Supply chain is the alignment of the firms (either local or multi-national) that brings products or services to the market. It involves a full network, which imply a numerous amount of participants in the chain, if only one of them fails, the product or service will be impossible to have in the market… or have it on time. This course will provide the student with the underlying principle and concepts around Supply Chain (SCh). Appreciate what a supply chain is and why it exists, with extra focus on an international context. In today´s world and given the high rotation of inventories, the shorter life cycle of products, internet sales, and the speed on information ex-change, it becomes critical to understand the various steps within the SCh.
Getting to understand them will allow the players involved at the end of the chain to:
- realize which of those steps could be influenced and
- how those other players (producers, suppliers, logistics providers, retailers, etc). could help the chain to work smoother, more collaborative and in the shortest possible times, being able to respond to the demand as quickly as possible.
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The objective of this course is to be able to identify opportunities to improve the SCh within
various types of companies.
Provide students a complete level of knowledge about the areas of SCM: Buying, Productions and Storage,
Distribution Systems and Transportation. These, within a national and international scope.
Provide a strategic and integrated view of the various areas that make up the Company Management, to facilitate the development of their future career towards a leadership role in the field of Operations and SCh Management (SCM).
Topics to review:
1. Introduction to Supply Chain
o Supply Chain & SCh Management Definition
- Internal Participants and conflicting needs.
o The 5 major SCh Drivers
o External Participants in the SCh
o Aligning the SCh with Business Strategy
o Responsiveness vs. Efficiency
o SCOR model
2. Planning & Inventory Management (BIDA)
o Importance of S&OP
o Key concepts behind demand forecasting
o Inventory Management and Safety Stock
o What is a BOM, the importance of it, how it is shaped, and what is it used for.
- Activity SCM (MBT)
- Project SCM
3. Sourcing & Purchases Negotiations
o Procurement steps
- Business needs understanding
- Supplier or Vendor Selection
- Allocating business
o Negotiation strategies
o Contract Development
o Consumption & Contract Management
o Credit & collection
o Total Cost of Purchase
4. 4.1 Delivery, Logistics & International Supply Chain
o Delivery Schedules
o Distribution Channels
o Physical Distribution
o Transportation modes / Logistics Optimization
4.2 International Trade and FER
o Global organizations facilitating trade
o Import Duties, HS, Taric,
o Players on imports and exports.
4.3 Incoterms
4.4 Foreign Exchanges
5. IT systems and Technology affecting Supply chain
o Origins and application of Barcoding and RFID
o Business Intelligence & Process Management.
o Technology used in Supply Chain
The course is oriented towards individual and group learning. We will use:
- Conduct Role Plays- theory needs to be carefully read, and then the role-play will take place. A final wrap will be performed to summarize and debate the conclusions.
- Review of simulations to further on analyze them and drive conclusions
- Conceptual class discussions. The process of discussion will be facilitated and will remark on the key concepts and lessons. However, each student is responsible for formulating his/her own synthesis building upon the readings, class attendance, class participation, and class discussion.
- Assignments to work at home or in class individually or as a team.
- Challenges- What if Analysis will be conducted under different scenarios
- Review the textbook topics in detail during class and as home readings
- Continuous Assessment 30%
- Participation and attitude 10%
- Continuous Evaluation Quiz 30%
- Final examination**30%
Total 100%
** Final exam – NEEDS A MINIMUM OF 4 TO PASS THE COURSE
Continuous Assessment Minimum of (could be more): Home/class assignments (1), Case Study (if any)/ Role Plays/ Projects, Plant visit report (if any) (1). No claims will be accepted after 10 days from the date the delivery note was issued.
NO SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED AFTER THE MID TERM OR AT THE END OF THE COURSE
Assignments without a name or team mate name and not loaded on time in e-study will have a cero.
There is NO RETAKE exam.
Plagiarism and AI tools.
It is a violation of school policy for students to represent work they did not do as their own, or work generated by an AI system unless authorized by the professor.
Any submission with plagiarism of 30% or more indicated in URKUND will have a zero.
During the course, we may use AI tools but you will be informed as to when and how you should usethese. Any use of AI tools outside these parameters will be considered plagiarism.
Please reach out to the professor with any questions you have about the use of AI tools before submitting any assignment that has been created using these AI tools.
Plagiarism regulation: https://www.salleurl.edu/en/copies-regulation
- Attendance: Students are allowed to be absent for up to 25% of class sessions without penalty. Absences between 25 to 40% will result in the loss of 1 point and the student will receive a 0 for attendance/participation.
- Note: After 40% absences constitute a serious situation, and the student is in danger of failing the
course.
- If you arrive 10 minutes late, you´ll be marked as absent. Will be unable to enter class until break time.
- Participation: It will be based on your contribution to the class by offering ideas, asking questions, helping others during class assignments, being sensitive to the learning needs of others, and working toward group goals. You will be assessed on the Quality of your comments and your ability to connect with and build upon comments made by your colleagues.
Mobile phone policy.
You cannot use your mobile phone during class time. Mobile phones are off limits during class: no calls, no text messaging, no WhatsApp etc. All phones must be turned off and away in bags and out of sight. Failure to do this will result in the professor asking you to leave the room after an initial warning.
This will also result in your name being reported to the direction of business degrees for disciplinary action.
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Supply Chain Management by Michael H. Hugos. 3 rd edition
Mandatory Textbook : Supply Chain Management by Michael H. Hugos. 3rd edition
Other sources:
- Defining Supply Chain Management- Journal of Business Logistics Vol. 22 No.2 p 18.
- Supply Chain Management – By: Chopra Sunil & Peter Meindl. 4th edition
- The Goal – By Eliyahu Goldratt
- Operations Management b6 W.J. Stevenson, 3rd edition, McGraw Hill
- Linked-IN: Supply Chain Management Group
- Negotiations- http://www.negotiations.com/definition/
- SCM courses https://www.coursera.org/course/supplychain
- SCM basics https://scm.ncsu.edu/scm-articles/scm-basics
- Fred Sollish & John Semanik, 2011, Strategic Global Sourcing Best Practices, Wiley
- Mandyam Srinivasan et al., 2014, Global Supply Chain: Evaluating Regions on an EPIC Framework, McGraw-Hill Education
- SAP - http://es.slideshare.net/vins049/basics-of-sap-for-noobs-dummies