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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Digital Transformation in Supplier Relationship Systems

SMP809 · Supply Chain and Operations Management — Week 4 of 16

CourseSMP809
Week4 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Digital Transformation in Supplier Relationship Systems

  1. Cloud-based SRM enterprise architectures
  2. Blockchain-enabled traceability and smart contracts
  3. AI-driven vendor performance analytics
  4. System selection and implementation frameworks
  5. Transforming Supply Chains with AI at Cisco
  6. A Conversation on Digital Supply Chain Transformation

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Assess the use of information technology to create strategies to develop effective supplier relationships.
  • 2.3 Recommend supplier relations systems to maintain relationships with suppliers.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: assess the use of information technology to create strategies to develop effective supplier relationships.

Study materials

Videos

  • Transforming Supply Chains with AI at Cisco · YouTube · Stanford Graduate School of Business · 56 min · for registered students
  • A Conversation on Digital Supply Chain Transformation · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 62 min · for registered students
  • Leveraging AI in Supply Chain Management: From Data to Delivery · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 45 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Procurement in the Supply Chain World, ch.: Procurement Information Systems · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 133–139 · for registered students
  • Procurement in the Supply Chain World, ch.: Managing Suppliers · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 60–83 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Operations and Supply Chain Alignment
  • Week 2: Integrated Supply Chain Strategy and Key Success Factors
  • Week 3: Strategic Supplier Relationship Management
  • Week 4: Digital Transformation in Supplier Relationship Systems
  • Week 5: Strategic Logistics and Global Network Design
  • Week 6: Strategic Procurement and Sourcing Procedures
  • Week 7: Quantitative Inventory Optimization and Valuation
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Lean Operations and Just-In-Time (JIT) Systems
  • Week 10: Supply Chain Strategy Formulation and Improvement Planning
  • Week 11: Supply Chain Strategy Evaluation and Performance Justificat…
  • Week 12: Applying Supply Chain and Operations Management 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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