Supply Chain Management
Topic outline
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Supply chain management is a concept where buyers, suppliers and customers are closely linked to ensuring that the goods and services produced are of good quality with the agreed price agreements. This course will provide students with knowledge and skills by focusing on ongoing planning, development, and monitoring of actions between supply chain links, so that the supply process can be produced in line with the overall strategic goals.
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Forum
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At the end of the session, students should be able to:
1. Define supply chain
2. List the objectives of a supply chain
3. Identify the importance of a supply chain
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At the end of the session, students should be able to:
1. Determine the decision phases in supply chain
2. Explain process view of supply chain
3. Explain value chain and competitve strategy
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At the end of the session, students should be able to:
1. Define the competitive strategy
2. Elaborate the steps to achieve strategic fit
3. Determine the challenges in achieving and maintaining the strategic fit
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At the end of the session, students should be able to:
1. Identify drivers in supply chain
2. Elaborate the structure of the drovers framework
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At the end of the session, students should be able to:
1. Determine the role of distribution in supply chain
2. Discuss factors related to distribution network design
3. Elaborate network design
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At the end of the session, students should be able to:
1. Identify the impacts of e-business on:
- cost
- customer service
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At the end of the session, students should be able to:
1. Identify the role of sourcing
2. Elaborate in-house and outsource
3. Single and Multiple, 3Pl and 4PL
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File
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At the end of the session, students should be able to:
1. Identify the charactreistics of a good supplier
2. Determine the factors involved in a supplier evaluation process
3. Explain the supplier evaluation method
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At the end of the session, students should be able to:
1. Understand the IT's role in a supply chain
2. Elaborate the customer relationship management, internal supply chain management and supplier relationship management
3. To discuss the future of IT in a supply chain
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At the end of the session, students should be able to:
1. Understand what is process integration
2. Elaborate the bullwhip effect
3. Discuss on how supply chain be affected by lack of coordination
4. Explain the challenges in coordinating supply chain