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Level 7 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Structural and Infrastructural Operations Decisions

LSC704 · Supply Chain and Operations Strategy — Week 5 of 16

CourseLSC704
Week5 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Structural and Infrastructural Operations Decisions

  1. Capacity management and facility location planning
  2. Vertical integration versus strategic outsourcing
  3. Make-or-buy decision frameworks
  4. Manufacturing and service process selection
  5. Week 03: Lecture 13: Procurement Strategy (Make Vs Buy)
  6. Lecture 5 Strategic Capacity Planning for Products and Services
  7. Lecture 6 Process Selection and Facility Layout

What you will be able to do

  • 1.4 Critically evaluate key decisions made by businesses to improve their supply chain and operations.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: critically evaluate key decisions made by businesses to improve their supply chain and operations.

Study materials

Videos

  • Lecture 5 Strategic Capacity Planning for Products and Services · YouTube · Eddy Witzel · 26 min · for registered students
  • Lecture 6 Process Selection and Facility Layout · YouTube · Eddy Witzel · 23 min · for registered students
  • Lecture 8 Location Planning and Analysis · YouTube · Eddy Witzel · 19 min · for registered students
  • Horizontal and Vertical Integration · YouTube · Galton College · 25 min · for registered students
  • Process Selection - A Review of Continuous Flow, Assembly Line, Batch Flow and Job Shop · YouTube · Dr. Haywood · 7 min · for registered students
  • Facility Layout in Operations Management - Product vs Process Oriented Layout & Fixed · YouTube · Dr. Haywood · 4 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • MIT OCW 15.769 Operations Strategy (Fall 2010), Frameworks for strategy and the decision category approach · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
  • MIT OCW 15.769 Operations Strategy (Fall 2010), Vertical integration and outsourcing · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
  • MIT OCW 15.769 Operations Strategy (Fall 2010), Capacity strategy · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
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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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