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2015/2016  KAN-CCMVI2026U  Supply Chain Analytics - Sustainability and Risk Management

English Title
Supply Chain Analytics - Sustainability and Risk Management

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Elective
Level Full Degree Master
Duration Summer
Start time of the course Summer
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Max. participants 80
Study board
Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business Administration
Course coordinator
  • Course instructor - Dr. Thomas Goldsby
    Sven Bislev - MSC
Main academic disciplines
  • Globalization and international business
  • Management
  • Supply chain management and logistics
Last updated on 10/08/2017
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors:
  • Describe the implications of sustainability and risk on holistic business management
  • Identify / Assess risk factors and alternative strategies for risk mitigation
  • Explain key considerations in the determination of proper supply chain design and strategy in light of risk and sustainability parameters
  • Interpret risk factors and their influence on overall business performance
  • Analyze the implications of supply chain actions on triple-bottom-line performance
  • Apply best-practice methods in risk and sustainable management throughout the supply chain
Course prerequisites
No prerequisites.

Useful background: supply chain management, operations, business strategy, microeconomics.
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Prerequisites for registering for the exam
Number of mandatory activities: 1
Compulsory assignments (assessed approved/not approved)
The examination is mandatory. A feedback activitity defined by the course instructor will take place app. half-way through the course.
A preliminary assignment, to be completed before arrival, is offered to fulfil the 7.5 ECTS.
Examination
Supply chain analytics: Sustainability and risk management:
Exam ECTS 7.5
Examination form Written sit-in exam
Individual or group exam Individual
Assignment type Written assignment
Duration 4 hours
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Summer, Ordinary exam: 1-5 August 2016
Retake exam: Within two months from the ordinary exam.
Aids allowed to bring to the exam Open book: all written and electronic aids, including internet access
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the number of registered candidates for the make-up examination/re-take examination warrants that it may most appropriately be held as an oral examination, the programme office will inform the students that the make-up examination/re-take examination will be held as an oral examination instead.
4 hour written sit-in exam with a new exam question
Course content and structure

Ensuring sustainability in business operations is no longer a choice or a source of competitive advantage for companies; it is a necessity that must be considered not only to meet increasing customer demand for such performance, but also to ensure responsible business with diligence to environmental and social issues. While a company’s own performance will influence the sustainability of its products and processes, significant improvements in economic, environmental and societal performance—the so-called triple bottom line (TBL)—are not possible without considering its upstream and downstream operations. Thus, the sustainability of the entire supply chain and its management is important to enhance overall sustainability performance.

 

Similarly, businesses and their supply chains must prove robust to the risks present on a business and its upstream / downstream supply chain members. Businesses do not operate as islands.  That is, the actions of the business can have significant implications on stakeholders outside the confines of the business and, in turn, the outside world can present significant risks to the business.  These realizations underscore the criticality of holistic risk management approaches in the supply chain. 

  

This course examines how a focal business can employ sustainability and risk management not only within the enterprise but through the relations it maintains with its customers and suppliers for business results and market advantage.  Specifically, the course explores frameworks and analytical methods employed for enhanced business decision-making on matters of sustainability and risk management.  Each class session examines a different aspect of the supply chain with relevant decision support tools; application case studies are presented to demonstrate the design and management of sustainable, risk-neutral supply chains.    

 

For the Preliminary Assignment students will prepare a supply chain audit on a company.  Each student will select a company to evaluate the sustainability/risk profile using publicly available documents (e.g., company reports, industry analyses, web content).  A short paper will report the audit results. Students will be provided with guidelines for this assessment. 

 

For the Feedback Activity: ...

 

Class

Topic

Class 1

Preliminary Assignment:  Presentation of Supply Chain Audits

Class 2

Reference Models for Sustainability and Risk Management in the Supply Chain

Class 3

Supply Chain Management Processes

Class 4

Measuring Risk and Sustainability across the Supply Chain

Class 5

Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for the Supply Chain

Class 6

Feedback Activity

Class 7

Analytical and Diagnostic Methods in Supply Chain Management

Class 8

Value Stream Mapping for Risk and Sustainability

Class 9

Advanced Modeling of Risk Analysis and Evaluation

Class 10

Best Practices in Supply Chain Robustness

Class 11

Comprehensive Review
Teaching methods
This course employs a mixed-methods approach to learning. Class lectures are coupled with generous use of case analyses, demonstration, and application of risk and sustainability analysis tools.
Further Information

Preliminary Assignment: To help students get maximum value from ISUP courses, instructors provide a reading or a small number of readings or video clips to be read or viewed before the start of classes with a related task scheduled for class 1 in order to 'jump-start' the learning process.

 

The timetable is available on http://www.
Expected literature

The class will use an original text authored by Profs. Fazleena Badurdeen and Thomas Goldsby titled Design and Management of Sustainable Supply Chains (Cambridge University Press, 2015).  The book will not yet be in print, but Prof. Goldsby will provide review copies for the course. 

 

Additional readings will be posted to the website for the course or a weblink will be provided. 
Last updated on 10/08/2017