Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in management (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits | |||
| Master in business engineering (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course aims at linking theoretical knowledge that students acquired during their studies with practical aspects of international logistics and familiarizing students with the logistics modules of SAP, one of the main ERP management information systems. In the first part of the course, the case of a European manufacturer selling an end-product to a non-EU country is treated. Students are wanted to determine purchasing, production, and transportation plans of the company with the aim of satisfying demand forecast for the next three years. While establishing these plans, students face a wide range of practical decision-making problems, in each they are wanted to minimize the operational costs of the supply chain. They determine the selling price of the end-product taking into account purchasing, production, and transportation costs. In the second part of the course, students get familiarize with the logistics modules of SAP through hands-on navigation, process cycle, and parametrization exercises. Accordingly, they are wanted to parametrize the ERP system of the manufacturing company studied in the first part of the course.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
In relation with the Assurance of Learning process of HEC Liège, the learning objectives adressed in this course are:
- Strategy: This course will help students to establish a strategy in order to optimize the value chain of a company, an organization or a project.
- Strategy: This course will help students to understand the scientific and technological context of the situation they are confronted with.
- Strategy: This course will allow students to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes distinctive to a specialist's action in their field.
- Strategy: This course will help students to demonstrate scientific precision and a critical mind.
- Implementation: This course will help students in taking charge of the everyday management of a company, an organization or a project
- Implementation: This course will train the student to take into account the scientific, technological and entrepreneurial dimensions of the situation they are confronted with.
- Implementation: This course will train the student to ensure an efficient interaction between the technological and managerial aspects of their projects.
- Implementation: This course will exercise students in the ability to take advantage of data digitalization. (MBA excepted)
- Implementation: This course will exercise students to work efficiently in an international and multidisciplinary team, among others in a leading position.
- Quality and Performance Control: This course will help students to plan and implement the performance and quality control in a company, an organization or a project.
- Quality and Performance Control: This course will develop students' ability to use the appropriate analytical tools when analysing a complex management situation.
- Communication: This course will help students to communicate efficiently, internally and externally, about a company, organization or project.
- Communication: This course will allow students to improve their proficiency in one foreign languages (among the 3 languages required by the program).
- Adaptability: This course will encourage students to be curious and to show a scientific precision of academic level.
- Linking acquired theoretical knowledge with practical aspects of international logistics.
- Mastering logistics modules of ERP systems.
- Understanding the difficulties of managing manufacturing and distribution operations in companies.
- Familiarizing with the available sources of logistics pertinent information in the context of international logistics.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Basic concepts of supply chain management, supply chain network design, production planning, and transportation management
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Computer lab sessions: The course is organized as a series of computer lab sessions that aim to present how to use logistics modules of SAP and to coach students in their group project.
During the first five sessions, students are coached by Prof. Yasemin Arda for the logistical components of the group projet.
During the last five sessions, students are coached by Prof. Samedi Heng for SAP system parametrization and utilization.
Group project: The case is treated in groups of three to four students. Students are evaluated based on their written report, oral presentation, SAP system parametrization, and an individual exam.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face: Students are wanted to participate in all the sessions (10 × 3 hours). They have access to computers and tools that they need to realize their projects (SAP, Excel, Internet) during all the sessions.
Recommended or required readings
All the necessary documents can be found on the virtual campus Lol@.
More information about the configuration of the SAP can be found in:
Integrated business process with ERP systems, Magal, Addison Wesley
Assessment methods and criteria
Students are evaluated based on their written report, oral presentation, SAP system parametrization, and an individual exam.
1. Logistical components of the projet (60%): Students are evaluated based on their written report and oral presentation on the logistical components of the group project. Each student has an opportunity to evaluate the contribution of his/her teammates to the group project during the semester by filling a peer evaluation. Taking these peer evaluations into account as well as the participation in class along the year, professors may decide, by a justifiable opinion, to give different grades to students of a same team. Motivation must take into account criteria such as quality of work different from other team members, a greater or lesser involvement in the mission.
2. SAP component of the project (40%): Besides the parametrization establised for the group project, the SAP component of the project will also be evaluated individually during an examination on computer at the end of the year. Students, individually, must be able to explain any part of the SAP project and must be able to solve new basic problems related to the project.
Each student is wanted to participate in the organized 10 sessions.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The course is given during the first semester.
The course is given in English.
Contacts
Lecturers:
Yasemin ARDA (yasemin.arda@uliege.be)
Samedi HENG (samedi.heng@uliege.be)
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
None of the students failed the first session evaluation of this course. Thus, a second session evaluation will not be organized.
Contacts
Items online
Campus LOl@
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