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2010/2011  KAN-CM_T77  Operations and Supply Chain Management

English Title
Operations and Supply Chain Management

Course Information

Language English
Point 7,5 ECTS (225 SAT)
Type Elective
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Quarter
Course Period Spring . Third Quarter
Time Table Please see course schedule at e-Campus
Study Board
Study Board for BSc in Economics and Business Administration
Course Coordinator
Juliana Hsuan - jh.om@cbs.dkSecretary Mette Kierkegaard - mki.om@cbs.dk
Main Category of the Course
  • Supply Chain Management and Logistics
  • Economics, macro economics and managerial economics
  • Management
Last updated on 29 maj 2012
Learning Objectives
The course’s development of personal competences: The course will aid in the development of students’s ability to articulate theories as well as to use tools and methods to solve real problems in Operations and Supply Chain Management for organizations.
  • Have a clear, overall understanding of Operations and Supply Chain Management as a field of expertise
  • Show knowledge of the theories, tools, concepts, and methodologies of Operations and Supply Chain Management and their applications
  • Understand and analyze concrete issues of Operations and Supply Chain Management in firms and suggest ways to solve these issues
  • To define the scope and limitations of Operations and Supply Chain Management in relation to related fields in Agribusiness and Innovation
  • Critically apply and combine the theories, tools, concepts, and methodologies to solve concrete problems faced by companies
Prerequisite
The student should be well acquainted with basic statistics and economics theories.
Examination
‘individual oral exam’
Exam Period May/June
Examination
The exam form is ‘individual oral exam’ based on a mini project (individual or group). The mini-project must be submitted two weeks before the date of the exam. The teacher will be the examiner and a second examiner (internal staff at CBS) will be appointed as censor at the oral exam.
Prerequisites for Attending the Exam
Course Content

The course focuses upon typical problems in manufacturing and service companies. During a series of seminars, the complexity of the management of daily operations and their strategic implications for competitive advantages of the firm in the long term will be explored, analyzed and discussed. The course does not concentrate on a single issue, but discusses various themes and problems. Strategic as well as operational managerial activities will be analysed.

Management of Operations and Supply Chains is oriented towards examining the configurations of interrelations between strategy and organization, and the supporting activities and technologies that make them work on a day to day basis. In order to deliver optimal solutions to the customers (be business-to-business and/or business-to-consumer) the scope of operations and supply chain management spans the entire set of internal and external processes.

Further Information

in collaboration with Faculty of Life Sciences at Copenhagen University

Literature

Indicative literature:

Skjøtt-Larsen, T., Schary, P., Mikkola, J.H. and Kotzab, H. (2007) Managing the Global Supply Chain. 3rd Edition, Copenhagen Business School Press.

Paton, S., Clegg, B., Hsuan, J. and Pilkington, A. (2011) Operations Management. McGraw-Hill.

Additional articles will be provided for the course.