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Level 5 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Internal and External Challenges in Modern SCM

LSC505 · Principles and Concepts of Supply Chain Management — Week 6 of 16

CourseLSC505
Week6 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Internal and External Challenges in Modern SCM

  1. Legacy systems and technological inertia
  2. Internal talent gaps and capacity constraints
  3. Geopolitical volatility and regulatory shifts
  4. Macroeconomic fluctuations and environmental risks
  5. Week 02: Lecture 06: Supply Chain Challenges

What you will be able to do

  • 3.3 Assess the internal challenges to effective SCM faced by a business.
  • 3.4 Assess the external challenges to effective SCM faced by a business.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: assess the internal challenges to effective SCM faced by a business.

Study materials

Videos

  • Rethinking Supply Chain Resilience Amid Tariffs and Turbulence · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 57 min · for registered students
  • Supply chains in a fractured world: Strategy beyond globalization · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 67 min · for registered students
  • Supply Chain Risk Management in 2024 · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 51 min · for registered students
  • Systems Thinking for Complex Supply Chains w Don Woodlock, VP of Healthshare · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 60 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Introduction to Logistics, ch. 9: Risks and Challenges · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 145–159 · for registered students
  • Risks and Global Supply Chains: What We Know and What We Need to Know · PDF · NBER, article · for registered students
  • Principles of Management, ch. 4: External and Internal Organizational Environments and Corporate Culture · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 89–120 · 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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