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Supply Chain Management - MAN00017H

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  • Department: The York Management School
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: H
  • Academic year of delivery: 2023-24

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 Semester 1 2023-24

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

Successful completion of the module will demonstrate that students are able to:

  • Conceptualize 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.

Module content

  • Introduction to Supply Chain Management

  • Procurement and Vendor Management

  • Global sourcing

  • Sustainability in Supply Chain Management

  • Logistics Network Configuration

  • Inventory Management & Risk Pooling

  • The Value of Information

  • Supply Chain Integration: Implications of Demand and Supply Uncertainty

  • Strategic Alliances

Teaching Material

  • These will include: handouts of lecture slides; reading lists, case study material, group discussions of students’ own experiences

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 80
Groupwork 20

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 20
Essay/coursework 80

Module feedback

Feedback will be given in accordance with the University Policy on feedback in the Guide to Assessment as well as in line with the School 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


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