This guide is for BUSI 615 Week 8 Final Integrated Learning Project, start to submission. A working Excel ERP model for your firm (MPS, BOM, MRP, capacity, DRP and transport planning) with a written management report.
BUSI 615 is Logistics, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MBA. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as BUSI615; it is the same course.
| Course | BUSI 615 Logistics |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 8 |
| Points | 200 points |
| Length | Not set in the guide; follow the Kaltura presentation and course content |
| Sources | Your team's model, the custom text and ERP vendor information |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Excel ERP model and written management report |
What BUSI 615 Week 8 Final Integrated Learning Project asks for
The final project is a working Excel ERP model for your chosen firm that ties the earlier weeks into one integrated model covering the master production schedule, bill of materials, materials requirements planning, capacity planning, distribution requirements planning and transport requirements planning. It includes a written management report with (1) an implementation recommendation based on a cost-benefit analysis, (2) an implementation project plan with responsibilities, and (3) a justified recommendation for an ERP system (such as SAP or another) and its operation (local or cloud) and scope (national, global and so on). It is due in Module/Week 8 with the chapter on global supply chains. Worth 200 points.
Where it fits in BUSI 615
In the published schedule, Final Integrated Learning Project is one of 13 graded written assignments in BUSI 615. It follows Week 7 Weekly Integrated Learning Project 7, and it is the last written assignment in the course.
How BUSI 615 Week 8 Final Integrated Learning Project is graded
Liberty grades Final Integrated Learning Project with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 200 points in the published guide. That is about 20% of the course's 1,010 points. Read the rubric first. Each row is a criterion, and the wording of the highest column is the closest thing you have to a model answer.
Course grades in BUSI 615 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week (except Module/Week 1) begins on Saturday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Friday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The BUSI 615 Week 8 method, step by step
See where this piece sits in the project
Read the whole project brief before this stage. Knowing where Final Integrated Learning Project leads lets you collect the right information now.
Choose a subject you can research
Choose a subject with plenty of public data. Every later stage will need facts about it.
Answer the questions this stage asks
Turn each question in the stage instructions into a heading and answer it with specifics about your subject, not general theory.
Apply the course model
Use the framework from Logistics that this stage is built on, named and applied step by step to your subject.
Support with sources
Cite the facts you use (Your team's model, the custom text and ERP vendor information). Industry reports, filings and journal articles carry more weight than websites with no author.
Format, length and teamwork
Stay within Not set in the guide; follow the Kaltura presentation and course content and format in current APA. If the stage is a group deliverable, agree on who writes which section early and edit for one voice at the end.
For the ERP choice, compare two or three systems suited to a firm of your size on cost, functions and deployment, and justify cloud or local hosting. Present the implementation plan as a phased table with owners and dates.
A structure for BUSI 615 Week 8 Final Integrated Learning Project
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,600 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Working model | All six modules integrated. | ~640 words |
| Cost-benefit analysis | Implementation recommendation. | ~320 words |
| Implementation plan | Tasks, timeline and responsibilities. | ~320 words |
| ERP system recommendation | System, cloud or local, and scope. | ~320 words |
A topic angle that works
The model shows the planning logic works; the report persuades management to act. Quantify benefits (lower inventory, fewer stockouts, less expediting) against costs (licenses, implementation, training) and recommend a system whose size fits the firm.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
We recommend a cloud-based mid-market ERP rather than a large on-premises suite, because the firm has one plant and two distribution centers and no in-house IT team to run servers. Projected benefits of about $420,000 a year, mainly from a 20% inventory reduction and fewer expedited shipments, exceed the estimated $250,000 first-year cost and $90,000 annual subscription, paying back in under two years. Implementation runs in three phases over nine months, led by the operations manager.
- A sized choice.
- Costs and benefits.
- A phased plan with an owner.
Mistakes that cost points on BUSI 615 Week 8
- A model that does not update end to end.
- Benefits without numbers.
- An unjustified ERP choice.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Not set in the guide; follow the Kaltura presentation and course content
- Sources: Your team's model, the custom text and ERP vendor information
- Every question in this stage's instructions answered
- Consistent with the subject chosen in earlier stages
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
What must the BUSI 615 management report include?
A cost-benefit implementation recommendation, an implementation project plan with responsibilities, and a justified ERP system recommendation including local or cloud operation and scope.
How many points is BUSI 615 Week 8 Final Integrated Learning Project worth?
200 points in Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 615, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 20% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is BUSI 615 Week 8 the same in every section of BUSI 615?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 615. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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