LOGI0016-1

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

	Master in management, professional focus in global supply chain management	5 crédits
	Master in business engineering, professional focus in Supply Chain Management and Business Analytics	5 crédits
	Master in business engineering, professional focus in Supply Chain Management and Business Analytics (Double degrees - School of engineering Liège)	5 crédits
	Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...)	5 crédits

Lecturer

Morgane Dumont, Célia Paquay, Virginie Xhauflair

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Provided that :

Supply chains have become global, complex and interconnected
In a context of geopolitical, environmental and legal instability as well as increasing global demand and consumerism
Supply chains are both contributing to, and threatened by pressure on the environment and access to resources, as well as inequalities and social pressure

Supply chains are increasingly prone to external shocks such as natural disasters, energy shortages, resources scarcity and limited access as well as cyber- dependency and geopolitical tensions. The challenges and threats are systemic and hence, complex.
The course aims to provide students with :

A deep understanding of complex and interconnected QES tensions and challenges in SCM
A critical outlook on practical situations and ability to formulate recommendations

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Students will leave the course with the ability to :

Identify and understand QES issues in the supply chain considering environmental, social and governance aspects
Map complex supply chain, identify all stakeholders and understand systemic interconnections in the supply chain
Take a critical outlook on practical situations and formulate recommendations
Apply tools and conceptual frameworks to manage potentially complex supply chains

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Fundamentals of supply chain management: production systems, logistics, inventories, and their relation with the strategic objectives of the firm.

Inferential statistics: confidence intervals.

Fundamentals of CSR & business ethics

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Various activities that require active participations of the students

Presentations by the lecturers and by guest speakers.

Readings (professional and academic literature).

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- LOL@

Exam(s) in session

January exam session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

August-September exam session

- In-person

oral exam

Further information:

The examination is based on a specific case study for which relevant information, background history, certifications, and other contextual elements are provided. Students are required to answer questions addressing the different aspects and frameworks covered in the course and to apply and mobilise these concepts in the context of the proposed case.

The questions will relate to the learning outcomes based on the activities discussed in class. Therefore, although attendance at the sessions is not mandatory, it is clearly recommended.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Although attendance at the sessions is not mandatory, it is clearly recommended.

Contacts

Instructors: Morgane Dumont Morgane.Dumont@uliege.be , Célia Paquay cpaquay@uliege.be , Virginie Xhauflair V.Xhauflair@uliege.be

Quality, Ethics and Sustainability in Supply Chain Management