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| LOGI0010-1 | Supply Chain Management
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| Duration : | 45h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Yasemin Arda |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language |
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Course contents :
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| Interest in supply chain management, both in industry and in academia, has grown rapidly over the past several years, and continues to grow. A number of forces have contributed to this trend: the severe competition in today's global markets, the increasing variety of products, the products with shorter and shorter life cycles, the heightened expectations of customers, etc. Many of the companies facing these difficulties have discovered the magnitude of savings that can be achieved through effective supply chain management practices. Supply chain management is defined as a set of approaches utilized to efficiently coordinate all the organizational units along a supply chain in order to improve the competitiveness of a supply chain as a whole. Logistics management is that part of supply chain management that plans, implements, and controls the effective flow and storage of goods, services, and related information in order to meet customer requirements. This course treats the fundamental topics of logistics and supply chain management: supply chain network design, distribution strategies in supply chains, production process design and facility layout, aggregate production planning, managing inventories in supply chains, master production scheduling and material requirements planning, value of information in supply chains (bullwhip effect). |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| C1. Acquire a basic knowledge about strategic, tactical, and operational problems of supply chain management.
C1. Understand the effects of supply chain management decisions on a firm's performance.
C1. Understand the difficulties of supply chain management.
C1. Acquire a basic knowledge about the quantitative methods and techniques of decision aid used in supply chains.
P2. To be able to solve elementary logistical problems using these techniques.
P3. To be able to recognize the situations where these techniques can be used as decision making tools and to interpret correctly the conclusions which can be derived using these techniques.
P3. Understand the limitations of these techniques.
P2. To be able to use tools like AIMMS and Excel to treat logistical problems. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Basic notions of mathematics, statistics, and operations research models |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Methodology used:
A1. Lectures
A1. Discussions
A2. Exercise sessions (Types of the exercises treated vary: modeling exercises using AIMMS, exercises using Excel, written exercises.)
A1. Factory visit / Invited speaker
A2. Simulation game (Beer Game)
A3. Group projects (Students need to use tools like AIMMS and Excel to realize this project.)
General planning of the course:
Second semester |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Documents that can be found on the virtual campus Lol@:
The course notes of all the chapters can be found on the virtual campus Lola@. The students are wanted to be in possession of these notes during the lectures.
Recommended references :
[1] Simchi-Levi D., Kaminsky P. and E. Simchi-Levi, Designing and Managing the Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies and Case Studies, McGraw-Hill, 2nd edition, Boston, 2003.
[2] Chopra S. and P. Meindl, Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning and Operation, Printice Hall, 3rd edition, New Jersey, 2007. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| E2/E3. Group projects (~15%)
E1/E2/E3. Written exam (~85%) |
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Contacts :
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| Lecturer: Yasemin ARDA
(yasemin.arda@ulg.ac.be)(yasemin.arda@ulg.ac.be
Assistant: Guillaume AMAND
()guillaume.amand@ulg.ac.be(%20guillaume.amand@ulg.ac.be)) |
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