master of science supply chain management and technology la salle campus barcelona

Master of Science in Supply Chain Management and Technology

Master the supply chain of the future with a comprehensive program that combines AI, global vision and leadership

Company strategy and supply chain

Description: 

In the subject Business Strategy and Supply Chain, the student is offered the basic principles of operations management on which the supply chain strategy and the development of its functional areas are subsequently based.

A supply chain aligned with the needs of the business is one of the fundamental pillars of the success of a company in its relationship with customers, its positioning in the market and its profitability as a business because it becomes one of its competitive advantages.

Type Subject
Primer - Obligatoria
Semester
First
Course
1
Credits
5.00
Previous Knowledge: 

No particular prior knowledge is required

Objectives: 

The objectives are as follows:

  • To train professionals capable of analyzing, developing, and managing the supply chain as a competitive advantage for the company, leading the technological and operational changes required to achieve this.
  • To train professionals capable of managing the company’s supply chain areas: Procurement, Production, Warehousing, Transportation Systems, and the management of their budgets.

Contents: 

- Alignment of supply chain strategy with competitive strategy.

- Global supply chain strategy.

- The direction and global planning of operations.

- Quality in the supply chain.

- Balanced supply chain scorecard.

- Construction and budgetary consolidation of the supply chain.

- Innovation in the supply chain.

- Supply chain risk management.

Methodology: 

On-campus Methodology

The teaching methodology used in the on-campus modality is divided into four steps for each of the sessions that make up the subjects of the program:

- Students must prepare at home the previous tasks of the session recommended by the teacher: reading an article, watching a video, solving a practical case or exercise, etc. In this way, the student prepares the topic of the session and acquires prior knowledge that will allow him to take better advantage of the session together with the teacher and the rest of the classmates.

- The teacher dedicates the first part of the session to working on the concepts related to the theme of the day, encouraging debate and discussion among the students, taking advantage of the fact that they have prepared the previous tasks and are based on prior knowledge.

- The teacher dedicates the second part of the session to the analysis, debate and resolution of the practical case or exercise proposed in the previous tasks. In this way, the concepts covered in the first part of the session are taken to a practical environment to strengthen the student's learning. It is essential that students work on the case or exercise at home to make the most of the contributions of the rest of their classmates during the second part of the session, as well as make valuable contributions to the group.

- It is recommended that students prepare at home the subsequent tasks of the session recommended by the teacher, which aim to finish consolidating the knowledge discussed and worked on in class.

Online Guided Methodology

The teaching methodology used in the online modality is based on a proprietary methodology developed by La Salle URL called SDBL (Self Directed Based Learning).

SDBL is an active methodology based on situational learning and self-directed learning. With situational learning, the student is taught, through challenges, to address real problems and situations of the company with which he can consolidate the new knowledge acquired.

With self-directed learning, the student decides how to advance in their training based on their previous experience.

Weekly, the LMS (Learning Management System) platform releases the content of a new topic.

The operation of the week is as follows:

- Synchronous kick-off session:

  • The teacher makes an overview of the contents and tasks that the student will find throughout the week. The objective of this meeting is to try to discover and reveal on a personal level which aspects of the week that are going to be discussed may be more difficult for the individual student.
  • The professor solves possible doubts of the students about the subject of the previous week.

- Among synchronous connections:

  • The students view session contents and develops the tasks entrusted to them about the topic of the week to consolidate knowledge and identify doubts.

- Synchronous session Check point:

  • The professor solves any doubts that students may have about the contents of the current week.
  • The professor presents additional content or practical cases, which are interesting for the students.
  • The professor generates debate and discussion among the students about the content of the current week to help the students in their assimilation, therefore, improving their learning.
  • The professor provides oral feedback about the deliverables registered by the students in the feedback well of the previous week, emphasizing the difficulties and errors found. This instance is for feedback only and not for qualification. The feedback is an instrument so that the students to validate with the mentor, in general terms, the resolution to the proposed tasks. In this way, the feedback wells are created thinking of giving the students an opportunity to feel the answers with the mentor. Based on the feedback provided by the mentor, the students will be able to finish developing the task and present it as a final deliverable, with the advantage of having had prior advice from the professor.

- Rest of the week.

The objective is to finish the development of the tasks of the current week from the clarifications received in the synchronous check point session to pass the exercises, tasks and / or deliverables of the topic.

It is worth mentioning that most of the time spent during this last part of the week should be spent on solving tasks and deliverables, rather than assimilating content (an aspect that should have been resolved between the kick-off and check point sessions).

The LMS platform gradually opens content (week by week) so that the whole group follows the same academic itinerary. In other words, the sequential opening of topics is done so that all students in the program are working on the same subjects simultaneously.

Evaluation: 

Face-to-face modality

Highly significant evaluation activities:

- Exercises and cases of the sessions [30%]

- Trdown group subject [70%]

The grade is out of 10 and is passed with a grade equal to or greater than 5.

 Online Guided Modality

The evaluation is carried out based on the resolution of 4 deliverables whose weighting is as follows:

- Partial deliverables

  • Topic 1: 20%
  • Topic 2: 20%
  • Topic 3: 20%

- Final deliverable of the subject: 40% The grade is about 10 and is approved with a grade equal to or greater than 5 and it is necessary to pass each deliverable separately to pass the subject. On the final deliverable, the teacher will have an interview with the student to ensure that the student has acquired the knowledge. If the student does not pass this interview, the subject will not be considered approved.

Recovery period:

The works that have not been approved in the ordinary call must be submitted, in this case, the maximum grade is a 7.

Copying Regulations: https://www.salleurl.edu/es/normativa-de-copias


Evaluation Criteria: 

Face-to-face modality

 In the resolution of exercises and subject works the criteria to be taken into account are:

- Understanding the situation posed

- Definition and analysis of the problems raised by the case

- Registration of the main topics

- Proposed solutions

- Realism and adequacy of the proposed solution(s)

- Argumentation of defense of the same

- Strengths and benefits of the proposal(s)

- Implications of the proposal(s) (economic and management)

Online Guided Modality

- Topic 1 Deliverable:

  • Definition and explanation of strategies
  • Types of supply chains and their objectives
  • Priorities of each of the two actors in the ecosystem and explanation of why they establish a value chain

- Topic 2 Deliverable:

  • Quality management between brander and contract manufacturer o Brander KPIs on contract manufacturing operations
  • Budgetary control between the two actors: should it exist? and if so how it would be done

- Topic 3 Deliverable:

  • Innovations described in the review document
  • Is the brander/contract manufacturing ecosystem an innovation? What kind and what does it bring?
  • Risks of this partnership and mitigation plans

- Entregable final:

  • Understanding the situation posed
  • Definition and analysis of the problems raised by the case

- Registration of the main topics

  • Proposed solutions

- Realism and adequacy of the proposed solution(s)

- Argumentation of defense of the same

- Strengths and benefits of the proposal(s)

- Implications of the proposal(s) (economic and management)

Basic Bibliography: 

- Dynamic Supply Chains, John Gattorna

- Designing and managing the supply chain: Concepts, strategies and Case Studies, David Simchi-Levi et al.

- Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Martin Christopher 2017

- Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning and Operation, Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl

- "The triple AAA Supply Chain", Hau Lee, Harvard Business Review

- The goal: a process of ongoing improvement, Eliyahu Goddratt

- Competing against time: How time-based Competition is reshaping global markets, George Stalk

- Las claves del éxito de Toyota. Jeffrey K. Liker.

- Control presupuestario: Planificación, elaboración y seguimiento del presupuesto, Lluis Muñiz, Bresca, 2009

Additional Material: 

- Deloitte Manufacturing Industry 4.0 2020 https://es.scribd.com/document/395063475/Deloitte-ES-Manufacturing-Indus...

- What-is-a-Balanced-Scorecard-V3 What is a Balanced Scorecard

- V3 (intrafocus.com)

- Gestión de la Calidad: Mejora continua y sistemas de gestión. Teoría y práctica. Ivan Velasco.

- Auditoría de los sistemas de gestión de la Calidad. Paloma López.

- El ciclo para innovar. http://blog.treva.cat/2015/07/de-la-idea-al-exito.html


- Tipos de innovación. http://blog.treva.cat/2015/07/formas-de-generar-valor.html