Offer insights into how warehouses are managed, technology is employed and how work is organised

Introduce - and distinguish - both outsourcing and offshoring.

Show how outsourcees are selected and how the relationship between outsourcer and outsourcee develops and is managed.

Examine trends in offshoring such as rightshoring and also explore the role of corporate social responsibility in offshoring.

Introduce the concept of landed costs.

Show how integration and collaboration along the supply chain can be enabled.