Business and technology qualifications, Levels 3-6, in Brussels. Explore qualifications
Portal login
Level 7 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Strategic Sourcing and Network Optimisation

LSC704 · Supply Chain and Operations Strategy — Week 6 of 16

CourseLSC704
Week6 of 16
SemesterII
TutorOnline in the course chat

This week’s topics

Strategic Sourcing and Network Optimisation

  1. Portfolio analysis using the Kraljic matrix
  2. Strategic supplier partnerships and collaborative planning
  3. Supply network risk resilience
  4. Circular economy integration in operations
  5. MIT SC3x - Circular Economy & Circular Supply Chains

What you will be able to do

  • 1.4 Critically evaluate key decisions made by businesses to improve their supply chain and operations.
  • 1.5 Critically review the application of different strategic approaches to supply chain and operations management in organisations.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, 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

  • MIT SC3x - Circular Economy & Circular Supply Chains · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 61 min · for registered students
  • Supply Chain Risk Management and X shoring · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 60 min · for registered students
  • Supplier Segmentation — The Ultimate Guide in 2025 · YouTube · Procurement Tactics · 8 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • The Sourcing Playbook (UK Government Commercial Function) · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance; 78 pages · for registered students
  • Risks and Global Supply Chains: What We Know and What We Need to Know · PDF · NBER, article · for registered students
  • MIT OCW ESD.260J Logistics Systems (Fall 2006), Supply chain network design · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
Week 5Week 7
Course chat

Admitted students ask questions on this week’s page in the student portal: an AI assistant trained on the course answers first, and during the course’s timetabled classes Connect to your tutor brings your tutor into the chat, who may start a call if needed.

Open this week in the portal
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
Back to the course
Scroll