EXC 3650 Supply Chain Management
EXC 3650 Supply Chain Management
The purpose of this course is to provide a fundamental understanding of supply chain management (SCM) and its subject fields. SCM is how to secure effective and efficient flows of goods from point of origin (raw materials) to point of consumption (end user). The course covers areas like sourcing, inventory, forecasting, transport, and warehousing. Students learn how to evaluate customer value and design delivery service and how to analyze and evaluate total supply chain cost and the importance of a chain perspective. Supply chains compete against supply chains, and the course focus at the necessity in taking a holistic and cross-functional perspective. SCM is continuously growing in importance, as international sourcing is resulting in supply chains extending over several continents. Shipping is therefore becoming a natural part of many a supply chain. Shipping in this perspective means that vessels are a part of the process of taking products from point of origin to point of consumption, and provides an inherent tension of exploiting capacities and providing timely supplies.
After the course students shall have learned:
- The concept of supply chain management, which consist of optimizing parts of the chain and taking an overall view at the same time
- The significance of information sharing and collaboration in supply chains
- To distinguish various types of supply chains and the role shipping companies can play.
After completed course students should be able:
- To describe and map a supply chain for a particular product, consisting of activities, processes, and companies, to illustrate the flow of goods.
- To apply relevant concepts, frameworks, and theories to analyze a supply chain. Be able to do basic supply, inventory and transportation calculations and using a tool like Excel for the purpose.
- To evaluate key performance indicators in supply chain management and reflect over relevant decisions.
After completed course students should be able to explain what type of decisions are taken in supply chain management, evaluate how these decision impact the whole supply chain, and reflect how individual companies fit into and perform in a supply chain. In particular, the students can evaluate how the shipping actors and activities take part.
- What is supply chain management
- The concepts and tools to analyse supply chains
- Information sharing and collaboration across the supply chain
- The decision making in supply chains demonstrated through a supply chain game
- The context of international logistics and the shipping industry
- Important decisions in international supply chains, and the role of shipping companies
The course consists of 45 hours of lectures including group work, cases, excursions and discussions.
Specific information regarding any aspect of student evaluation will be provided in class. It is the student's responsibility to obtain this information. Please note that whilst attendance is not compulsory, it is the student’s responsibility to obtain any information provided in class that is not included on the course homepage/It's learning or mandatory literature. Homepages and/or It's learning are not designed for the purpose of students who choose not to attend class.
Higher Education Entrance Qualification
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Deviations in teaching and exams may occur if external conditions or unforeseen events call for this
No specific prerequisites are required.
| Assessments |
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Submission PDF Exam/hand-in semester: First Semester Weight: 30 Grouping: Group/Individual (1 - 5) Duration: 2 Week(s) Comment: All exams must be passed to obtain a final grade in the course. Exam code: EXC36501 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination every semester |
Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Submission PDF Exam/hand-in semester: First Semester Weight: 70 Grouping: Individual Duration: 4 Hour(s) Comment: All exams must be passed to obtain a final grade in the course. Exam code: EXC36502 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination every semester |
All exams must be passed to get a grade in this course.
| Activity | Duration | Comment |
|---|---|---|
Teaching | 36 Hour(s) | |
Digital resources
| 9 Hour(s) | Participation in «Supply Chain Game». |
Prepare for teaching | 70 Hour(s) | Preparation for lectures/reading literature |
Group work / Assignments | 32 Hour(s) | Casework. |
Student's own work with learning resources | 50 Hour(s) | |
Examination | 3 Hour(s) |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 7,5 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 200 hours.