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Level 6 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Technical Feasibility and Location Selection

LSC604 · Project Management — Week 3 of 16

CourseLSC604
Week3 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Technical Feasibility and Location Selection

  1. Technological appraisal
  2. Infrastructure assessment
  3. Environmental impact analysis
  4. Logistical and supply chain proximity
  5. Location Analysis in Operations Management - Quantitative and Qualitative Factors
  6. Location Decisions in Supply Chain
  7. Lecture 8 Location Planning and Analysis

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Explain the factors involved in technical analysis and the selection of location in project management in business.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the factors involved in technical analysis and the selection of location in project management in business.

Study materials

Videos

  • Location Analysis in Operations Management - Quantitative and Qualitative Factors · YouTube · Dr. Haywood · 11 min · for registered students
  • Lecture 8 Location Planning and Analysis · YouTube · Eddy Witzel · 19 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 9: Facility Location Strategy · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 377–398 · for registered students
  • The Green Book: Central Government Guidance on Appraisal and Evaluation (HM Treasury, 2026) · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance; 88 pages · for registered students
  • Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 10.3 Location and ch. 12.4 Supply chain management · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; p.413 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Role of Project Management
  • Week 2: Project Planning Tools and Methodologies
  • Week 3: Technical Feasibility and Location Selection
  • Week 4: Network Analysis Techniques
  • Week 5: Critical Path Method and Schedule Optimization
  • Week 6: Capital Structure and Conventional Project Financing
  • Week 7: Contemporary and Alternative Project Finance
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Project Execution, Monitoring, and Control
  • Week 10: Risk Monitoring and Quality Governance
  • Week 11: Project Closure and Post-Implementation Evaluation
  • Week 12: Applying Project Management in practice: case studies
  • 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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