2016/2017
KAN-CSCEO1022U Managing Global Supply Chain
Operations
| English Title |
| Managing Global Supply Chain
Operations |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Full Degree Master |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Spring |
| 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 |
- Aseem Kinra - Department of Operations Management
(OM)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
- Globalization and international business
- Supply chain management and logistics
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Last updated on
06-07-2016
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| Learning objectives |
To achieve the grade 12, students
should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor
mistakes or errors:
- Conceptualize and define global supply chains and global supply
chain management
- Provide theoretical rationale and operationalise different
concepts related to uncertainty in cross-border supply chain
operations e.g. complexity, risk etc.
- Evaluate the scanning processes, frameworks and information
processing requirements for identifying barriers and constraints to
the management of geographically dispersed supply chains
- Discuss strategic decision-making tasks and criteria in the
design of cross-border value chains and networks
- Evaluate the applicability of typical supply chain strategic
choices, configurations and concepts in cross-border
operations
- Develop country-oriented supply chain strategies, and reflect
upon managing global supply chain operations of the
future
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| Examination |
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Managing
Global Supply Chain Operations:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Oral Exam |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
| Duration |
20 min. per student, including examiners'
discussion of grade, and informing plus explaining the
grade |
| Preparation time |
No preparation |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and second internal
examiner |
| Exam period |
Spring |
| Aids allowed to bring to the exam |
Closed book |
| 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 aim of this course is to familiarise students with the
management of supply chains in a global environment, where actors
and flows are geographically dispersed in different parts of the
world.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.
Students will receive an in-depth insight into the theory behind
global supply chain management, challenges and opportunities in
globally dispersed operations, and strategic considerations for the
design and management of cross-border supply chains, with special
focus on logistics and distribution.
The course is relevant in relation to country-orientedsupply 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 |
| 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. |
| Student workload |
| Teaching |
33 hours |
| Readings, Excercises, Calculations, Preparation Exam |
173 hours |
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| Expected literature |
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A reading list containing selected book chapters, cases and
articles from reputed academic journals.
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Last updated on
06-07-2016
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