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Level 5 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Assessment and Optimisation of SCM Flows

LSC505 · Principles and Concepts of Supply Chain Management — Week 4 of 16

CourseLSC505
Week4 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Assessment and Optimisation of SCM Flows

  1. Inventory velocity and throughput rates
  2. Digital tracking and end-to-end visibility
  3. Identifying flow bottlenecks and lead-time variability
  4. Operational auditing of flow performance
  5. End to End Strategy with Kathy Rodriguez of General Mills - SC3x Live

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Illustrate different SCM flows used by a business.
  • 2.3 Assess a business’s management of SCM flows.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: illustrate different SCM flows used by a business.

Study materials

Videos

  • End to End Strategy with Kathy Rodriguez of General Mills - SC3x Live · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 59 min · for registered students
  • Behind the Brand - Supply Chains: Smart Car (3/4) · YouTube · OpenLearn from The Open University · 12 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 7: Supply Chain Management · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 285–330 · for registered students
  • Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 16: Just-In-Time and Lean Systems · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 687–714 · for registered students
  • Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 13: Inventory Management · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 565–600 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Fundamentals and Strategic Importance of SCM
  • Week 2: Supply Chain Models and Logistics Interfaces
  • Week 3: Supply Chain Flows and Mapping
  • Week 4: Assessment and Optimisation of SCM Flows
  • Week 5: Barriers to Effective SCM and Organisational Impact
  • Week 6: Internal and External Challenges in Modern SCM
  • Week 7: Commercial Relationship Typologies and Value Creation
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Portfolio Analysis of Supply Chain Relationships
  • Week 10: Multi-tier Supply Chain Stakeholder Engagement
  • Week 11: Supply Chain Leadership and Strategic Change
  • Week 12: Applying Principles and Concepts of Supply Chain Management…
  • 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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