Supply Chain Theory
Business & Management
A course by
Lincoln University
Core skills this course teaches
Analyze inter-firm supply chain strategies and relationships
Ability to examine and interpret various strategies and relationships that exist between firms within supply chains.
Explain modern supply chain structures
Understand and articulate the reasons and motivations for the current structures of supply chains.
Solve supply chain problems
Apply case study analysis techniques to address and resolve real-world supply chain issues.
What You're Signing Up For
This postgraduate course delves into marketing activities and inter-firm relationships, tracing how distribution channel theory has advanced into modern supply chain theory. It equips students to analyze, model, and evaluate complex supply chain operations and governance structures, with a particular focus on risk management and value creation through collaboration, especially in agribusiness contexts.
Course Content
- Inter-firm supply chain strategy and relationships
- Evolution from distribution channel theory to supply chain theory
- Structure and motivation behind modern supply chains
- Case study analysis of supply chain problems
- Theoretical frameworks for supply chain analysis
- Collaboration and opportunism in generating business value
- Risk management and resilience in supply chains
- Comparison of different supply chain models and behaviors
- Drivers of collaboration in agribusiness supply chains
- Governance structures of supply chains in business
What sort of industry will this job lead to
Business
Supply Chain
Agribusiness
Future employment opportunities might be
Supply chain manager
Operations manager
Business analyst