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Level 5 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Barriers to Effective SCM and Organisational Impact

LSC505 · Principles and Concepts of Supply Chain Management — Week 5 of 16

CourseLSC505
Week5 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Barriers to Effective SCM and Organisational Impact

  1. Functional silos and misalignment of incentives
  2. Demand distortion and the bullwhip effect
  3. Supply chain operational disruptions
  4. Commercial and reputational consequences for business
  5. Supply Chain Risk in the Real World

What you will be able to do

  • 3.1 Explain different barriers to effective SCM.
  • 3.2 Explain the impact of barriers to effective SCM on a business.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain different barriers to effective SCM.

Study materials

Videos

  • Supply Chain Risk in the Real World · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 51 min · for registered students
  • CILT Brexit Readiness training – managing supply chain risk · YouTube · CILT · 76 min · for registered students
  • The Business of Food: Supply Chain Disruption and Innovation · YouTube · eCornell · 61 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
  • The GSCPI: A New Barometer of Global Supply Chain Pressures · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
  • Principles of Marketing, ch. 17.7: Ethical issues in supply chain management · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 597–601 · 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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