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Level 6 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Strategic Scenarios in Global Logistics

LSC602 · Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management — Week 7 of 16

CourseLSC602
Week7 of 16
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This week’s topics

Strategic Scenarios in Global Logistics

  1. Agile versus lean strategic configurations
  2. Nearshoring and reshoring versus offshoring
  3. Managing geopolitical and economic disruption
  4. Postponement strategies
  5. Postponement Capabilities | SCMT 4653
  6. Agile Supply Chain Strategies | SCMT 4653

What you will be able to do

  • 3.1 Assess global supply chain and marketing strategies in different scenarios in logistics and supply chain management.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: assess global supply chain and marketing strategies in different scenarios in logistics and supply chain management.

Study materials

Videos

  • Postponement Capabilities | SCMT 4653 · YouTube · Walton College Supply Chain Management · 14 min · for registered students
  • Agile Supply Chain Strategies | SCMT 4653 · YouTube · Walton College Supply Chain Management · 8 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

Further resources

  • 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
  • Risks and Global Supply Chains: What We Know and What We Need to Know · PDF · NBER, article · for registered students
  • Introduction to Logistics, ch. 7: Global Logistics Planning and Management · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 131–136 · 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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