This week’s topics
Logistics and Supply Chain Integration
- Bullwhip effect mitigation
- Order fulfilment cycles
- Lead-time reduction
- Customer service level trade-offs
- Responsive Supply Chain Strategies | SCMT 4653
- Postponement Capabilities | SCMT 4653
- Efficient Supply Chain Strategies | SCMT 4653
What you will be able to do
- 1.3 Discuss how logistics affect a supply chain.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: discuss how logistics affect a supply chain.
Study materials
Videos
- Responsive Supply Chain Strategies | SCMT 4653 · YouTube · Walton College Supply Chain Management · 8 min · for registered students
- Postponement Capabilities | SCMT 4653 · YouTube · Walton College Supply Chain Management · 14 min · for registered students
- Efficient Supply Chain Strategies | SCMT 4653 · YouTube · Walton College Supply Chain Management · 8 min · for registered students
Further resources
- 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
- Principles of Marketing, ch. 17.5–17.6: The supply chain and logistics · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 591–596 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
