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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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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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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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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| A1. Lectures
A1. Discussions
A2. Exercise sessions:
1) Computer lab sessions are organized to present how to use AIMMS for modeling exercises and Excel for simulation exercises. These sessions are organized to assist students in their group projects.
2) Classical exercise sessions are organized to prepare students to the written exam.
3) The students are also provided with some numerical exercises as the chapters are treated during the semester. At the end of the semester, they receive the solutions of these exercises, which they can use to verify the results that they obtained by themselves.
A1. Factory visit / Invited speaker
A2. Simulation game:
The students are invited to play the "Wood Supply Game" which is designed to illustrate the bullwhip effect in supply chains.
A3. Group projects:
The students are wanted to solve realistic logistical problems (which are by definition more challenging than the exercises studied during the course) using quantitative methods and techniques of decision making and tools like AIMMS and Excel. Group projects are prepared in groups of 2 or 3 students. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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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 and the PowerPoint presentations used during the lectures can be found on the virtual campus Lola@. The students are wanted to be in possession of these documents 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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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The course is given during the second semester.
The course is given in English. |
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Contacts :
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| Lecturer:
Yasemin ARDA
(yasemin.arda@ulg.ac.be)
Assistants:
Guillaume AMAND
(guillaume.amand@ulg.ac.be)
Thierry PIRONET
(thierry.pironet@ulg.ac.be) |
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