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Level 3 Diploma in Logistics, Supply Chain and Operations Management

Integrated cross-functional planning

LSC302 · Cross-functional Interconnectivity — Week 3 of 16

CourseLSC302
Week3 of 16
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This week’s topics

Integrated cross-functional planning

  1. Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
  2. Joint KPI setting
  3. Master production scheduling
  4. Cross-departmental alignment
  5. Lec 29-Aggregate Sales and Operations Planning-I (Intermediate & Aggregate Planning)
  6. Interrelationship of different functional departments
  7. Quality control and production planning

What you will be able to do

  • 1.3 Explain the importance of integrated planning across functions.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the importance of integrated planning across functions.

Study materials

Videos

  • Interrelationship of different functional departments · YouTube · Galton College · 27 min · for registered students
  • Quality control and production planning · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 3 (lower secondary level) · for registered students

Further resources

  • Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 14: Aggregate Planning · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 601–642 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 10.4: Resource planning – purchasing and suppliers · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 337–341 · for registered students
  • Principles of Accounting Vol. 2, ch. 7.1–7.2: How managers use budgets; operating budgets · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 316–328 · for registered students
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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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