Victorian Farmers's Cooperative- Laburnum Case Study- Supply Chain Assignment Help

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Task: Background: Laburnum Group From its origins in 1920 as a Victorian farmers cooperative, Laburnum Group has grown into one of Australia's largest listed companies with headquarters in Victoria, Australia. Laburnum Group’s diverse business areas cover home improvement, office supplies, chemicals, energy, industrial and safety products, and clothing. A key objective of Laburnum Group is to provide a satisfactory return to its shareholders while addressing various requirements of their wider stakeholders. Given the scale and scope of their operations, Laburnum Group constantly monitors performance across its diverse portfolio of businesses which is essential to their corporate strategy decisions. In particular, the energy and the clothing portfolios are of strategic interest to Laburnum Group as together they constitute the biggest share of their overall business. These portfolios are currently facing inefficiencies and challenges which have motivated their top management to re-examine the current systems, processes and strategies across different product categories. A report that contains information about the recent assessment of energy and clothing businesses of Laburnum Group shows that the majority of the inefficiencies and challenges across these sectors can be attributed to procurement and supply chain management decisions. As a result, a number of procurement and supply chain-related issues across the energy and the clothing areas were further analysed by a cross-functional team to identify areas where improvements might be attainable. The following sections detail specific inefficiency/challenge areas within the aforementioned business portfolios of Laburnum Group (energy: Sapphire Energy; clothing: AusCotton). Your task: You have recently been hired as the new Inventory Controller at Sapphire Energy. You are asked to address the following questions: 1. Evaluate the effectiveness of the current ordering system. 2. Can the current system be improved? Your answers to these questions will help you towards developing your report for Assessment 2.