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Level 6 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Applying Supply Chain Planning and Control in practice: case studies

LSC606 · Supply Chain Planning and Control — Week 12 of 16

CourseLSC606
Week12 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Applying Supply Chain Planning and Control in practice: case studies

  1. Case analysis
  2. Linking theory to practice
  3. Evaluating evidence
  4. Week 11: Lecture 55: Network Optimization with Capacity Constraints & Control Tower

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Analyse the role of capacity management.
  • 2.3 Analyse capacity decision for competitive advantage in supply chain planning and control in business management
  • 3.2 Assess inventory approaches used in business.
  • 4.2 Analyse the structure of bills of materials and their importance in supply chain planning and control in business management

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Case-study workshop: apply the unit’s concepts to a real or realistic case and evaluate the outcome.

Study materials

Videos

  • Supercharging Supply Chain Planning: What AI Can (and Can’t) Fix Today · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 58 min · for registered students
  • Supply chain simulation, AI and digital twins: theory to use cases and implementation blueprints · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 52 min · for registered students
  • AI-Driven Supply Chain Optimization at JD.com · YouTube · Stanford Graduate School of Business · 57 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • MIT OpenCourseWare 15.762J Supply Chain Planning (Spring 2011) · Reading · MIT OpenCourseWare, course · for registered students
  • Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 8: Capacity Planning & Management · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 331–376 · for registered students
  • MIT OpenCourseWare 15.760B Introduction to Operations Management (Spring 2004) · Reading · MIT OpenCourseWare, course · 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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