To familiarize the students with the essential elements of the Supply Chain Management. Strategic issues in the International Supply Chain Management and logistics network configuration along with performance measurement and evaluation shall be studied thoroughly.
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
Unit I (3 Weeks)
Introduction to Supply Chain Management – Concepts, Objectives and functions of Supply Chain Management, Issues in Supply Chain Management; Managing networks and relationships; Sourcing Internationally, International Distribution Management: Types of Intermediaries, Channel Selection and Management.
References:
Rushton, A., Croucher, P. and Peter Baker: Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management, Kogan Page Pub , 4th edition, (Chapter 4, 32)
Christopher Martin: Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Creating Value-adding Networks, Pearson Education , 4th edition, (Chapter 1, 9,11)
Chopra Sunil and Meindl Peter: Supply Chain Management, Pearson Education, (Chapter 1, 2, 3,4,5)
Unit II (3 Weeks)
Strategic issues in Supply Chain – Strategic Partnership, Logistics Management: Concept, Objective and Scope, Transportation, Warehousing, Inventory Management, Packing & Unitization, Control & Communication, Role of Information Technology in Logistics, Logistics Service Firms, Third Party Logistics, 4PL(Fourth Party Logistics), Reverse Logistics.
References:
Rushton, A., Croucher, P. and Peter Baker: Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management, Kogan Page Pub , 4th edition, (Chapter 1,12,13,31,36)
Christopher Martin: Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Creating Value-adding Networks, Pearson Education , 4th edition, (Chapter 11)
Chopra Sunil and Meindl Peter: Supply Chain Management, Pearson Education, (Chapter 11,14,15,17)
Unit III (3 Weeks)
Logistics Network Design for Global Operations Global Logistics Network Configuration, Orienting International Facilities: Considerations and Framework, Trade-offs Associated with each Approach, Mapping the different Approaches, Capacity Expansion Issues; Information Management for Global Logistics: Characteristics of Logistics Information and Telecommunication Systems, Capabilities and Limitations.
References:
Chopra Sunil and Meindl Peter: Supply Chain Management, Pearson Education, (Chapter 5,6,8)
Unit IV (3 Weeks)
Performance Measurement and Evaluation in Global Logistics: Operations and Logistics Control: Key Activities Performance Information, Measuring Performance in Functional Integration, Measuring Performance in Sectoral Integration, SCOR Model. Global Supply Chain: Societal, business, cultural contexts and impact. Perspectives for business, social science, engineering, and legal environment, Drivers for economic globalization (labor costs, resources, regulation, etc.), Influence on world and national economies
References:
Rushton, A., Croucher, P. and Peter Baker: Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management, Kogan Page Pub , 4th edition, (Chapter 29)
Christopher Martin: Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Creating Value-adding Networks, Pearson Education , 4th edition, (Chapter 9)
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