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Level 6 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Core Elements of Planning and Control Systems

LSC606 · Supply Chain Planning and Control — Week 2 of 16

CourseLSC606
Week2 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Core Elements of Planning and Control Systems

  1. Demand forecasting interfaces
  2. Aggregate planning integration
  3. Scheduling and loading mechanisms
  4. Monitoring and feedback control loops
  5. Mod-02 Lec-04 Forecasting -- Winter's model, causal models, Goodness of forecast, Aggregate Planning
  6. Demand Forecasting in Supply Chain

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Differentiate between the various elements of supply chain planning and control in business.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: differentiate between the various elements of supply chain planning and control in business.

Study materials

Videos

  • Demand Forecasting in Publishing · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 50 min · for registered students
  • CIMA E3 Some forecasting and planning techniques · YouTube · OpenTuition · 25 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 14: Aggregate Planning · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 601–642 · for registered students
  • Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 15: Scheduling · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 643–686 · for registered students
  • Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 3: Forecasting · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 85–132 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Supply Chain Planning and Control
  • Week 2: Core Elements of Planning and Control Systems
  • Week 3: System Capacity Determination
  • Week 4: Strategic Capacity Management
  • Week 5: Capacity Decisions for Competitive Advantage
  • Week 6: Inventory Functions and Classifications
  • Week 7: Inventory Management Approaches
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Lean and Pull-Based Inventory Control
  • Week 10: Master Production Schedule Techniques
  • Week 11: Bills of Materials and System Integration
  • Week 12: Applying Supply Chain Planning and Control in practice: cas…
  • 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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