Overview
This week’s discussion forum will be a debate. You can write shorter posts for this, but
please do evidence your response and respond to others respectfully where you can. You may choose to focus on a particular industry or transport mode, try to be creative with this one. If you do not know where a product is, your logistics has failed. Critically analyse this statement. You may wish to draw on what you have learned about logistics information systems and third-party logistics providers in your discussion.
reading sources: The reading this week focusses on adding more depth to what we have discussed about logistics. To achieve this, please read: Bozarth, C. B. & Handfield, R. B.(2016). Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management. Harlow: Pearson Higher Education. Chapter 8. I would also like you to read this paper which does a great job of linking what you learned last week to this week’s topic: Laguir, I., Stekelorum, R. and El Baz, J., 2021. Going green? Investigating the relationships between proactive environmental strategy, GSCM practices and performances of third-party logistics providers (TPLs). Production Planning & Control, 32(13), pp.1049-1062.
Requirements: 350