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Logistics and the Business Environment

LSC402

Course CodeLSC402
ECTS

Course Description

The aim of this unit is to provide learners with the underpinning knowledge to recognise the components and construct of the logistics sector and examine the fundamental factors which influence how a logistics business operates within the context of its internal and external business environment.

Course Objectives

The aim of this unit is to provide learners with the underpinning knowledge to recognise the components and construct of the logistics sector and examine the fundamental factors which influence how a logistics business operates within the context of its internal and external business environment.

Key Topics

  1. LO1: Understand the business of logistics.
  2. LO2: Understand the relationships between different logistic functions.
  3. LO3: Be able to measure a logistic business’s internal environment.
  4. LO4: Be able to measure a logistic business’s external environment.

Course Outline

WeekTopics
1Categories of Business Logistics
2Core Elements of Logistics Operations
3Logistics and Supply Chain Integration
4Internal Functions of a Logistics Business
5Organisational Structures in Logistics
6Foundations of the Logistics Internal Environment
7Internal Environmental Measurement and Assessment
MidtermMidterm evaluation
9The External Operating Environment
10External Environmental Analysis and Quantification
11Strategic Environmental Synthesis
12Applying Logistics and the Business Environment in practice: case studies
13Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
14Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
15Review and coursework completion
FinalFinal assessment and submission

Learning Outcomes

  1. LO1 Understand the business of logistics.
  2. 1.1 Explain different categories of business logistics.
  3. 1.2 Explain the major elements of logistics.
  4. 1.3 Discuss how logistics affect a supply chain.
  5. LO2 Understand the relationships between different logistic functions.
  6. 2.1 Explain the purpose of different functions of a logistics business.
  7. 2.2 Explain the relationship between the different functions of a logistics business.
  8. 2.3 Compare different ways a logistics business could be structured.
  9. 2.4 Discuss how functional relationships impact on how a logistic business is structured.
  10. LO3 Be able to measure a logistic business’s internal environment.
  11. 3.1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘internal environment of a logistics business.’
  12. 3.2 Explain why it is important to measure a logistic business’s internal environment.
  13. 3.3 Apply a technique to quantify a logistic business’s internal environment.
  14. 3.4 Assess a logistics business’s internal environment.
  15. LO4 Be able to measure a logistic business’s external environment.
  16. 4.1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘external environment of a logistics business.’
  17. 4.2 Explain why it is important to measure a logistics business’s external environment.
  18. 4.3 Assess a logistics business’s external environment.
  19. 4.4 Apply a technique to quantify a logistics business’s external environment.
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