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Level 7 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Foundations of Supply Chain Operations Modelling

LSC702 · Supply Chain Planning, Modelling and Analytics — Week 1 of 16

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This week’s topics

Foundations of Supply Chain Operations Modelling

  1. Qualitative expert consensus models
  2. Quantitative operational research
  3. Linear programming
  4. Mathematical trade-off analysis
  5. Analytics in Supply Chain Management
  6. Different types of Analytics in Supply Chain
  7. Mod-03 Lec-05 Aggregate Planning, Tabular method, Linear Programming

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Explain qualitative and quantitative approaches to supply chain operations.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain qualitative and quantitative approaches to supply chain operations.

Study materials

Videos

  • From Data to Decisions: Advanced Analytics & AI in Supply Planning · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 45 min · for registered students
  • Supply Chain Planning · YouTube · Supply Chain Analytics · 30 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. 11: Transportation Models · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 441–508 · for registered students
  • Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 14: Aggregate Planning · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 601–642 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Supply Chain Operations Modelling
  • Week 2: Demand Forecasting and Predictive Modelling
  • Week 3: Strategic Supply Network Evaluation
  • Week 4: Facility Location Planning Models
  • Week 5: Inventory Control and Multi-Echelon Management
  • Week 6: Aggregate and Hierarchical Planning Frameworks
  • Week 7: Material Requirements Planning and Capacity Control
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Integration
  • Week 10: Supply Chain Simulation Methodologies
  • Week 11: Big Data Analytics in Supply Networks
  • Week 12: Applying Supply Chain Planning, Modelling and Analytics in …
  • 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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