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Learning Objectives
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The learning objectives of this course center on understanding, explaining and formulating issues related to the management of global supply chain operations. Upon course completion students should be able to:
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• Comprehensively conceptualize and define global supply chain management.
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• Provide theoretical rationale and operational different concepts related to uncertainty in global supply chain operations, e.g., complexity, risk etc.
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• Demonstrate knowledge of frameworks that aid in identifying barriers and constraints to the management of global supply chains.
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• Develop country-oriented supply chain strategies for designing and managing product and information flows.
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• Demonstrate the use of design criteria for strategic decision-making tasks.
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• Evaluate the applicability of supply chain initiatives such as lean and agile, and other concepts in extended supply chain operations.
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Prerequisite
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Students not having a basic SCM background are required to read a ground textbook within SCM before starting this course.
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Managing Global Supply Chain Operations:
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Assessment
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Oral Exam
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Marking Scale
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7-step scale
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Censorship
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Internal examiners
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Exam Period
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Spring Term
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Aids
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Without preparation
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Duration
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20 Minutes
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Course Content
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The area of global supply chains provides a wealth of opportunities in the quest for understanding the phenomenon of supply chains, supply chain orientation and supply chain management. Geographically dispersed operations are related to uncertainty, costs and risks at different levels of analysis. The course is relevant in relation to supply and demand market specificities in supply chain strategy formulation, and design criteria related to site location, transport mode selection etc. Some of the central issues of this course are: theoretical underpinnings for ‘global’ supply chain management; sources of uncertainty in extended operations; barriers, constraints and challenges to cross-border information exchange, physical flows and other supply chain flows; country-based SCM systems and practices; strategic decisions in global supply chain design. |
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Teaching Methods
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The course includes dialogue lectures, case discussions, in-class & group assignments and guest lectures. At its commencement, the course first aims to set the theoretical foundation for the management of global operations, and then seeks to invoke concepts, methods and tools that aid in conceptualising specific problems related to global operations at each stage of the supply chain. The main principle behind the learning process is to promote the learning and application of theory and concepts in a way that is practicable and easy to use.
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Literature
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A reading list containing selected book chapters, cases and articles from reputed academic journals. |
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