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CAPSTONE TITLE (12 WORDS OR LESS), ALL CAPS,
CENTERED,
DOUBLE-SPACED; TOP LINE ABOUT 3 INCHES FROM TOP
OF PAGE
by
Stanley Thompson Jr.
FACULTY NAME ALL CAPS, Degree, Committee Chair
FACULTY NAME ALL CAPS, Degree, Committee Member
FACULTY NAME ALL CAPS, Degree, Committee Member
Todd C. Wilson, PhD, Dean, School of Business and
Technology
A Capstone Project Presented in Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Degree
Doctor of Business Administration
Capella University
March 2021

© Copyright [year] Learner Name
Instructions
1. Purpose. The template provides structure and guidance for
Capella University learners enrolled in the School of Business
and Technology’s DBA capstone program who began on or after
January 1, 2018. This template may require updates as program
requirements change. You will be notified by the doctoral chair
when a new template is released. Required content pieces may
vary by learner, depending upon their specific topic/project
plan. Consult with your instructor/mentor/chair about potential
changes, if you feel this pertains to you.
2. Rubrics. Please see the DBA Capstone Template Guide on the
DBA Capstone University website to review the rubrics which
will be used to grade your work. Further, the guide includes
suggested content for each section. Not all studies will exactly
fit into the template guide suggested content, so work with your
instructor/mentor/chair/committee to ensure your project is
designed appropriately for the techniques and process you have
utilized.
3. Style note. This template uses APA, with some exceptions,
including those noted in the Doctoral Publications Guidebook.
It also uses non-APA heading levels; the headings in this
template are designed to mirror a business document. To add
additional heading levels, follow the format used in section
2.6.1.1, on page 2 of this template (sentence case, italics, bold,
paragraph begins on same line); do not include these lower level
headings in the TOC. Additionally, issue numbers should be
consistently included in the reference list, regardless of
pagination rules, as per the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association (7th ed.) Permission for using the
singular they, as approved by Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate
Dictionary (11th ed.) and the Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association (7th ed.) is formally
adopted here.

DELETE ALL INSTRUCTIONS PRIOR TO FINAL
SUBMISSION.
Executive Summary
Write a one page executive summary of your project here. This
should not be written until the final approvals to your project
are completed. This should explain the problem, purpose,
method, population, and results of your project. Implications or
practical uses of the project results should be included. This is
not an APA abstract. This would be used to provide a high-level
explanation of your project to a CEO, COO, or other key-
stakeholder.
ONCE YOU’VE WRITTEN THIS PAGE, DELETE ALL
INSTRUCTIONS.
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Dedication
This page is optional. The dedication is the writer’s personal
acknowledgment indicating his or her appreciation and respect
for significant individuals in the writer’s life. The dedication is
personal; thus, any individuals named are frequently unrelated
to the topic of the manuscript.

Typically, the learner dedicates the work to the one or two
individuals who instilled in the learner the value of education
and the drive to succeed in educational pursuits. Learners often
dedicate manuscripts to relatives, immediate family, or
significant individuals who have supported them or played a
role in their lives.
INSTRUCTIONS.
Acknowledgments
The acknowledgments differ from the dedication in one
significant way: The acknowledgements recognize individuals
who have supported the writer’s scholarly efforts as they relate
to the doctoral manuscript or who have held a role in the
writer’s academic career as it relates to the research of the
manuscript. This might mean your mentor and committee
members, doctoral advisor, online or colloquia faculty, and
other support people from Capella or other organizations. If you
received financial support from fellowships, grants, or other
organizational support, it should be noted in this section.
INSTRUCTIONS.
Table of Contents
Update the TOC using the Word feature (right click and
update). Do not break the headings. The headings are formatted
to update the TOC using the edit table feature of Word.
List of Figuresxi
SECTION 1. BUSINESS PROBLEM AND PROJECT SCOPE1
1.1 Introduction1
1.2 Capstone Topic1
1.2.1 Problem of Practice1
1.3 Purpose of the Project1
1.3.1. Project Need1
1.3.2 Project question(s)1
1.3.3. Project Justification1

1.3.4 Project Context: Company or Industry1
1.4. Doctor of Business Project Specifications1
1.4.1. Importance of the Project1
1.4.2. Approach for the Project1
1.5 Summary1
SECTION 2. LITERATURE REVIEW AND PROJECT PLAN2
2.1. Introduction2
2.1.1. Applied Framework2
2.2. Method for Discovering Literature2
2.2.1. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria2
2.2.2. Search Strategy2
2.3. Review of Scholarly and Practitioner Literature2
2.3.1. Historic and Current Business Problem Trends2
2.3.2. Previous Efforts to Address the Problem2
2.4. Summary of Literature2
2.5. Recruitment2
2.6. Project Study Protocol2
2.6.1 Data Sources2
2.6.2. Data Collection2
2.6.3. Data Analysis Plan and Presentation2
2.6.4 Validity and Reliability/Trustworthiness2
2.6.5 Ethical Considerations2
2.7. Overview of the Project Study Plan3
2.8 Summary and Conclusion3
SECTION 3. RESULTS, DISUSSION, AND IMPLICATIONS4
3.1 Introduction4
3.2. Data Collection Results4
3.3. Data Analysis4
3.4 Contribution to Theory, the Literature, and the Practitioner
Knowledge Base4
3.5 Project Application and Recommendations4
3.6 Conclusion4
REFERENCES5
APPENDIX A. APPENDIX TITLE6

List of Tables
Table 1. Add table title [single-spaced if longer than one line],
and add the page
number xx
Table 2. Title xx
Leave one full blank line between entries.
List of Figures
Figure 1. Add figure title [single-spaced if longer than one
line], and add the page
number xx
Figure 2. Title xx
Leave one full blank line between entries. Do not remove the
section break that follows this paragraph.
vi
SECTION 1. BUSINESS PROBLEM AND PROJECT SCOPE1.1
Introduction
With globalization becoming more popular in the business
environment, many organizations and business are heavily
relying on supply chain systems to facilitate interconnectivity
between businesses and their potential markets. Therefore,
proper supply chain management is very critical in business
operations especially for those companies or organizations with
global operations. According to the research done by the
London school of business in 2018 on the role of efficient
supply chain management in enhancing business reliability,

efficiency, flexibility and customer satisfaction, established the
following: one was that many giant companies like Amazon Inc.
and Walmart heavily rely on streamlining their supply chain to
remain competitive in the customer oriented market. Moreover,
the business philanthropist Warren Buffet argued during an
interview with New York Times that more technologies are
needed to increase supply chain efficiency since it holds the
future of many businesses that rely on it to expand their global
operations. Hence, there is need to come up with business and
tech oriented strategies to improve the efficiency of many
global supply chain systems. Currently, many SMEs are finding
it hard to remain competitive in the global market due to the
high cost of business operations as a result of complex supply
chain systems that make business transactions time consuming.
Consequently integration of technologies like Enterprise
Resource Planning and data analytics in the supply chain system
holds a breakthrough for businesses and is likely to influence
global operations of many business positively (Lamba & Singh,
2017). And if streamlining of supply chain networks isn’t done,
businesses face incurring high cost of managing business
operations coupled with reduction in revenues. Comment by
Author: Use the formal name. Probably has caps for school and
business, if nothing else. Comment by Author: Add reference
Comment by Author: This is a good paragraph. But end
with a strong thesis statement. How does this apply to your
work?
1.2 Capstone Topic
The purpose of this Modified Delphi project is to identify a set
of enterprise resource planning (ERP) practices for managing
supply chain risk as viewed by a nationwide panel of supply
chain management experts and to determine the extent to which
there is a consensus of opinion among these experts as to the
desirability, feasibility and importance of these practices.
Comment by Author: One, we do not like one-sentence
paragraphs. Three sentences minimum is preferred. And two,
narrow your scope. This seems to indicate that your proposed

solution seems to apply to all industries and types and size of
organizations.
1.2.1 Problem of Practice
For many organizations and businesses, profit or revenues is
usually the motivation and development of strategies that
reduces the cost of doing business while increasing revenues is
the dream of any business today. Supply chain management is
one area where companies are losing a lot of revenues due to
complexity in the supply chain procedures that leads to increase
in the cost of doing business (Meredith & Shafer, 2019). For
instance, invoice management and risk management remain one
of the biggest problems associated with ineffective supply chain
systems. This business problem has made many companies lose
customers and even incur losses associated with reduced
efficiency of chosen supply chain system. Comment by
Author: Seems run on. Split into two sentences
1.3 Purpose of the Project1.3.1. Project Need 1.3.2 Project
question(s)
PQ1:
PQ2:1.3.3. Project Justification1.3.4 Project Context: Company
or Industry
As mentioned above globalization has opened up endless
opportunities for business and companies alike however, if
supply chain systems aren’t streamlined, business problems like
constant increase in the cost of production, risk management
and invoice management will continue to frustrate many
companies. Adoption of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
technology holds the future of reducing unnecessary procedures
associated with the supply chain management. In addition, ERP
technology has the capability of streamlining supply chain
networks, for instance, in risk management ERP allows tracking
of goods and services with their real time status enhancing risk
management (Nair & Reed, 2019). Also global operations
require efficient and cost effective supply chain system which
will ensure that business deliver products and services to their

target market within agreed timelines without experiencing
delays. Further, with constant change in the global market,
fusion of technology in the supply chain management holds a
major breakthrough for business whose operations rely heavily
on efficiency of supply chain systems adopted by businesses.
Hence, there is a direct correlation between revenues generated
by a company and the efficiency of the business supply chain.
Comment by Author: Add more references. Also - refer to
the presentation on 5/14 – narrow down and put boundaries
around you research.
1.4. Doctor of Business Project Specifications1.4.1. Importance
of the Project1.4.2. Approach for the Project1.5 Summary
[Note to learners: the project’s sections 1 to 1.5 will be revised
into past tense after you conduct the study and write Section 3.
Delete these instructions.].
SECTION 2. LITERATURE REVIEW AND PROJECT
PLAN2.1. Introduction
2.1.1. Applied Framework 2.2. Method for Discovering
Literature
2.2.1. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
2.2.2. Search Strategy2.3. Review of Scholarly and Practitioner
Literature2.3.1. Historic and Current Business Problem Trends
2.3.1.1. Potential additional section header.2.3.2. Previous
Efforts to Address the Problem2.4. Summary of Literature 2.5.
Recruitment 2.6. Project Study Protocol2.6.1 Data Sources
2.6.1.1.Preliminary sources of data expected. [Text starts here].
2.6.1.2.Instrumentation and data collection tools.2.6.2. Data
Collection 2.6.3. Data Analysis Plan and Presentation2.6.4
Validity and Reliability/Trustworthiness2.6.5 Ethical
Considerations2.7. Overview of the Project Study Plan2.8
Summary and Conclusion
[Note to learners: The project’s sections 1 to 2.13 will be
revised into past tense after you conduct the study and write

Section 3. Delete.].
SECTION 3. RESULTS, DISUSSION, AND IMPLICATIONS3.1
Introduction3.2. Data Collection Results3.3. Data Analysis3.4
Contribution to Theory, the Literature, and the Practitioner
Knowledge Base3.5 Project Application and Recommendations
3.6 Conclusion
REFERENCES
[References may be single-spaced. Use the ruler to create a
hanging indent, or apply the “APA reference list” style.
References should be APA styled (based on Capella’s current
edition implemented). All article issue numbers should be
included, regardless of APA edition in use. Leave one blank
space between entries.]
Lamba, K., & Singh, S. P. (2017). Big data in operations and
supply chain management: current trends and future
perspectives. Production Planning & Control, 28(11-12), 877-
890.
Meredith, J. R., & Shafer, S. M. (2019). Operations and supply
chain management for MBAs. Wiley.
Nair, A., & Reed‐Tsochas, F. (2019). Revisiting the complex
adaptive systems paradigm: leading perspectives for researching
operations and supply chain management issues. Journal of
Operations Management, 65(2), 80-92.
APPENDIX A. APPENDIX TITLE
Please include all instruments, permissions, and other important
documentation here [as determined by your instructor, mentor,
or committee members] until final Dean review, at which time
they should be removed. Learner-created interview protocols,
surveys, or other original documentation should remain for
Dean review and final submission.

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Capella University’s Academic Honesty Policy (3.01.01) holds
learners accountable for the integrity of work they submit,
which includes but is not limited to discussion postings,
assignments, comprehensive exams, and the dissertation or
capstone project.
Established in the Policy are the expectations for original work,
rationale for the policy, definition of terms that pertain to
academic honesty and original work, and disciplinary
consequences of academic dishonesty. Also stated in the Policy
is the expectation that learners will follow APA rules for citing
another person’s ideas or works.
The following standards for original work and definition of
plagiarism are discussed in the Policy:
Learners are expected to be the sole authors of their work and to

acknowledge the authorship of others’ work through proper
citation and reference. Use of another person’s ideas, including
another learner’s, without proper reference or citation
constitutes plagiarism and academic dishonesty and is
prohibited conduct. (p. 1)
Plagiarism is one example of academic dishonesty. Plagiarism is
presenting someone else’s ideas or work as your own.
Plagiarism also includes copying verbatim or rephrasing ideas
without properly acknowledging the source by author, date, and
publication medium. (p. 2)
Capella University’s Research Misconduct Policy (3.03.06)
holds learners accountable for research integrity. What
constitutes research misconduct is discussed in the Policy:
Research misconduct includes but is not limited to falsification,
fabrication, plagiarism, misappropriation, or other practices that
seriously deviate from those that are commonly accepted within
the academic community for proposing, conducting, or
reviewing research, or in reporting research results. (p. 1)
Learners failing to abide by these policies are subject to
consequences, including but not limited to dismissal or
revocation of the degree.
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