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2023-242024-25
Module summary
This course covers the major issues in supply chain management, including: definition of a supply chain; role of inventory; advanced production-inventory models; supply contracts; bullwhip effect and information sharing; vendor-managed inventories and other distribution strategies; third-party logistics providers; managing product variety; information technology and supply chain management; international issues.
Module will run
Occurrence
Teaching period
A
Autumn Term 2022-23
Module aims
This course covers the major issues in supply chain management, including: definition of a supply chain; role of inventory; advanced production-inventory models; supply contracts; bullwhip effect and information sharing; vendor-managed inventories and other distribution strategies; third-party logistics providers; managing product variety; information technology and supply chain management; international issues.
Module learning outcomes
Conceptualise supply chain designs, which are aligned with business models for manufacturing and service companies
Configure logistics networks and assess their performance impacts on efficiency and service levels
Align supply chain integration strategy with the uncertainty conditions of supply and demand.
Evaluate strategic alliances for logistics and retailer-supplier relationships, such as vendor managed inventory.
Design e-procurement strategies for a firm s procurement portfolio of products and services.
Evaluate how the logistics process can be constrained by product design, and the implications of constraint reduction on logistics performance and market responsiveness.
Evaluate the implications of regional differences in logistics while designing international supply chains.
Indicative assessment
Task
% of module mark
Essay/coursework
80
Groupwork
20
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
Task
% of module mark
Essay/coursework
100
Module feedback
Module assessment reports to students are written by the module leader for all assessments (open and closed) and placed on the VLE after the Board of Examiners has received the module marks.
The timescale for the return of feedback will accord with TYMS policy
Indicative reading
Chopra S. & Meindl P. (2009). Supply Chain Management (4th Edition), Prentice Hall.
Wisner, J. D., Leong, G. K. & Tan, K. C. (2012). Supply Chain Management: A Balanced Approach, South-Western/Cengage Learning