Businesses and their supply chains are facing increasing competition and uncertainty in what is now a truly globalised trade environment. To remain competitive, organisations need to think globally – ensuring supply chains meet customer demands while minimising costs and maximising responsiveness. From a strategic perspective, this involves making important trade-off decisions between cost, quality and flexibility of supply chains. Via structured learning activities (video lectures, quizzes, discussion prompts and written assessments) this course will equip you with the future-focused capabilities needed to design and manage effective, sustainable and efficient global supply chains of tomorrow.
Week 1 Outline
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Destrezas que aprenderás
Risk Assessment, Supply Chain, Sustainable Design
Revisiones
IC
May 29, 2019
Great quality and plenty of examples covering a wide range of topics related to supply chain management from different sectors.
XJ
Jul 02, 2019
Great program. It is the first and only course that i have completed here. Highly recommend
De la lección
Strategic supply chain management in global markets
Welcome to week 1 of Be global! This week you will start the discussion of global supply chains and supply chain management. You will examine a number of global supply chains and their components. You will explore global supply chains from various perspectives including their main product/service offerings and how it would affect the nature of supply chains and their characteristics. And you will investigate strategic fit in supply chains and the ways to ensure your supply chain strategies are well aligned with your operational capabilities and global market requirements. So are you ready to start this week?
Impartido por:
Dr Mehrdokht Pournader
Department of Management