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Level 5 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Review and coursework completion

LSC506 · Contemporary Issues in Supply Chain Management — Week 15 of 16

CourseLSC506
Week15 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Review and coursework completion

  1. Reviewing the learning outcomes
  2. Completing and checking coursework against the criteria
  3. Self-assessment

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Describe emerging technologies which impact supply chains.
  • 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.
  • 2.1 Describe ways in which supply chains impact the environment.
  • 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.
  • 3.1 Describe ways in which the global economy impacts supply chains.
  • 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.
  • 4.1 Describe types of risk found within supply chains.
  • 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

Guided review of every criterion; coursework completion clinic and peer review.

Study materials

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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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