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Supply Chain Management (615)
Credits: 3
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Supply Chain Management has been defined as the planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing, procurement, conversion, and logistics management activities. Importantly, it also includes coordination and collaboration with supply channel partners, which can be suppliers, intermediaries, third-party service providers, and customers. In essence, supply chain management integrates supply and demand management within and across companies.
This course provides an introduction to the many critical facets of Supply Chain Management. The course coverage ranges from basic topics of inventory management, logistics network design, distribution systems, and customer value to more advanced topics of strategic alliances, the value of information in the supply chain, information technology, decision-support systems, and international issues in supply chain management. State-of-the-art models, concepts, and solution methods are provided for the design, control, operation and management of supply chain systems.
Subjects covered include:
| Introduction to Supply Chain Management |
Inventory Management |
| Creating Customer Value through SCM |
Global Logistics |
| The Value of Information |
Risk Pooling |
| Coordinated Product and Supply Chain Design |
Procurement and Outsourcing |
| Supply Chain Integration |
Supply Portfolio Matrix |
| Distribution Strategies |
Strategic Alliances |
| Logistics Network Configuration |
Pricing Concepts |
| IT for SCM |
Decision Support Systems for SCM |
| International Issues |
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| Increase
Your Understanding of |
• The Supply Chain Process
• Logistics Design
• Information Technology for the Supply Chain
• International Supply Chain Issues
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| Improve
Your Ability to |
• Plan and Manage a Supply Chain
• Form Strategic Alliances
• Collaborate with Supply Channel Partners
• Integrate Supply and Demand
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Professor: Keith Wade, B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Text: “Designing and Managing the Supply Chain,” 3rd Edition, by David Simchi-Levi, Philip Kaminsky, and Edith Simchi-Levi, McGraw-Hill Irwin..
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