Supply-chain strategy in global value chains
An MBA-level course on supply strategy in a world of global value chains: what the World Bank’s 2023 Logistics Performance Index measures and why reliability matters, how OECD work on global value chains and Trade in Value-Added changes the reading of trade, what the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and OECD resilience findings imply for optionality, how circular economy and ISO 20400 reshape procurement strategy, and how digitalisation and green logistics belong in investment cases. Five modules, each with a worked example, and a 10-question final quiz. Based on cited official pages. This course does not cover CBAM, EUDR or the battery passport. Not an accredited MBA or a formal qualification.
What you will learn
- Explain and apply: Use the World Bank 2023 LPI framing — reliability, logistics services, infrastructure and border controls — to challenge a strategy that looks only at unit freight cost.
- Explain and apply: Explain, with OECD evidence, how global value chains and Trade in Value-Added change where value is created, and why gross trade figures can mislead strategy.
- Explain and apply: Apply the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and OECD resilience findings so optionality is not confused with isolation or untested reshoring.
- Explain and apply: Build a circular and accountable supply strategy using the Ellen MacArthur circular-economy framing, ISO 20400 and OECD due diligence, without substituting product-specific EU instruments.
- Explain and apply: Put digitalisation and green logistics into investment cases using the 2023 LPI findings on port delays and shipper demand for environmentally friendly options.
modules
- Logistics performance and reliability
- Global value chains and where value is created
- Trade facilitation, shocks and optionality
- Circular and accountable supply strategy
- Digitalisation, green logistics and investment
Practical education only. It is not an accredited qualification and not legal, trade or investment advice. Figures cited from official pages are those published on the dated sources; they are not forecasts. This course does not treat CBAM, EUDR or the battery passport. Worked examples are illustrative.