Syllabus
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Course Code: ELECTIVE- II MTIP-115 Course Name: Supply Chain Management |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Overview of supply chain management: Introduction, Definition, The Objective of a Supply Chain, The
Importance of Supply Chain Decisions, Decision Phases in a Supply Chain, Process Views of a Supply Chain,
Examples of Supply Chains. Supply chain dynamics: Introduction, Coping with Dynamics in Supply chain. Bullwhip effect, Analysis of Bullwhip Effect, Impact of Lead time, Inventory management and Supply chain dynamics, offshoring and outsourcing Effect on SC dynamics and cost. |
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| 2 | Outsourcing and Make or Buy Decisions: Strategic Decisions and Core competencies, Tactical Decisions,
Factors influencing make or buy decisions, Control of Production or Quality, Unreliable Suppliers, Suppliers
Specialized knowledge and research, Small Volume Requirements, Limited Facilities, Workforce Stability, Multiple
Sourcing Policy, Managerial and Procurement considerations, the Volatile nature of Make/Buy situation,
Administration: Procedures and Personal. Sourcing of Supply: Importance of Source Selection, Responsibilities for Source Selection, Evaluating a potential supplier, The criticality of Qualifying Sources, Competitive Bidding and Negotiation, Prerequisite for competitive bidding, Two step Bidding/Negotiation, Benefits and Risks of International Sourcing, Identifying and Qualifying an International Source. |
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| 3 | Supply Chain Performance: Achieving Strategic fit And Scope: Competitive and Supply Chain Strategies,
Achieving Strategic Fit, Expanding Strategic Scope, Challenges to Achieving and Maintaining, Strategic Fit, Supply
chain drivers and metrics, Financial Measures of Performance, Drivers of Supply Chain Performance, Framework
for Structuring Drivers, Facilities, Inventory, Transportation, Information, Sourcing, Pricing. Transportation, storage and warehousing: Introduction, Transportation mode choice, Transport operator decisions, Trucking sectors in India, Rail transport, Air Transport, Water transport, Transport network, Storage and warehousing, types of warehousing, risk pooling, IT Integration: Supply chain information system, Role of IT in SCM process, Business process Re-engineering, Internet and its applications in SCM. |
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| 4 | Quantitative tools for SCM: Introduction, Forecasting, Demand forecast, Forecasting strategy & technique,
Management of Inventories in SC, Linear programming, Routing models, pricing decisions, Introduction to MCDM
approach. Information Technology in a Supply Chain: The Role of IT in a Supply Chain, The Supply Chain IT Framework Customer Relationship Management, Internal Supply Chain Management, Supplier Relationship Management, The Transaction Management Foundation, The Future of IT in the Supply Chain, Risk Management in IT, Supply Chain IT in practice |
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