Supply chain management emphasizes the coordination of all activities carried out for the supply of goods and services. The course introduces the importance of coordination between different parties in the supply chain from suppliers (and their suppliers) to customers (and their customers). Topics include demand forecasting, aggregate planning, purchasing, inventory management, warehousing, and distribution planning.
Supply Chain Management (OPIM 401)
2021 Spring
Sabancı Business School
Opera.&Info. Syst. Man.(OPIM)
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Füsun Ülengin fulengin@sabanciuniv.edu,
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English
Undergraduate
OPIM301
Formal lecture
Discussion based learning,Case Study
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| Programs\Type | Required | Core Elective | Area Elective |
| Management | * | ||
| Management | * |
CONTENT
OBJECTIVE
Supply chain management activities include demand forecasting, inventory control, material handling, order processing, parts and service support, plant and warehouse site selection, procurement, return goods handling, traffic and transportation, warehousing and storage, information management, e-commerce design, contracting, and customer service. This course will provide students with the knowledge and the tools necessary to develop, implement, and sustain strategies for managing supply chains. It will emphasize on real-life applications as well as conceptual developments and basic analytical methods that provide basic insights for effective management of supply chains.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- 1. Describe important components of supply chains and decision processes in managing supply chains. 2. Use basic analytical methods to develop usable techniques in real life problems. 3. Asses suitability of certain supply chain practices or structures for the supply and demand environments in which the firms operate. 4. Interpret results of basic theories from inventory, pricing and distribution and transportation planning that would be instrumental in managing real-life supply chains. 5. Distinguish between challenges in managing a national supply chain versus a global supply chain. 6. Discuss the significance of supply chain management and in and its relation to other business disciplines such as operations, marketing, finance, etc.
PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
1. Understand the world, their country, their society, as well as themselves and have awareness of ethical problems, social rights, values and responsibility to the self and to others. 3
2. Understand different disciplines from natural and social sciences to mathematics and art, and develop interdisciplinary approaches in thinking and practice. 2
3. Think critically, follow innovations and developments in science and technology, demonstrate personal and organizational entrepreneurship and engage in life-long learning in various subjects; have the ability to continue to educate him/herself. 4
4. Communicate effectively in Turkish and English by oral, written, graphical and technological means. 4
5. Take individual and team responsibility, function effectively and respectively as an individual and a member or a leader of a team; and have the skills to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams. 3
1. Have an understanding of economics and main functional areas of management
2. Have a basic all-around knowledge in humanities, science, mathematics, and literature
3. Have a basic knowledge of law and ethics, awareness of social and ethical responsibilities
4. Work effectively in teams and environments characterized by people of diverse educational, social and cultural backgrounds
5. Demonstrate proficiency in oral and written communications in English
6. Pursue open minded inquiry and appreciate the importance of research as an input into management practice; thus, a.know how to access, interpret and analyze data and information by using current technologies b.use the results from analyses to make informed decisions
7. Use office softwares for written communication, presentation, and data analysis
8. Demonstrate awareness that business settings present different opportunities and challenges for managers due to environmental/contextual differences that arise in economic, political, cultural, legal-regulatory domains
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ASSESSMENT METHODS and CRITERIA
| Percentage (%) | |
| Midterm | 60 |
| Participation | 15 |
| Group Project | 25 |
RECOMENDED or REQUIRED READINGS
| Textbook |
Simchi-Levi, D., P. Kaminsky and E. Simchi-Levi, Designing and Managing the Supply Chain, Third Edition, Irwin McGraw Hill, 2008. |