BMGT20150 Sustainable Operations & Supply Chain Management

Academic Year 2023/2024

Operations and supply chain management play a key role in executing an organisation's business strategy and achieving sustainability goals. These functions create, manage, and improve manufacturing and service processes, and oversee the flow of goods and services. This module equips students with key concepts, tools and techniques to design, manage, and optimize operations and supply chains through a sustainability lens. Students will build in-demand skills to drive operational and sustainable excellence, enabling them to thrive in roles across operations, supply chain, and consulting. Through exercises and cases, they will gain hands-on experience solving real-world operations and supply chain challenges, identifying root causes, exploring sustainable alternatives, and implementing impactful improvements. They will also learn how to leverage emerging technologies and harness data to unlock innovations that benefit the environment and society. This module prepares students to drive sustainable operational and supply chain excellence and strategic impact in their future careers.

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Curricular information is subject to change

What will I learn?

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of sustainable operations and supply chain management theory from diverse sources.
2. Critically appraise the current theory on sustainability that underpins sustainable operations and supply chain management.
3. Apply current theory and practices on operations and supply chain sustainability to different situations in an informal, creative style.
4. Develop quantitative expertise in (sustainable) operations and supply chain management concepts.
5. Manage and work as part of a team in group presentations.
6. Professionally present findings on operations and supply chain sustainability topics.

How will I learn?

Student Effort Type	Hours
Lectures	24
Specified Learning Activities	48
Autonomous Student Learning	120
Total	192

Am I eligible to take this module?

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Incompatibles:
BMGT20010 - Ops and SCM, BMGT20200 - Studies in Global Operations

How will I be assessed?

Assessment Strategy

Description	Timing	Open Book Exam	Component Scale	Must Pass Component	% of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Individual assessment including a mid-term quiz and end-of-term essay.	Throughout the Trimester	n/a	Graded	No	60
Group Project: Group work comprising two video assignments throughout the term.	Throughout the Trimester	n/a	Graded	No	40

Carry forward of passed components
No

What happens if I fail?

Resit In	Terminal Exam
Autumn	No

Assessment feedback

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Class discussion

Associated Staff

Name	Role
Dr Javier Amaya Silva	Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Heletje Van Staden	Lecturer / Co-Lecturer

When is this module offered?


Spring
Lecture	Offering 1	Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33	Tues 11:00 - 12:50
Lecture	Offering 2	Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33	Wed 16:00 - 17:50
Lecture	Offering 3	Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33	Wed 11:00 - 12:50
Spring