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Level 4 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Applying Logistics and the Business Environment in practice: case studies

LSC402 · Logistics and the Business Environment — Week 12 of 16

CourseLSC402
Week12 of 16
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This week’s topics

Applying Logistics and the Business Environment in practice: case studies

  1. Case analysis
  2. Linking theory to practice
  3. Evaluating evidence
  4. CIMA E3 Environment analysis
  5. Lecture 16: International Business Environment, PESTEL Analysis, Culture and Business
  6. MITx MicroMasters SC1x Live Event 3A - Inventory Problem from Practice

What you will be able to do

  • 1.3 Discuss how logistics affect a supply chain.
  • 2.3 Compare different ways a logistics business could be structured.
  • 2.4 Discuss how functional relationships impact on how a logistic business is structured.
  • 3.4 Assess a logistics business’s internal environment.
  • 4.3 Assess a logistics business’s external environment.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Case-study workshop: apply the unit’s concepts to a real or realistic case and evaluate the outcome.

Study materials

Videos

  • CIMA E3 Environment analysis · YouTube · OpenTuition · 18 min · for registered students
  • MITx MicroMasters SC1x Live Event 3A - Inventory Problem from Practice · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 8 min · for registered students
  • CIMA E1 Management of Relationships Within the Supply Chain · YouTube · OpenTuition · 39 min · for registered students
  • PESTLE Analysis · YouTube · tutor2u · 9 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Writing Guide with Handbook, ch. 8.5: Writing an analytical report · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 254–267 · for registered students
  • Principles of Management, ch. 8.2: Using SWOT for strategic analysis · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 221–222 · for registered students
  • Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research · Reading · Arxiv, article · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Categories of Business Logistics
  • Week 2: Core Elements of Logistics Operations
  • Week 3: Logistics and Supply Chain Integration
  • Week 4: Internal Functions of a Logistics Business
  • Week 5: Organisational Structures in Logistics
  • Week 6: Foundations of the Logistics Internal Environment
  • Week 7: Internal Environmental Measurement and Assessment
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: The External Operating Environment
  • Week 10: External Environmental Analysis and Quantification
  • Week 11: Strategic Environmental Synthesis
  • Week 12: Applying Logistics and the Business Environment in practice…
  • 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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