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Level 5 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Comparative Environmental Analysis of Supply Chain Functions

LSC506 · Contemporary Issues in Supply Chain Management — Week 4 of 16

CourseLSC506
Week4 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Comparative Environmental Analysis of Supply Chain Functions

  1. Road versus maritime and air freight footprints
  2. Centralized versus decentralized warehousing
  3. Fast fulfillment versus consolidated delivery
  4. The Critical Role of Supply Chains in Business and Society

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Compare the impact of different features of supply chains on the environment.
  • 2.3 Discuss how the environmental impact of a supply chain can be effectively managed within a supply chain.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: compare the impact of different features of supply chains on the environment.

Study materials

Videos

  • The Critical Role of Supply Chains in Business and Society · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 47 min · for registered students
  • Innovation in Motion Intro: Sustainability · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 23 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Future of freight: a long-term plan (DfT, 2022) · PDF · GOV.UK, report; 134 pages · for registered students
  • Supply Chain Sustainability: A Practical Guide for Continuous Improvement, 2nd ed. (UN Global Compact & BSR, 2015) · PDF · Un, guidance; 76 pages · for registered students
  • UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2025 · PDF · Un, report; 173 pages · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Emerging Technologies in Modern Supply Chains
  • Week 2: Managing Digital Supply Chain Transformation
  • Week 3: Environmental Impacts of Supply Chain Operations
  • Week 4: Comparative Environmental Analysis of Supply Chain Functions
  • Week 5: Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Circular Economy
  • Week 6: Global Economic Drivers and Supply Chain Dynamics
  • Week 7: Strategic Management of Global Economic Volatility
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Supply Chain Risk Identification and Typologies
  • Week 10: Supply Chain Risks to CSR and Sustainability Standards
  • Week 11: Supply Chain Resilience and Enterprise Risk Mitigation
  • Week 12: Applying Contemporary Issues in Supply Chain Management in …
  • 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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