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| GCER0014-1 | Supply Chain Management
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| Duration : | 35h 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 the 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). The course ends with an introduction to the main tools required to omplement a lean supply chain. |
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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. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Basic notions of mathematics and statistics |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Mathematical Models for Supply Chain Network Design
Mathematical Models for Aggregate Planning in Supply Chains
Using Excel Solver to solve linear programming models.
Managing Inventories in Supply Chains
Wood supply game |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Methodology used:
A1. Lectures
A1. Readings
A1. Discussions
A2. Exercise sessions
A2. Simulation game (Wood supply game)
General planning of the course:
Second semester |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Available documents on the virtual campus Lol@:
Lecture notes
Exercises and solutions
Case studies
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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| Written exam (100%) |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The course is in English |
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Contacts :
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| Lecturer
Sabine LIMBOURG
Building N1, Room 337
sabine.limbourg@ulg.ac.be |
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