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This course aims to relate students’ existing theoretical
knowledge on supply (and demand) chain management with
realities of business practice. To this end, the course is
conducted in collaboration with a partner company. Topics
include sales & operations planning, demand
forecasting, inventory management, procurement,
manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, sales channel
management and retailing. For each topic,
• Students are assigned preliminary questions that
may require reading assigned
resources and/or web research.
• The instructor leads a discussion on related
theoretical /analytical background.
• Managers present related processes in their
company and engage in discussions with students.
• The goal is to use company examples to emphasize
the processes, decision problems and analytical
approaches relevant for all supply chains.
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