ACER0034-1 : Module 5 - How to measure the performances of the Supply Chain ?

Study Programmes 2015-2016

ACER0034-1

Module 5 - How to measure the performances of the Supply Chain ?

Duration :

20h Th, 20h Pr

Number of credits :

Executive Master in Transport and Logistics		8

Lecturer :

Sabine Limbourg

Language(s) of instruction :

English language

Organisation and examination :

All year long, with partial in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

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.
Our goal is to understand the role and importance of transportation in the supply chain and in the economy. An overview of the different transportation modes: Road, Rail, Sea, Air, Pipeline and Intermodal transportation, allows supply chain manager to be aware of the performance of these different transportation modes in terms of costs, responsiveness and environment. This course treats the fundamental topics of logistics and supply chain management such as aggregate production planning and the value of information in supply chains (bullwhip effect).

Learning outcomes of the course :

Acquire a basic knowledge about strategic, tactical, and operational problems of supply chain management. Understand the effects of supply chain management decisions on a firm's performance. Understand the difficulties of supply chain management.
Understand the importance of transport in the overall Supply Chain performance Introduce the different modes of transportation and the differences in managing each. Acquire a basic knowledge about the quantitative methods and techniques of decision aid used in supply chains. To be able to solve elementary logistical problems using these techniques. 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.
Understand the limitations of these techniques.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Basic notions of mathematics and statistics
Ability to follow algorithmic instructions

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Mathematical Models for Aggregate Planning in Supply Chains Using Excel Solver to solve linear programming models. Wood supply game

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Lectures Readings Discussions Exercise sessions Simulation game (Wood supply game) E-learning