This course aims to guide students in focusing on major issues in the field of global supply chain management and enhancing their global competence. The course focuses on the profound impact of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on global supply chain management. The initiative has reshaped the international supply chain landscape, bringing opportunities for trade growth, optimized resource allocation, and industrial upgrading to participating countries, while also presenting new challenges in supply chain efficiency, risk management, and sustainable development.

The course systematically covers the core content of global supply chain management under the BRI framework, including: infrastructure connectivity and multimodal transport network optimization, innovative applications of digital technologies in supply chains, supply chain risk identification and resilience building, balancing efficiency with localization needs, and green logistics. The course employs a combination of lectures, case studies, roundtable discussions, and project-based learning (PBL), emphasizing the integration of theory and practice. Students will complete project tasks through group collaboration and ultimately propose solutions to real-world problems in global supply chains related to the BRI.

The course objectives include: (1) Enabling students to master the theoretical framework, cutting-edge technologies, and practical cases of global supply chain management under the BRI. (2) Developing students' abilities to analyze supply chain risks and optimize network design. (3) Enhancing students' cross-cultural communication and teamwork skills. (4) Guiding students to focus on sustainable development issues in supply chains, strengthening their practical ability to propose innovative solutions and broadening their global perspective.

Instructor 1（PI）:

Xin WANG, graduated with a Bachelor's degree and PhD from the University of Hong Kong, awarded the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship (HKPF) and the First-Class Honor. Xin is a recipient of Shanghai Talent Program. She has received silver award at International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva, the first prize in the “Kede Cup” China Machinery Industry Industry-Education Integration Education and Teaching Innovation Competition, the first prize in the Shanghai Science Popularization Competition, and Chu Tsun Hong Outstanding Research Achievement Award.

She formerly served as master data analyst for LVMH P&C China Capacity Project. She is a director of the IISE (Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers) operational excellence division board. She is the youth editorial board member of Industrial Engineering journal and serves as a researcher of the China Society of Logistics. She is engaged in research on AI-empowered supply chain management, with multiple papers published in journals such as RCIM and EJOR. She has delivered multiple invited talks at domestic and international conferences.

1. Case analysis and critical thinking

2. Cross-cultural communication and teamwork

3. Problem-solving skills

4. Global perspective and strategic awareness

Lecture, discussion, case study, group project

(1) Attendance: 30%

(2) Individual assignment: 20%

(3) Group presentation: 50%

Name: WANG Xin

Email: wangxinmandy@sjtu.edu.cn