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Level 5 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Financial Performance Assessment in Logistics

LSC503 · Contract and Financial Management — Week 11 of 16

CourseLSC503
Week11 of 16
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This week’s topics

Financial Performance Assessment in Logistics

  1. Financial ratio analysis for logistics operations
  2. Cost-to-serve analysis
  3. Return on capital employed (ROCE)
  4. Evaluating organizational financial effectiveness
  5. Financial ratio analysis
  6. ROE vs. ROCE
  7. #4 Return on Assets | Strategic Sourcing

What you will be able to do

  • 4.5 Assess the effectiveness of a logistics business’s financial management.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: assess the effectiveness of a logistics business’s financial management.

Study materials

Videos

  • Financial ratio analysis · YouTube · The Finance Storyteller · 10 min · for registered students
  • ROE vs. ROCE · YouTube · Edspira · 7 min · for registered students
  • Profitability Ratios: Rates of Return | Financial Statement Analysis · YouTube · Edspira · 6 min · for registered students
  • Capital Employed and Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) Explained in 3 MINUTES! · YouTube · Steve Willis ACCA · 4 min · for registered students
  • 3 Step DuPont Analysis for ROE | Financial Statement Analysis · YouTube · Edspira · 8 min · for registered students
  • Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) · YouTube · tutor2u · 8 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Managerial Accounting, ch. 13: How Do Managers Use Financial and Nonfinancial Performance Measures? · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 883–972 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Financial Accounting, Lyryx 2023-A, ch. 12: Financial Statement Analysis · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 489–532 · for registered students
  • Assessing and monitoring the economic and financial standing of suppliers (UK Government Commercial Function) · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance; 66 pages · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Logistics Contract Management
  • Week 2: Contract Management Cycles and Frameworks
  • Week 3: Contract Administration and Performance Metrics
  • Week 4: Contractual Risk and Operational Assessment
  • Week 5: Principles of Financial Management in Logistics
  • Week 6: Strategic Value of Logistics Financial Systems
  • Week 7: Logistics Financial Relationships
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Total Cost Analysis in Supply Chains
  • Week 10: Financial Factors and Risk Management
  • Week 11: Financial Performance Assessment in Logistics
  • Week 12: Applying Contract and Financial Management in practice: cas…
  • 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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