Global Supply Chain Management and Logistics

Global Supply Chain Management and Logistics is a short, university credit bearing course which critically analyses the increasing need for effectively managing the global supply chain as this is key in terms of how an organisation performs with

This course critically analyses the increasing need for effectively managing the global supply chain. This aspect of an organisation is seen as a 'strategic asset' which can improve efficiency, customer satisfaction and financial results. As a consequence, managing the supply chain is key in terms of how an organisation performs with regard to its goals and strategy.

Through a series of case study approaches, both live and historic, you will gain an appreciation of the vast nature of the supply chain, from tangible raw materials to the often intangible transfer of knowledge. You will critically analyse the infinite relationships involved in inward and outward logistics through the upstream and downstream operations. And through this gain an appreciation of how these chains should be managed to maximise customer satisfaction and value added, and therefore performance.

The course will facilitate the analysis of the pressure to improve internal operations, how logistics strategies should evolve and be implemented and how integrated supply chains are developed. You will gain a critical appreciation of a breadth and depth of disciplines and how they culminate in impacting upon the supply chain, and how these impacts should be managed.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course, you will be able to: 

• Critically analyse the management of resource within the global supply chain
• Critically evaluate the need to either outsource or in-source elements of the supply chain, from a global, national or local perspective
• Critically evaluate backward and forward growth in the supply chain, and how to manage supply chain risk
• Undertake comprehensive and critical research of both academic and organisational materials, showing a suitable breadth and depth of sources in the development of reasoned conclusions

Course content

• Introduction to the development of Management Accounting
• Managing intangibles in a changing environment - such as supply chain relationships
• Managing information, knowledge management, learning organisations
• Understanding value chain integration
• Impact of technology across the supply chain
• Contingency Theory and Institutional Theory related to the design of processes and systems. Leading to Continuous improvement, Lean Thinking, JIT, TQM
• Outsourcing of elements, or all, of the supply chain - supply chain management as a service
• Link to M & A activity - backward and forward integration in the Supply Chain - the consideration of the internalising of transactions
• Measuring supply chain costs and performance
• Risk Management of the supply chain

• Shahadat Al-Thanawaya Al-Aama
• Students with an overall score of 60% would usually be eligible for the International Foundation Year
• UKVI IELTS 4.5 with a minimum of 4.0 in all components (CEFR B1) is also required

• If you are studying and completing any internationally recognised qualification such as A-levels; International Baccalaureate (IB) or the American Curricula from the International Schools within Jordan, then you can begin from the first year of a Bachelors degree. Please see individual course pages for specific entry requirements
• If you have completed a recognised international foundation programme with good grades
• Advanced entry to year 2 or 3 may be possible. You will need to supply detailed information including courses taken, grades achieved, syllabus and a grading guide