This week’s topics
Cross-Functional Contributions to Operations
- Procurement and sourcing functions
- Production planning and warehouse management
- Alignment with sales, marketing, and finance
- Functional Areas Explained | HR, Marketing, Production & Finance
- Master Production Schedule Operations Management - A Review of the Production Planning Process
- Week 03: Lecture 12: Interface between Operations & Finance
- Quality control and production planning
What you will be able to do
- 2.1 Describe the contribution of key business functions to supply chain activity.
Activity
Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe the contribution of key business functions to supply chain activity.
Study materials
Videos
- Functional Areas Explained | HR, Marketing, Production & Finance · YouTube · Two Teachers · 10 min · for registered students
- Master Production Schedule Operations Management - A Review of the Production Planning Process · YouTube · Dr. Haywood · 11 min · for registered students
- Quality control and production planning · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 3 (lower secondary level) · for registered students
Further resources
- Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 10.4: Resource planning – purchasing and suppliers · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 337–341 · for registered students
- Principles of Marketing, ch. 17.5–17.6: The supply chain and logistics · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 591–596 · for registered students
- Procurement in the Supply Chain World, ch.: Introduction to Procurement · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 13–24 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
