Applying Contemporary Issues in Supply Chain Management in practice: case studies

This week’s topics

Applying Contemporary Issues in Supply Chain Management in practice: case studies

1. Case analysis
2. Linking theory to practice
3. Evaluating evidence
4. Week 11: Lecture 54: Supply Chain Digital Twin: Network Optimization – A Case Study

What you will be able to do

• 1.2 Compare the impact of emerging technologies on supply chains.
• 1.3 Discuss how emerging technologies can be effectively managed within a supply chain.
• 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.
• 3.2 Compare the impacts of the global economy on supply chains.
• 3.3 Discuss how the impacts of the global economy can be effectively managed within a supply chain.
• 4.2 Compare risks in supply chains that can impact on organisational corporate social responsibility and sustainability standards.
• 4.3 Discuss how the impacts of the supply chain risks can be effectively managed within a supply chain.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Case-study workshop: apply the unit’s concepts to a real or realistic case and evaluate the outcome.

Study materials

Videos

• Supply chain simulation, AI and digital twins: theory to use cases and implementation blueprints · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 52 min · for registered students
• The Future of Supply Chains with L’Oréal’s Chief Supply Chain Officer, NA · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 51 min · for registered students
• AI-Driven Supply Chain Optimization at JD.com · YouTube · Stanford Graduate School of Business · 57 min · for registered students
• Transforming Supply Chains with AI at Cisco · YouTube · Stanford Graduate School of Business · 56 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research · Reading · Arxiv, article · for registered students
• Writing Guide with Handbook, ch. 8.5: Writing an analytical report · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 254–267 · for registered students
• Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 3.8: The impact of multinational corporations · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 100–103 · for registered students