011)] and direct secondary quotations [e.g. “dib-dab nonsense analysis” (Smith, 2011 p.123)] are INCLUDED in the word count.
If this word count is falsified, students are reminded that under ARNA page 30 Section 3.4 this will be regarded as academic misconduct.
If the word limit of the full assignment exceeds the +10% limit, 10% of the mark provisionally awarded to the assignment will be deducted. For example: if the assignment is worth 70 marks but is above the word limit by more than 10%, a penalty of 7 marks will be imposed, giving a final mark of 63.

Students must retain an electronic copy of this assignment (including ALL appendices) and it must be made available within 24hours of them requesting it be submitted.

Note:
For those assessments or partial assessments based on calculation, multiple choice etc., marks will be gained on an accumulative basis. In these cases, marks allocated to each section will be made clear.

Time limits and penalties for presentations

The time allocated for the presentation must be adhered to. At the end of this time, the presentation will be stopped and will be marked based on what has been delivered within the time limit.

Academic Misconduct

The Assessment Regulations for Northumbria Awards (ARNA) contain the

Regulations and procedures applying to cheating, plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct
.
The full policy is available at: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/central/ar/qualitysupport/asspolicies/
You are reminded that plagiarism, collusion and other forms of academic misconduct as referred to in the Academic Misconduct procedure of the assessment regulations are taken very seriously by Newcastle Business School. Assignments in which evidence of plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct is found may receive a mark of zero.

Mapping to Programme Goals and Objectives

This assessment will contribute directly to the following Postgraduate programme goals and objectives.

Goal One: Be independent, reflective critical thinkers

1.	Demonstrate awareness of their personal strengths and weaknesses through critical reflective practice.
2.	Understand and challenge personal patterns of thinking and behaving.

Goal Two: Be culturally and ethically aware

1.	Demonstrate their ability to work in diverse groups and teams.
2.	Reflect on their own ethical values.

Goal Three: Have developed leadership and management capability

1.	Demonstrate their personal contribution to team effectiveness.
X	2.	Communicate complex issues effectively.
3.	Demonstrate decision making and problem solving skills.
4.	Carry out presentations and lead discussions.

Goal Four: Have developed and applied knowledge of international business and management theory

X

1.

Acquire, interpret and apply knowledge of international business, management and organisational functions.

Goal Five: Have developed a range of research skills and project capabilities

1.	Plan and complete a major individual piece of research on a contemporary business, management or leadership topic of their choice.
2.	Demonstrate skills of analysis and synthesis in the application of research methods to the exploration of contemporary business issues.

Goal Six: Have developed specialist knowledge about the theory and practice of your programme of study

X

1.

Demonstrate specialist functional knowledge in relation to your programme of study.

Trait	0 Fail	1 – 39 Fail	40 – 49 Fail	50 – 54 Pass	55 – 59 Pass	60 – 69 Commendation	70 – 100 Distinction
Knowledge and Understanding	Work not submitted OR Work giving evidence of serious academic misconduct (subject to regulations in ARNA Appendix 1) OR Work showing no evidence of the knowledge, understanding and skills appropriate to level 7. None of the learning outcomes are met.	Work is not acceptable and provides little evidence of the knowledge, understanding and skills appropriate to level 7. Few of the learning outcomes are met.	Work is not acceptable in providing evidence of the knowledge, understanding and skills appropriate to level 7. However a majority of the learning outcomes are met and others are nearly satisfied	Adequate work providing evidence of the knowledge, understanding and skills appropriate to level 7 but only at a bare pass level. All learning outcomes are met (or nearly met and balanced by strengths elsewhere).	Satisfactory work providing evidence of the knowledge, understanding and skills appropriate to level 7. All learning outcomes are met.	Commendable work providing evidence to a high level of the knowledge, understanding and skills appropriate to level 7. All learning outcomes met, many are more than satisfied.	Excellent work providing evidence to a very high level of the knowledge, understanding and skills appropriate to level 7. All learning outcomes met, many at high level. Marks at the high end of this range indicate outstanding work where all learning outcomes are met at a high level.

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David · Accepted Answer

Running Head: TRADE-OFF IN SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 1
Trade-Off in Sustainable Supply Chain Management
TRADE-OFF IN SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 2 
Executive Summary  
This report describes the sustainable supply chain management in different manufacturing 
firms about the trade-off in the management of supply chain. The study makes an effort to 
understand the trade-off in supply chain and to get a trade-off balance in the components of 
sustainability which are economic development, social needs, and environmental 
performance. The major challenges in sustainable supply chain management are costs, 
complexity, operationalisation, uncertainties and so on. The report suggests the use of life 
cycle assessment and modelling techniques for the manufacturing firms is required to achieve 
trade-off in the supply chain to achieve sustainable supply chain management and manage the 
challenges. The supply chain executives are looking or use of technologies and evaluating the 
trade-off in various operations such as sourcing, inventory cost management, transportation 
cost, the cost of labour, etc. to achieve sustainable supply chain and also seeking solutions to 
balance the trade-off between economic development, social needs, and environmental 
performance.
TRADE-OFF IN SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 3 
Table of Contents 
Executive Summary ................................................................................................................... 2 
Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 4 
Sustainable supply chain management ...................................................................................... 4 
Analysis of Drivers .................................................................................................................... 5 
Analysis of Challenges .............................................................................................................. 6 
Conclusion ................................................................................................................................. 9 
References ................................................................................................................................ 11
TRADE-OFF IN SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 4 
Introduction 
The growing significance of environmental concerns and environmental performance had put 
immense pressure on the manufacturing firms to make an effort to manage the activities of 
the supply chain in the most efficient manner for optimal resource utilisation. There have 
been increasing the investments in managing sustainability in the supply chain for better 
environmental performance (Gunasekaran & Ngai, 2012). It is, therefore, important to 
understand to what extent the progress have been made and what sacrifices have been made 
to achieve the bottom line of sustainability which includes preservation of the environment, 
social system welfare, and economic development. However, for the optimisation and 
management of sustainable chain, it is essential to measure and balance the trade-off in the 
different components of sustainability such as environment, economic and social aspects. 
Sustainable supply chain management 
Sustainable supply chain management includes the integration of the economic, social and 
environmental goals to achieve systematic business process and transparency in logistic 
operations in the entire supply chain for long-term advantage of the firm (Seuring, 2013). 
Many production firms are investing time, money and effort to optimise the resource 
utilisation and manage the operations of the supply chain to control the cost. One of the top 
priorities of manufacturing businesses is to reduce carbon footprints as sustainability measure 
(Brandenburg et al., 2014). Under the sustainable chain management, the practices of green 
supply chain management incorporate social goals to develop business management. On the 
other hand, this integration of social goals with economy development is not established by 
many firms as the social needs pose optimization problem in the logistics network 
(Gunasekaran & Ngai, 2012). 
TRADE-OFF IN SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 5 
Analysis of Drivers 
The major drivers of sustainable supply chain management are environment, social and 
internal business processes, legislations and regulations as well as the customers. The firms 
are tracking, adopting green practices and reducing waste to manage the emissions from the 
activities of supply chain as supply chain operations are the major contributions in gas 
emission and carbon footprints (Tognetti et al., 2015). Also, the firms are identifying the 
loopholes in the process of electricity consumption and water consumption to reduce wastage 
and reduce the cost further. However, the improvement in one sustainability dimension is 
having an impact on other parameters of sustainability. Such trade-off in sustainable chain 
management is mostly seen in between environmental components and social system 
commitment. For instance,

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