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.entrepreneur.com/article/174142″>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.umuc.edu/library/libhow/apa_examples.cfm”>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.umuc.edu/library/libhow/apa_examples.cfm”> UMUC’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.