This week’s topics
Comparative Analysis of Global Logistics Strategies
- Insourcing versus outsourcing evaluation
- Centralised versus decentralised distribution models
- Total cost of ownership
- Resilience versus cost efficiency trade-offs
- Lecture 58: Global Sourcing, Distribution System, Role Of Interest
What you will be able to do
- 2.2 Compare and contrast the different strategies in logistics in the international context in international logistics management.
Activity
Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: compare and contrast the different strategies in logistics in the international context in international logistics management.
Study materials
Videos
- MITx MicroMasters SC1x - Live Event 1A - Total Cost Equation · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 20 min · for registered students
- What are Outsourcing Strategies? | Strategic Management | From A Business Professor · YouTube · Business School 101 · 9 min · for registered students
- Turning network models into action · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 48 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
- Procurement in the Supply Chain World, ch.: Insourcing, Outsourcing, Making, or Buying · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 98–112 · for registered students
- Risks and Global Supply Chains: What We Know and What We Need to Know · PDF · NBER, article · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
