Saturday, 7 April 2012

International Supply Chain Management

The following is a discussion agenda on International Supply Chain Management (ISCM):

  1. An introduction to ISCM
    • International distribution systems
    • International supplies
    • Offshore manufacturing
    • Fully integrated global supply chain
  2. Forces at work on ISCM
    • Global market forces
    • Technological forces
    • Global cost forces
    • Political and economic forces
  3. Risks and advantages in ISCM
  4. Requirements for global strategy implementation
  5. Issues in ISCM
    • international vs regional products
    • local autonomy vs central control
    • miscellaneous dangers
  6. Regional differences in logistics
    • Cultural differences
    • Infrastructural differences
    • Performance expectation differences
    • Information system availability
    • Human resources



Reference
Semchi-Levi, D., Kaminsky, P. and Simchi-Levi, E. (2003) Designing & Managing the Supply Chain, McGraw-Hill [Chapter 8: International Issues in Supply Chain Management]

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