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Supply Chain Management (SCM) syllabus

Dr. Husam Arman

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Outline

My CV briefly What about you? Ground rules Syllabus ….

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My CV

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What about you?

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Ground rules 1. Please switch off our phones when in class. 2. Arrive on time3. Keep our presentations to agreed upon

lengths4. In general be courteous to others 5. ….

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Syllabus

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ILO’s

• A thorough understanding of the concepts and challenges in supply chains and manufacturing systems.

• Students will be equipped with state-of-the-art concepts, methods, techniques and tools to allow them to contribute towards the competitiveness of industrial organizations worldwide.

• Able to develop models and use management tools applicable to supply chain systems.

• Able to exploit tactics and strategies for system improvement as part of supply chain management.

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Major topics

• SCM and achieving a Strategic Fit• SCM drivers and metrics• Distribution network in a SC• Forecasting and Inventory control• Aggregate planning and Materials Requirement

Planning• Lean and TOC perspective• ERP • Transportation and sourcing decisions in a SC• IT in SC8/23/2009

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References• Text book: Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl. Supply

Chain Management: Strategy, Planning and Operation. 4th edition. Prentice-Hall, Inc., 2010

• Additional references; – Krajewski & Ritzman, Operations Management: Strategy

and Analysis, 6th ed. Prentice Hall, 2002 – Simchi-Levi, David, Philip Kaminsky, and Edith Simchi-Levi.

Designing and Managing the Supply Chain. 2nd ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 2003

– Nahmias, Steven. Production and operations analysis, 5th ed. McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2005.

– Chase, Richard B. Operations management for competitive advantage / Richard B. Chase, F. Robert Jacobs, Nicholas J. Aquilano, 10th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2001

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Grading policy

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First Exam 25%

Second Exam 25%

Individual project 10%

Final Exam 40%