Supply Chain Management & Introduction to SAP (BME515C)

Supply Chain Management & Introduction to SAP

Course Code BME515C 
CIE Marks 50
Teaching Hours/Week (L:T:P: S) 3:0:0 
SEE Marks 50
Total Hours of Pedagogy 40 
Total Marks 100
Credits 03 
Exam Hours 03
Examination nature (SEE) Theory

Module­ 1

Introduction: Supply Chain – Fundamentals –Evolution­ Role in Economy ­ Importance ­

Decision Phases –Supplier Manufacturer­Customer chain. ­ Enablers/ Drivers of Supply Chain

Performance. Supply chain strategy ­Supply Chain Performance Measures.

Strategic Sourcing Outsourcing – Make Vs buy ­ Identifying core processes ­ Market Vs

Hierarchy ­ Make Vs buy continuum ­Sourcing strategy ­ Supplier Selection and Contract

Negotiation.

Module­ 2

Warehouse Management Stores management­stores systems and procedures­incoming

materials control stores accounting and stock verification Obsolete, surplus and scrap­value

analysis­material handling transportation and traffic management ­operational efficiencyproductivity­cost effectiveness­performance 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.

Module ­3

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.

Module­ 4

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 Chain ­Reverse Supply chain. Future of IT in

supply chain­ EBusiness in supply chain.

Module­ 5

Introduction  to SAP - ­SAP Material Management, Procurement process, Organization structure,

Enterprise structure, Master data management, purchase Info record, source list, procurement

cycle, purchase requisition, request for quotation, purchase order, inventory management, invoice

verification, service management, transaction code

Suggested Learning Resources:

Books

1. Janat Shah, Supply Chain Management– Text and Cases, Pearson Education, 2nd edition

2. Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl, Supply Chain Management­Strategy Planning and Operation,

PHI Learning /Pearson Education, 6th edition.

3. David Simchi­Levi, Philip Kaminsky, Edith Simchi­Levi, Designing and Managing the Supply

Chain: Concepts, Strategies, and Cases, Tata McGraw­Hill.

4. Ballou Ronald H, Business Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Pearson Education

5. Ashfaque Ahmed, The SAP Materials Management Handbook, CRC Press Publication. 2014

edition.

6. Martin Murray & Jawad Akhtar, Materials Management with SAP ERP: Functionality and

Technical Configuration, SAP Press; Fourth edition.

7. P. Gopalakrishnan, M. Sundaresan, Materials Management: An Integrated Approach, Prentice

Hall India