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Level 5 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Benefits and Disadvantages of Global Supply Chains

LSC504 · Global Context of Supply Chains — Week 4 of 16

CourseLSC504
Week4 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Benefits and Disadvantages of Global Supply Chains

  1. Labour and production cost arbitrage
  2. Global resource availability and market access
  3. Extended lead times and pipeline inventory costs
  4. Currency volatility and intellectual property vulnerabilities
  5. Lecture 57: Supply Chain Management, Global Production and Distribution, Manufacturing Strategy
  6. UNCTAD webinar Global value chains in transition

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Describe the benefits to a business of having a global supply chain.
  • 2.3 Describe the disadvantages to a business of having a global supply chain.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe the benefits to a business of having a global supply chain.

Study materials

Videos

  • UNCTAD webinar Global value chains in transition · YouTube · UN Trade and Development · 96 min · for registered students
  • Where Is Globalisation Headed? A Supply Chain View · YouTube · Gresham College · 60 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • International Business, ch. 14: Competing Effectively through Global Marketing, Distribution, and Supply-Chain Management · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 637–683 · for registered students
  • Risks and Global Supply Chains: What We Know and What We Need to Know · PDF · NBER, article · for registered students
  • Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 10.3 Location and ch. 12.4 Supply chain management · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; p.413 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Drivers and Concepts of Globalisation
  • Week 2: Impact of Globalisation on Organisational Structure and Cul…
  • Week 3: Globalisation and the Modern Logistics Industry
  • Week 4: Benefits and Disadvantages of Global Supply Chains
  • Week 5: Global Supply Chain Strategy and Decision-Making
  • Week 6: Global Supply Chain Planning
  • Week 7: Global Supply Chain Network Design
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Risk Management in Global Supply Chains
  • Week 10: Information Technology in Global Supply Chains
  • Week 11: Emerging Issues in Global Supply Chains
  • Week 12: Applying Global Context of Supply Chains in practice: case …
  • 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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