This week’s topics
Global Supply Chain Strategy and Decision-Making
- Offshoring, nearshoring, and reshoring trade-offs
- Total cost of ownership (TCO) evaluation
- Make-or-buy decisions in international markets
- Strategic alignment with corporate competitive priorities
- Supply Chain Risk Management and X shoring
- Week 03: Lecture 11: Link between Corporate & Supply Chain Strategy
- Week 03: Lecture 13: Procurement Strategy (Make Vs Buy)
What you will be able to do
- 2.4 Examine the impact of globalisation on organisational decision making and strategy.
- 3.3 Compare strategies used in establishing a global supply chain.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: examine the impact of globalisation on organisational decision making and strategy.
Study materials
Videos
- Supply Chain Risk Management and X shoring · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 60 min · for registered students
- Rethinking Supply Chain Strategy in Complex Markets · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 60 min · for registered students
- A Conversation on Global Supply Chain Management · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 61 min · for registered students
Further resources
- International Business, ch. 9: Exporting, Importing, and Global Sourcing · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 404–452 · for registered students
- Procurement in the Supply Chain World, ch.: Insourcing, Outsourcing, Making, or Buying · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 98–112 · for registered students
- Procurement in the Supply Chain World, ch.: Global Procurement · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 113–124 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
