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Level 3 Diploma in Logistics, Supply Chain and Operations Management

Core business functions and supply chain alignment

LSC302 · Cross-functional Interconnectivity — Week 1 of 16

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This week’s topics

Core business functions and supply chain alignment

  1. Role of procurement
  2. Operations and production links
  3. Sales and marketing demand generation
  4. Finance and cash flow coordination
  5. Marketing and its interrelationship with functional departments
  6. Running a small business

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Explain how core business functions interrelate in supporting supply chain objectives.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain how core business functions interrelate in supporting supply chain objectives.

Study materials

Videos

  • Marketing and its interrelationship with functional departments · YouTube · Galton College · 44 min · for registered students
  • Running a small business · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 3 (lower secondary level) · for registered students
  • Functional Areas Explained | HR, Marketing, Production & Finance · YouTube · Two Teachers · 10 min · 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
  • Managerial Accounting, ch. 9: How Are Operating Budgets Created? · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 541–618 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
Week 2
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Core business functions and supply chain alignment
  • Week 2: Consequences of cross-functional misalignment
  • Week 3: Integrated cross-functional planning
  • Week 4: Inventory types and strategic purposes
  • Week 5: Stock control and replenishment decisions
  • Week 6: Data integrity and information flows
  • Week 7: External stakeholder collaboration
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Digital technologies and supply chain visibility
  • Week 10: Supply chain resilience and continuity
  • Week 11: Organizational coordination and process improvement
  • Week 12: Applying Cross-functional Interconnectivity in practice: ca…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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