This week’s topics
Introduction to Supply Chains and Operations
- Stages from raw material extraction to end consumer
- Material, information, and financial flows
- Differentiating upstream, internal, and downstream activities
- What is a Supply Chain and How it Works | Supply Chain Management
- Mod-09 Lec-35 Introduction to Supply Chain Management
- Vertical Integration - The Difference Between Backward and Forward Vertical Integration
What you will be able to do
- 1.1 Explain the stages and flows within a supply chain.
- 1.2 Differentiate between upstream, internal and downstream operations.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the stages and flows within a supply chain.
Study materials
Videos
- What is a Supply Chain and How it Works | Supply Chain Management · YouTube · Dr. Haywood · 3 min · for registered students
- Vertical Integration - The Difference Between Backward and Forward Vertical Integration · YouTube · Dr. Haywood · 4 min · for registered students
- Business Bursts: supply chain (1/3) · YouTube · OpenLearn from The Open University · 4 min · for registered students
- Business Growth: Advantages and Drawbacks of Vertical Integration I A Level and IB Economics · YouTube · tutor2u · 6 min · for registered students
- Horizontal and Vertical Integration (Business Growth Strategy) · YouTube · tutor2u · 5 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 7: Supply Chain Management · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 285–330 · for registered students
- Introduction to Logistics, ch. 1: The Role of Logistics in Supply Chains · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 13–32 · for registered students
- Principles of Marketing, ch. 9: Using Supply Chains to Create Value for Customers · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 275–304 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
