2017/2018
KAN-CSCEO1018U Supply Chain Strategies
| English Title |
| Supply Chain
Strategies |
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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 |
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 |
- Britta Gammelgaard - Department of Operations Management
(OM)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
- Supply chain management and logistics
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Last updated on
04-10-2017
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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:
- Choose and analyse practice cases with a synthesized
theoretical framework of supply chain strategies
- Explain the conceptual foundation of supply chain strategies
and reflect on future prospects of supply chain management
- Explain and contrast generic supply chain strategies and
critically discuss their strengths and weaknesses
- Discuss governance structures and the role of relationships in
supply chains and reflect on the relation to corporate
strategy
- Discuss and critically reflect on the impact of globalization
on supply chain strategies
- Explain and discuss dynamic aspects of supply chain strategy
including innovation, learning and change processes in supply
chains
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| Examination |
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Supply Chain
Strategies:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual oral exam based on written group
product |
| Number of people in the group |
3-4 |
| Size of written product |
Max. 10 pages |
| Assignment type |
Synopsis |
| Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and external examiner |
| Exam period |
Winter |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the student did not pass the
regular exam, a new or a revised project, cf. advice from the
examiner of the ordinary exam, must be handed in by the new
deadline.
* if a student is absent from the oral exam due to documented
illness but has handed in the written group product she/he does not
have to submit a new product for the re-take. However the group
product must be uploaded once again on Digital Exam.
* if a whole group fails the oral exam they must hand in a revised
product for the re-take.
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Description of the exam
procedure
At the individual oral examination, each student will present
his or her own discussion of how the research question(s) can be
answered and what alternative and/or additional approaches could
have been chosen. The aim of this discussion is to expand the
discussion of the synopsis and train critical thinking in the
academic sense, not to reject
it.
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| Course content and structure |
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The overall aim of the course is to introduce the students to
supply chain stategies and to reflect on the contribution of these
to corporate strategy. Special focus is laid on analyzing
contemporary issues affecting supply chain design and management
such as innovation, globalization and sustainability. Theory to
discuss real life contemporary cases is an essential part of the
course as well as understanding of how to analyze and discuss
theory and scientific literature as tools for analysis and critical
reflection.
Based on an introductory discussion of the conceptual foundation
of supply chain strategies, the course sets out to discuss
generic supply chain strategies, especially lean and agile
supply chains. The supply chain strategies are then explored in
relation to supply chain design criteria such as transaction costs
and core competencies where especially the role of relationships in
value creation is discussed. Next, the course addresses
contemporary challenges for supply chain strategies namely
globalization and environmental and social sustainability. Then the
course addresses dynamic aspects of supply chains, in
particular innovation and change. The course concludes with a
discussion of future prospects of supply chain strategies.
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| Teaching methods |
| Overview lectures, student group presentations of
literature and case analyses. Visiting lecturers from practice when
possible and relevant. The teaching method is based on
students' involvement, participation, reflection and
collaboration. Students are trained to understand and analyse
literature and cases that highlight contemporary and real life
supply chain strategy issues. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Logbook to assess academic progress. |
| Student workload |
| Lectures |
33 hours |
| Preparation for lectures |
72,5 hours |
| Mini-project |
57,5 hours |
| Exam and exam preparation |
43 hours |
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| Expected literature |
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The study material is a collection of academic articles and case
articles primarily from the trade literature. See for example
Gammelgaard, Britta (2010):”Supply Chain Strategies”, Bidgoli
(ed.): Handbook of Technology Management, Vol. 2, pp 120-131.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
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Last updated on
04-10-2017
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