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Supply Chain Management

The document outlines a course on supply chain management that aims to help students understand key concepts. The course objectives are to analyze supply chain processes and functions, design networks, and understand the roles of forecasting, transportation, and coordination. The course outcomes are that students will gain competence in these areas of supply chain management. The course is divided into 5 units covering introduction to supply chain management, supply chain network design, forecasting, transportation, and coordination.

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Supply Chain Management

The document outlines a course on supply chain management that aims to help students understand key concepts. The course objectives are to analyze supply chain processes and functions, design networks, and understand the roles of forecasting, transportation, and coordination. The course outcomes are that students will gain competence in these areas of supply chain management. The course is divided into 5 units covering introduction to supply chain management, supply chain network design, forecasting, transportation, and coordination.

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L T P C Hrs

P20MSEN12 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT


3 1 0 4 60

Course Objectives
 To analyse the process and functions of supply chain management.
 To design and network in supply chain management.
 To understand the role of forecasting in supply chain management.
 To gain the role of transportation in supply chain management.
 To grasp the role of coordination in supply chain management.

Course Outcomes
After completion of the course, the students will be able to
CO1 – Understand the process and functions of supply chain management
CO2 – Understand the design and network in supply chain management
CO3 – Competence to grasp the significance of forecasting role in supply chain management
CO4 – Appreciate the role of transportation in supply chain management
CO5 – Understand the character of coordination in supply chain management

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (12


Hrs)
Introduction to Supply Chain Management; Supply chain, objectives, importance, decision phases, process
view, competitive and supply chain strategies, achieving strategic fit, supply chain drivers, obstacles,
framework, facilities, inventory, transportation, information, sourcing, pricing.

UNIT II SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK (12 Hrs)


Designing the Supply Chain Network; Designing the distribution network, role of distribution, factors
influencing distribution, design options, e-business and its impact, distribution networks in practice, network
design in the supply chain, role of network, factors affecting the network design decisions, modelling for
supply chain.

UNIT III FORECASTING (12 Hrs)


Planning Demand and Supply; Role of forecasting, demand forecasting, approaches, role of IT. Planning and
Managing Inventories, Safety inventory and its appropriate level, impact of supply uncertainty, aggregation
and replenishment policies.

UNIT IV TRANSPORTATION (12


Hrs)
Transportation Networks and Sourcing, Role of transportation, modes and their performance, transportation
infrastructure and policies, design options and their trade-offs, Tailored transportation. Sourcing, In-house or
Outsource, 3rd and 4th PLs, supplier scoring and assessment.

UNIT V SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION (12 Hrs)


Coordination in a Supply Chain, Lack of supply chain coordination and the Bullwhip effect, obstacle to
coordination, managerial levels, building partnerships and trust, continuous replenishment and vendor-
managed inventories, collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment.

Text Books
1. Chopra, Sunil, Peter Meindl, and Dharam Vir Kalra. Supply chain management: strategy, planning, and
operation. 6/e Edition, MA: Pearson, 2016.

2. Martin Christopher, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 5 th Edition, FT Publishing International,
2016.
Reference Books
1. Michael H. Hugos, Essentials of Supply Chain Management, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2018.
2. Richard B. Chase, Ravi Shankar, F. Robert Jacobs, Operations & Supply Chain Management, 15 edition
Mc Graw Hill India, 2018.

Web References
1. https://www.edx.org/learn/supply-chain-management
2. http://library.jgu.edu.in/content/logistics-and-supply-chain-management
3. Journal of Supply Chain Management – Wiley Online Library
4. An International Journal of Operations and Logistics Management – Emerald Insight
5. https://nptel.ac.in/noc/courses/noc19/SEM1/noc19-mg22/

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