06IS843 -Supply Chain Management |
PART – A |
UNIT 1 |
INTRODUCTION TO SUPPLY CHAIN, PERFORMANCE OFSUPPLY CHAIN: What is a Supply Chain; Decision phases in a supply
Chain; Process view of a Supply Chain; The importance of Supply Chain
Flows; Examples of Supply Chains.
Competitive and Supply Chain strategies; achieving strategic fit; expanding
strategic scope.
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UNIT 2 |
SUPPLY CAIN DRIVERS AND OBSTACLES, DESIGNINGDISTRIBUTION NETWORK: Drivers of Supply Chain Performance; A
framework for structuring drivers; Facilities, Inventory, Transportation, and
Information; Obstacles to achieve strategic fit.
The role of distribution in the Supply Chain; factors influencing distribution
network design; Design options for a distribution network; the value of
distributors in the Supply Chain; Distribution Networks in practice.
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UNIT 3 |
NETWORK DESIGN: The role of network design in the Supply Chain;
Factors influencing Network design Decisions; A framework for Network
Design Decisions; Models for facility Location and Capacity Allocation;
making Network Design decisions in practice.
The impact of uncertainty on Network design; Discounted cash flow analysis;
Representations of uncertainty; Evaluating Network Design decisions using
Decision Trees; Making Supply Chain decisions under uncertainty inpractice
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UNIT 4 |
DEMAND FORECASTING, AGGREGATE PLANNING: The role of
forecasting in a Supply Chain; Characteristics of forecast; Components of a
forecast and forecasting methods; Basic approach o Demand forecasting;
Time series forecasting methods; Measures of forecast errors; The role of
aggregate planning in a supply Chain; The aggregate planning problem;
Aggregate planning strategies.
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PART – B |
UNIT 5 |
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT: The role of cycle inventory in a supply
Chain; Economies of scale to exploit fixed costs, quantity discounts; Shortterm
discounting; Managing multi-echelon cycle inventory; Estimating cycle
inventory related costs in practice.
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UNIT 6 |
TRANSPORTATION: The role of transportation in the Supply Chain;
Factors affecting transportation decisions; Modes of transportation and their
performance characteristics; Design options for a transportation network;
Trade-offs in transportation design; Tailored transportation; Routing andscheduling in transportation; Making transportation decisions in practice
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UNIT 7 |
PRICING AND REVENUE MANAGEMENT, COORDINATION: The
role of revenue management in Supply Chain; revenue management for
multiple customer segments, perishable assets, seasonal demand, and bulk
and spot contracts; Using revenue management in practice. Lack of Supply
Chain coordination and Bullwhip effect; Effect of lack of coordination on
performance; Obstacles to coordination in the Supply Chain; managerial
levers to achieve coordination; Building strategic partnerships and trust
within a supply Chain; Achieving coordination in practice.
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UNIT 8 |
IT, INTERNET AND SUPPLY CHAIN: The role of IT in the Supply
Chain; The Supply Chain IT framework; CRM; Internal SCM; Supplier
Relationship Management; The transaction management foundation; The
future if IT in SCM; Supply Chain It in practice.
The role of E-Business in Supply Chain; The E-Business framework; The
B2B addition to the E-Business framework; E-Business in practice.
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REFERENCE |
TEXT BOOKS: |
1. Supply Chain Management Strategy Planning, and Operation -
Sunil Chopra, Peter Meindl, 2nd Edition, Prentice-Hall of India,
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Reference Books |
1. Designing and Managing The Supply Chain Concepts,Strategies & Case Studies - David Simchi-Levi, Philp Kaminky,
Edith Simchi-Levi, 3rd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2008.
2. Supply Chain Management Theories & Practices - R.P.
Mohanty, S.G. Deshmukh, Bizmantra, 2005.
3. Supply Chain Management Concepts and Cases - Rahul V.
Altekar. PHI, 2005.
4. Logistics and Supply Chain Management - M Martin Christopher,
2nd Edition, Pearson Education, 1998.
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