MN52142: Supply chain management
[Page last updated: 15 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
| Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | CWVV 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Viva voce based on a case study (CWVV 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
At the end of the unit, you will be able to:
- Evaluate emerging concepts and principles of supply chain and supply network management
- Describe appropriate frameworks for developing inter-organisational relationship strategies and methods
- Evaluate the concepts and techniques of lean and agile thinking in supply networks
- Articulate effects of global trends on supply chain planning and operation
- Explain the implications of disruptive technologies on supply management
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| Synopsis: | Explore how organisations work together to deliver value to customers. Using case studies from a variety of production and service sectors, You will learn about flows, frictions, drivers, risks and challenges in a global supply chain.
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| Content: | - Supply chain management and logistics
- Moving products in supply chains
- Matching supply and demand
- Technology and supply chain management
- Risk in supply chains
- Sustainability and ethics in supply chains
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| Course availability: |
MN52142 is Compulsory on the following courses:
School of Management
MN52142 is Optional on the following courses:
School of Management
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
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