SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (18ME653)

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

• Course Code 18ME653 
• CIE Marks 40
• Teaching Hours/Week (L:T:P) 3:0:0 
• SEE Marks 60
• Credits 03 
• Exam Hours 03

Course Learning Objectives:

 To acquaint with key drivers of supply chain performance and their inter-relationships with strategy.
 To impart analytical and problem-solving skills necessary to develop solutions for a variety of supply
chain management & design problems.
 To study the complexity of inter-firm and intra-firm coordination in implementing programs such as
e-collaboration, quick response, jointly managed inventories and strategic alliances.

Module-1

Introduction: Supply Chain – Fundamentals –Evolution- Role in Economy - Importance - Decision Phases – Supplier Manufacturer-Customer chain. - Enablers/ Drivers of Supply Chain Performance. Supply chain strategy - Supply Chain Performance Measures.

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Module-2

Strategic Sourcing Outsourcing – Make Vs buy - Identifying core processes - Market Vs Hierarchy - Make Vs buy continuum -Sourcing strategy - Supplier Selection and Contract Negotiation. Creating a world-class supply base- Supplier Development - World Wide Sourcing.

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Module-3

Warehouse Management Stores management-stores systems and procedures-incoming materials controlstores accounting and stock verification Obsolete, surplus and scrap-value analysis-material handlingtransportation and traffic management -operational efficiency-productivity-cost effectiveness-performance measurement. Supply Chain Network Distribution Network Design – Role - Factors Influencing Options, Value Addition – Distribution Strategies - Models for Facility Location and Capacity allocation. Distribution Center Location Models.

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Module-4

Supply Chain Network optimization models. Impact of uncertainty on Network Design - Network Design decisions using Decision trees. Planning Demand, -multiple item -multiple location inventory management. Pricing and Revenue Management.

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Module-5

Current Trends: Supply Chain Integration - Building partnership and trust in Supply chain Value of Information: Bullwhip Effect - Effective forecasting - Coordinating the supply chain. Supply Chain restructuring, Supply Chain Mapping - Supply Chain process restructuring, Postpone the point of differentiation – IT in Supply Chain - Agile Supply Chains -Reverse Supply chain. Future of IT in supply chain- EBusiness in supply chain.

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Course Outcomes: At the end of the course the student will be able to:

CO1: Understand the framework and scope of supply chain management.
CO2: Build and manage a competitive supply chain using strategies, models, techniques and information technology.
CO3: Plan the demand, inventory and supply and optimize supply chain network.
CO4: Understand the emerging trends and impact of IT on Supply chain.

Question paper pattern:

 The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
 Each full question will be for 20 marks.
 There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
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 Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
 The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Textbook/s

1 Supply Chain Management– Text and Cases Janat Shah Pearson Education 2009
2 Supply Chain Management- Strategy Planning and Operation Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl PHI Learning / Pearson Education 2007

Reference Books

1 Business Logistics and Supply Chain Management Ballou Ronald H Pearson Education 5th Edition, 2007
2 Designing and Managing the Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies, and Cases David Simchi-Levi, Philip Kaminsky, Edith Simchi-Levi Tata McGraw-Hill 2005
3 Supply Chain Management- Concept and Cases Altekar Rahul V PHI 2005
4 Modeling the Supply Chain Shapiro Jeremy F Thomson Learning Second Reprint , 2002
5 Principles of Supply Chain Management- A Balanced Approach Joel D. Wisner, G. Keong Leong, Keah- Choon Tan South-Western, Cengage Learning 2008