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Level 4 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Sources of Finance for Logistics Operations

LSC404 · Finance and Accounting — Week 5 of 16

CourseLSC404
Week5 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Sources of Finance for Logistics Operations

  1. Short-term versus long-term funding
  2. Commercial mortgages and venture capital
  3. Vehicle leasing and hire purchase
  4. Scenario-based capital structure selection
  5. Capital Structure: Debt vs. Equity Explained
  6. What is Venture Capital? | Entrepreneurship | From A Business Professor
  7. Corporate debt versus traditional mortgages | Finance & Capital Markets | Khan Academy

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Understand the importance of business finance for a logistics business.
  • 2.3 Discuss the sources of finance for a logistics business in different scenarios.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: understand the importance of business finance for a logistics business.

Study materials

Videos

  • Capital Structure: Debt vs. Equity Explained · YouTube · Corporate Finance Institute · 4 min · for registered students
  • What is Venture Capital? | Entrepreneurship | From A Business Professor · YouTube · Business School 101 · 9 min · for registered students
  • Capital Structure | A-Level & IB Business · YouTube · tutor2u · 4 min · for registered students
  • Sources of Finance | Venture Capital · YouTube · tutor2u · 5 min · for registered students
  • Sources of Finance | Peer-to-Peer Funding · YouTube · tutor2u · 4 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • The Business Finance Guide, The journey and finance options · Reading · Other, report; pp. 6–29 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 16.3–16.5: Short-term, long-term and equity financing · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 543–548 · for registered students
  • Principles of Finance 2e, ch. 17: How Firms Raise Capital · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 509–536 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Financial Record-Keeping
  • Week 2: Core Financial Statements and Logistics Decision-Making
  • Week 3: Business Capital and Fixed Asset Depreciation
  • Week 4: Working Capital and Liquidity Management
  • Week 5: Sources of Finance for Logistics Operations
  • Week 6: Budgetary Frameworks and Approaches
  • Week 7: Budget Preparation in Logistics
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Variance Analysis and Budgetary Control
  • Week 10: Financial Performance and Ratio Analysis
  • Week 11: Addressing Financial Under-Performance
  • Week 12: Applying Finance and Accounting in practice: case studies
  • 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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