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Level 7 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Strategic Supply Network Evaluation

LSC702 · Supply Chain Planning, Modelling and Analytics — Week 3 of 16

CourseLSC702
Week3 of 16
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This week’s topics

Strategic Supply Network Evaluation

  1. Network topology configuration
  2. Multi-echelon supply structures
  3. Network agility and resilience
  4. Push-pull boundary alignment
  5. Network Design in Supply Chain
  6. Multi echelon Inventory Management
  7. Network Design in Uncertain Environment and Flexibility

What you will be able to do

  • 1.3 Evaluate the appropriateness of supply networks.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the appropriateness of supply networks.

Study materials

Videos

  • Supply chain network design and inventory management for cost-efficient, in-time, perfect deliveries · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 50 min · for registered students
  • Social-driven supply chain network design · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 61 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • MIT OCW ESD.260J Logistics Systems (Fall 2006), Supply chain network design · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
  • Risks and Global Supply Chains: What We Know and What We Need to Know · PDF · NBER, article · for registered students
  • MIT OpenCourseWare 15.762J Supply Chain Planning (Spring 2011) · Reading · MIT OpenCourseWare, course · 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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