Module BUSI4AI15: Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Department: Management and Marketing

BUSI4AI15: Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• Introduce how businesses and their extended supply chains are having an impact on Sustainability (Economic, Social, and Environmental)
• Explore the critical drivers, key barriers, and successful interventions in implementing the principles of sustainability across the supply chains.
• Discuss the emerging landscape and importance of sustainability across supply chain processes, based on real-life case studies.

Content

• Supply chain and its impact on sustainability
• Key drivers of supply chain sustainability
• Developing Strategies for Sustainable Supply chains
• Implications of ethics and sustainability on supply chains
• Environmentally and Socially Sustainable and Ethical Procurement Practices, compliance to Relevant Standards and Challenges
• Waste management and circular supply chains
• Green and sustainable logistics
• Certification and Carbon Management
• Sustainability key performance indicators and assessment of sustainability across the supply chain

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module, students will be able to:
• Develop critical understanding of the role of Sustainability in shaping the current and future industry landscape and embedded supply chains.
• Develop critical understanding of the challenges associated with achieving sustainability across the supply-chain.
• Develop advanced knowledge of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how organisations using their supply chain practices can contribute to SDGs
• Develop advanced knowledge and understanding of the different mechanisms to ensure that supply chains are designed to be resilient and sustainable

• By the end of the module, students should be able to: -
• Measure and assess sustainability performance within the organisation and across the supply chain
• Assess the economic, environmental and social sustainability of the supply chain, develop appropriate strategies and implement those across the supply chain

• By the end of the module, students should demonstrate enhanced skills in
• Effective written communication
• Planning, organising and time management
• Problem solving and analysis
• Team working
• Change management and relationship management
• Reflecting and synthesising from experience and diverse perspectives

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The module is delivered via a blend of on-site face-to-face teaching followed by online learning. On-site teaching will typically include a mix of taught input, group work and discussion, use of case studies to emphasize real-world applications, and industry-informed sessions. Online learning will be divided into study weeks and will typically include activities facilitated by the teaching team and specially produced resources. Facilitated activities will make use of a range of educational technologies to include digital collaboration spaces and live online sessions. Learning resources vary according to the learning outcomes but typically include: video content, directed reading, reflective activities and opportunities for self-assessment.
• The portfolio will enable students to further develop their understanding and reflect on their acquisition of skills, articulation of their knowledge and understanding, their ability to apply what they have learned in a particular context and synthesising their learning from the module combining their own experience and diverse perspectives of team members. The portfolio, for example, can include reflections on the industrial relevance of specific concepts, frameworks, tools, reflections on discussions with fellow students about their own experiences on adopting sustainable supply chain practices, case examples of organisations adopting sustainable supply chain practices and lessons learnt from those.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

The formative assessment serves to encourage students to study regularly and to monitor their learning progress. Students will undertake a series of activities aligned to the module content, which can include group presentations, case discussions, individual or group reflections on specific topics, receiving ongoing feedback on theoretical knowledge and how it is applied. Tutors will provide feedback on formative work and are available for individual consultation as necessary (usually by email and video call). Written feedback will be provided through email or on Learn Ultra.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University