2014/2015
KAN-CSCEO1007U Decision Making in Supply Chain
Management
| English Title |
| Decision Making in Supply Chain
Management |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Full Degree Master |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Course period |
Autumn |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business
Administration
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| Course
coordinator |
- Günter Prockl - Department of Operations Management
(OM)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
- Supply Chain Management and Logistics
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Last updated on
04-07-2014
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| Learning objectives |
The aim of the course is to develop students’
competences towards basic approaches, methods and instrument that
support key decisions in the configuration, planning and
mobilization of supply chains.
Upon completion of the course students must be able to:
- Identify typical problem symptoms in operations and supply
chain management and relate the symptoms to standard problems in
the field;
- Identify and describe the relevant decision elements that
relate to the specific nature of the single problem and the related
approaches for supporting decisions on potential solutions;
- Identify the appropriate methods and instruments to support
solution development for the decision problem;
- Apply basic models and terminology for developing principal
solutions and to evaluate and discuss the developed solutions in a
broader context of supply chain thinking;
- Reflect constraints of the solutions and show know how to
discuss the respective limitations in the broader context of supply
chain management thinking.
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| Examination |
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Decision
Making in Supply Chain Management:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Home assignment - written product |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual |
| Size of written product |
Max. 10 pages |
| Assignment type |
Case based assignment |
| Duration |
24 hours to prepare |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
One internal examiner |
| Exam period |
Winter Term |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary
exam
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| Course content and structure |
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The course introduces into important decision problems that are
related with the configuration, planning and the mobilization of
modern supply chains.
Its basic intention is to reflect the specific nature of the
problem settings in this context and to provide the students with a
sound overview on the standard problems, to introduce the related
repertoire of standard methods and instruments supporting those
important decisions, and to develop the capapbility to match
specific decision problems with appropriate approaches for their
solution. Beyond that it is also introducing into more specific
examples and approaches for planning and decision support and thus
introduces into the complexity that is involved in configuration
and planning decisions within a supply chain management
environment.
Finally it also briefly addresses specific challenges related to
the implementation that go beyond the pure methodological issues of
the tools and touches upon topics such as overcoming human
resistance or implementing the instruments into planning software.
In total the course provide students with capabilities to identify
the nature of key decision problems, the applicability of
supporting instruments and potential limitations in the context of
supply chain management.
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| Teaching methods |
| Teaching is based on lectures and in class
discussions that deliver the basic knowledge on problems and the
context of supply chain management. In class lectures and
discussions are supported with case studies and real life examples
for better illustration of the problem settings. When appropriate
guest lecturers may be involved for better illustrating the problem
detail and the specific context of real life environments.
Additionally In class assignments are applied for deepening the
students understanding of the fundamental approaches and the
development of thoughts and arguments in a comprehensive
way. |
| Expected literature |
|
Russell, Roberta; Taylor, Bernard: Operations Management,
7th ed., Wiley 2011. ISBN: 978-0-470-64623-6.
A list with supplementary literature (journal articles) will be
provided closer to the course start. |
Last updated on
04-07-2014
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