SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Supply Chain Management

Table of Contents

Analysis1

Findings1

1. TESCO (RETAIL)2

Background2

Major Stakeholders Included In the Text2

Whose Interests Appear To Be Served In The Text?3

What Is Claimed As Being True Or Factual?3

Commonly Used Words and Phrases3

Patterns Or Themes With Respect To Commonly Used Words And Phrases3

2. GLAXOSMITHKLINE (PHARMACEUTICAL)4

Major Stakeholders Included In the Text4

Whose Interests Appear To Be Served In The Text?4

What Is Claimed As Being True Or Factual?4

Supply chains activities4

Commonly Used Words and Phrases5

Patterns Or Themes With Respect To Commonly Used Words And Phrases5

3. MARKS & SPENCER6

Major Stakeholders Included In the Text6

Whose Interests Appear To Be Served In The Text?6

What Is Claimed As Being True Or Factual?6

Supply chains activities6

Commonly Used Words and Phrases7

Patterns or Themes With Respect To Commonly Used Words and Phrases7

4. UNITED UTILITIES (WATER UTILITY COMPANY)8

Major Stakeholders Included In the Text8

Whose Interests Appear To Be Served In The Text?8

What Is Claimed As Being True Or Factual?8

Supply chains activities8

Commonly Used Words And Phrases9

Patterns Or Themes With Respect To Commonly Used Words And Phrases9

5. INTERNATIONAL POWER (ELECTRICITY GENERATOR)10

Major Stakeholders Included In The Text10

Whose Interests Appear To Be Served In The Text?10

What Is Claimed As Being True Or Factual?10

Supply chains activities10

Commonly Used Words and Phrases11

Patterns or Themes With Respect To Commonly Used Words and Phrases11

Conclusion11

Supply Chain Management

Analysis

When considering a company, the potential foreign and domestic partners should emphasize the importance of establishing an ethical supply chain management process early in the contractual negotiation stage when trust is being built between the two companies. Once the partners agree on a set of values, the values become the foundation on which the partnership builds its supply chain and quality assurance management systems. Foreign investors should also use their negotiating power to set high ethical standards for a subcontractor's supply chain management in their business agreements, and contracts including by making subcontractors' adherence to a contractual clause related to quality assurance and supply chain management mandatory. Companies may want to establish financial consequences for breaches of these contractual commitments (Stock, 2001).

The main purpose of this paper is to choose five companies and conduct an analysis of supply chain management activities of this company. This paper also makes an evaluation on the extent of ethical and responsible supply chain management activities. Data was analyzed systematically and transparently using the framework method of analyzing data from the reports of the selected companies that have provided us with an in-depth analysis of the company and the techniques through which they maintain ethical and social responsibilities.

Findings

The data have been collected from several reports of companies that were read thoroughly to understand the social and ethical measures taken by these companies. The main objective of this research is to get an insight of companies' supply chain management and its social and ethical responsibilities. However, a common theme of supply chain management was seen to be adopted by all companies as analyzed by their reports.

Some of these themes included similar stakeholders, and the text was of interest for people who are almost similar for all ...