Graduate diploma - The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

4.2 Analyse internal and
external supply chains
and the flows across
organisational boundaries
upstream and downstream
• Internal and external
supply chains
• Interface and integrated
models (Syson 1992)
• Roles of internal and
external customers within
supply chains
• Flows across
organisational boundaries
upstream and downstream
• Problems with forecasting
demand accurately within
supply chains.
4.3 Compare and contrast the
nature of supply chains in
different sectors
• Nature of supply chains in
the manufacturing, retail
and financial sectors
• Nature of supply chains in
different public sector
organisations: health and
social care, defence,
transportation.
4.4 Diagnose drivers of
change in global supply
chains and propose
strategies to address them
• Nature and impact of
globalisation
• Drivers of change in global
supply markets:
competition, cost
reduction, technological
advances, speed of new
product
• Development, changing
customer demand,
environmental factors,
collaborations and joint
ventures, outsourcing
• Impact of drivers of change
in global supply markets
• Strategies to address
drivers of change in global
supply chains.
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5.0 THE ROLE OF STRATEGIC
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT IN
ACHIEVING COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGE
(Weighting 15%)
5.1 Assess the validity of
global sourcing as a
means of achieving
competitive advantage
• The global supply market
as a source of competitive
advantage
• Arguments for and against
local, regional, national
and global sourcing
• Regulation of the global
supply market by WTO, EU,
NAFTA, ASEAN
• Obstacles to trade imposed
by national or regional
anti-competitive policies
• Cultural barriers to trade in
global supply markets.
5.2 Evaluate the concept of
lean supply as a means of
achieving competitive
advantage
• The concept of lean
• The seven types of waste
• Critique of the lean
approach (New and
Ramsay 1997)
• Alternatives to lean
(agility) and hybrid
approaches (leagility).