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Level 7 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Foundations of Operations and Supply Chain Management

LSC704 · Supply Chain and Operations Strategy — Week 1 of 16

CourseLSC704
Week1 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Foundations of Operations and Supply Chain Management

  1. Systems perspective and transformation model
  2. Strategic scope and value chain integration
  3. End-to-end supply chain architecture
  4. Boundary-spanning processes
  5. CIMA E3 Value chains, value networks and supply chain management
  6. End to End Strategy with Kathy Rodriguez of General Mills - SC3x Live
  7. Week 01: Lecture 04: Supply Chain Processes - I

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Evaluate the concepts and principles of operations and supply chain management.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the concepts and principles of operations and supply chain management.

Study materials

Videos

  • CIMA E3 Value chains, value networks and supply chain management · YouTube · OpenTuition · 18 min · for registered students
  • End to End Strategy with Kathy Rodriguez of General Mills - SC3x Live · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 59 min · for registered students
  • Global Supply Chains: How Did All This Stuff Get Here? · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 50 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 1: Introduction to Operations Management · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 23–52 · for registered students
  • MIT OCW ESD.260J Logistics Systems (Fall 2006), Supply chain fundamentals and segmentation · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
  • MIT OCW 15.769 Operations Strategy (Fall 2010), Frameworks for strategy and the decision category approach · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
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Week 2
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Operations and Supply Chain Management
  • Week 2: Key Drivers of Supply Chain Dynamics
  • Week 3: Operations Strategy and Competitive Advantage
  • Week 4: Strategic Approaches to Supply Chain Management
  • Week 5: Structural and Infrastructural Operations Decisions
  • Week 6: Strategic Sourcing and Network Optimisation
  • Week 7: Principles and Frameworks of Performance Measurement
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Financial and Non-Financial Operational Metrics
  • Week 10: Designing and Deploying Key Performance Indicators
  • Week 11: Benchmarking and Strategic Efficiency Improvement
  • Week 12: Applying Supply Chain and Operations Strategy in practice: …
  • 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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