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Level 6 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Impact of Globalisation on Supply Chains

LSC602 · Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management — Week 2 of 16

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Week2 of 16
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This week’s topics

Impact of Globalisation on Supply Chains

  1. Extended lead-time management
  2. Global inventory holding costs
  3. Supply network vulnerability
  4. International trade barriers and tariff compliance
  5. Network Design of Global Supply Chain
  6. Supply Chain Risk Management and X shoring

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Assess the impact of globalisation on the firms’ supply chain and distribution channel in logistics and supply chain management.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: assess the impact of globalisation on the firms’ supply chain and distribution channel in logistics and supply chain management.

Study materials

Videos

  • Supply Chain Risk Management and X shoring · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 60 min · for registered students
  • A Conversation on Global Supply Chain Management · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 61 min · for registered students
  • Rethinking Supply Chain Resilience Amid Tariffs and Turbulence · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 57 min · for registered students
  • Global Supply Chains: How Did All This Stuff Get Here? · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 50 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Risks and Global Supply Chains: What We Know and What We Need to Know · PDF · NBER, article · for registered students
  • International Business, ch. 14: Competing Effectively through Global Marketing, Distribution, and Supply-Chain Management · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 637–683 · for registered students
  • World Trade Report 2023, ch. C.4: Re-globalization for a more resilient world · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 57–60 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Drivers of Globalisation in Logistics
  • Week 2: Impact of Globalisation on Supply Chains
  • Week 3: Physical Distribution Channels and Intermodal Freight
  • Week 4: Distribution Network Intermediaries and Infrastructure
  • Week 5: Global Customer Segmentation and Service Requirements
  • Week 6: Alignment of Global Supply Chain and Marketing Strategies
  • Week 7: Strategic Scenarios in Global Logistics
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) Architecture
  • Week 10: SCOR Metrics and Benchmarking
  • Week 11: Supply Chain Configuration and Performance Assessment
  • Week 12: Applying Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management in pr…
  • 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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