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Level 7 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Strategic Integration and Impact Evaluation

LSC705 · Sustainable Operations Management — Week 11 of 16

CourseLSC705
Week11 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Strategic Integration and Impact Evaluation

  1. Net-zero roadmap formulation
  2. Digital traceability and ESG data analytics
  3. Value-chain trade-off management
  4. Long-term viability and performance synthesis
  5. Week 10: Lecture 46: Role of Product Tracking & Traceability

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Evaluate the existing position of a business with regards to different sustainability practices.
  • 2.2 Highlight the appropriateness of different sustainability practices for a business.
  • 2.3 Evaluate the sustainability and business-related implications of implementing (sustainability) practices for a business.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the existing position of a business with regards to different sustainability practices.

Study materials

Videos

  • Data-Driven Sustainability: Transforming Global Supply Chains with AI · YouTube · eCornell · 61 min · for registered students
  • Technology Solutions for Global Supply Chain Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 51 min · for registered students
  • 🌍 Earth Month Webinar: Turning sustainability challenges into business opportunities · YouTube · Saïd Business School, University of Oxford · 57 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance · PDF · NBER, article · for registered students
  • Supply Chain Sustainability: A Practical Guide for Continuous Improvement, 2nd ed. (UN Global Compact & BSR, 2015) · PDF · Un, guidance; 76 pages · for registered students
  • Future of freight: a long-term plan (DfT, 2022) · PDF · GOV.UK, report; 134 pages · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Sustainable Operations
  • Week 2: Environmental Dimensions in Operations
  • Week 3: Social and Economic Dimensions
  • Week 4: Drivers of Sustainability Transformation
  • Week 5: Barriers and Challenges to Sustainability
  • Week 6: Sustainability Performance Measurement and Reporting
  • Week 7: Assessing Corporate Sustainability Posture
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Evaluating Sustainable Operational Practices
  • Week 10: Business Implications of Practice Implementation
  • Week 11: Strategic Integration and Impact Evaluation
  • Week 12: Applying Sustainable Operations Management in practice: cas…
  • 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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