This week’s topics
Operations Planning and Resource Constraints
- Resource-based view in logistics
- Capacity planning
- Capital and technological assets
- Operational trade-offs
- Resource Based View | SCMT 4653
- What is Capacity Planning in Operations Management
- Capacity Planning Strategies - A Comparison of Lead Lag Match and Adjustment
What you will be able to do
- 1.2 Explain how the resources of a logistics business influences its operations planning.
- 1.4 Discuss how a logistic business’s objectives impact of the achievement of operational objectives.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain how the resources of a logistics business influences its operations planning.
Study materials
Videos
- Resource Based View | SCMT 4653 · YouTube · Walton College Supply Chain Management · 9 min · for registered students
- What is Capacity Planning in Operations Management · YouTube · Dr. Haywood · 6 min · for registered students
- Capacity Planning Strategies - A Comparison of Lead Lag Match and Adjustment · YouTube · Dr. Haywood · 8 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 8: Capacity Planning & Management · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 331–376 · for registered students
- Mastering Strategic Management, ch. 4: Managing Firm Resources · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 101–134 · for registered students
- Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 14: Aggregate Planning · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 601–642 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
