38012 (P4/2022) Current Topics in Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility, Helsinki

The course provides an enhanced understanding of current topics in supply chain management (SCM) focusing on basic SC concepts analysed through the latest and emerging topics in commercial and non-profit supply chains. SCM is defined as the ‘planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing and procurement, conversion, and all logistics management activities …includes coordination and collaboration with channel partners [and] integrates supply and demand management within and across companies’. Indicative content includes

  • A brief overview of SCM concepts;
  • Identification and discussion of current SC topics; and the
  • Investigation of their implications for each supply chain member, and for SCM as a whole.