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Level 5 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Information Technology in Global Supply Chains

LSC504 · Global Context of Supply Chains — Week 10 of 16

CourseLSC504
Week10 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Information Technology in Global Supply Chains

  1. Global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) integration
  2. End-to-end visibility via IoT and RFID tracking
  3. Cloud-based logistics platforms
  4. Blockchain for international provenance and customs compliance
  5. Week 10: Lecture 49: ERP, WMS & TMS (I & II)
  6. How Secure IoT is Transforming Supply Chains
  7. Week 10: Lecture 46: Role of Product Tracking & Traceability

What you will be able to do

  • 4.3 Describe the role of information technology in the management of a global supply chain.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe the role of information technology in the management of a global supply chain.

Study materials

Videos

  • How Secure IoT is Transforming Supply Chains · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 46 min · for registered students
  • Supply Chain Analytics in Action | Lessons from UPS on Digital Transformation, Technology, and AI · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 52 min · for registered students
  • Blockchain: What Is It and How Can It Be Applied in Supply Chains? · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 61 min · for registered students
  • Enterprise Analytics: Achieving Supply Chain Visibility at Scale · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 50 min · for registered students
  • From Supply Chain Analytics to Agentic AI | How AI is Transforming Supply Chain Decision Making · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 48 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Introduction to Logistics, ch. 2: Technology and Logistics · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 33–41 · for registered students
  • Foundations of Information Systems, ch. 11: Global Information Systems · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 409–444 · for registered students
  • Information Systems for Business and Beyond (2019), ch. 8: Business Processes · PDF · Other, textbook chapter · 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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