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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Supply Chain Strategy Formulation and Improvement Planning

SMP809 · Supply Chain and Operations Management — Week 10 of 16

CourseSMP809
Week10 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Supply Chain Strategy Formulation and Improvement Planning

  1. SCOR model diagnostics
  2. Resilience engineering and multi-sourcing design
  3. Decoupling point positioning
  4. Formulating agile, responsive, and green supply chain plans
  5. Supply Chain Risk Management in 2024
  6. #17 Developing Sourcing / Supply Strategy | Part 1 | Strategic Sourcing

What you will be able to do

  • 5.1 Analyse factors involved in developing a strategy to improve an organisation's supply chain.
  • 5.2 Plan various supply chain strategies to improve an organisation's supply chain.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse factors involved in developing a strategy to improve an organisation's supply chain.

Study materials

Videos

  • Supply Chain Risk Management in 2024 · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 51 min · for registered students
  • MITx SC3x 2016 - Hangout 2A - Intro Supply Chain Strategy · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 15 min · for registered students
  • Supply Chain Risk Management and X shoring · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 60 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • MIT OpenCourseWare 15.762J Supply Chain Planning (Spring 2011) · Reading · MIT OpenCourseWare, course · 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
  • Supply Chain Sustainability: A Practical Guide for Continuous Improvement, 2nd ed. (UN Global Compact & BSR, 2015) · PDF · Un, guidance; 76 pages · 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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