Course Outline – MN 5215 Supply Chain Management

Information on Lecturer

Lecturer : Dr. (Mrs.) AmilaJayarathne, -

PhD (UK), MSc (Tokyo), MSc (SL), BSc (SL), MSLIM, PFCASL

Contacts : 0720344400; amilaj@sjp.ac.lk and amilajp@gmail.com

Class : Weekend

Course Information

Academic and Class Conduct

Professionalism

You are expected to exhibit the highest level of professionalism and courtesy in and out of class.
Minimum behavioural expectations include:

• Turn off cell phones, beepers, and pagers while in class

• Refrain from using laptops or any other electronic devices which may be distracting
• Arrive punctually to class – if you have to be late in arrival or to depart early, please
excuse the lecturer in advance.

Plagiarism, cheating and other misconducts

Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. All materials submitted in this course must be your
own original work. Any material not completely original must be credited to the proper source.

Course Description

This course introduces the field of Supply Chain Management, and presents an overview of the
unique aspects of supply chain management in the international business environment and
provides framework upon which global supply chain management can be based. Emphasis of
this course is placed on the strategic role of supply chain management in the modern global
organization. It focuses on the understanding the principles of strategic supply chain
management and their application to examples and case studies relating to a range of supply
chain scenarios in relevant organizations.

Course Objective

Main objective of this course is to provide students with the necessary knowledge, tools and
skills to develop supply chain management strategies for global operations. Further through
group/individual projects this course is targeted to develop the students’ ability to design and
apply supply chain management strategies to a specific scenario.
Course Content and Schedule

Number of Hours – (14 lectures) – half of the lectures by Dr. Amila

Lecture Topics

1 Introduction to Supply Chain Management

2 Purchasing Management
* Introduction to purchasing in Supply Chain Management
* Buy locally or internationally
* Globalization and purchasing

3 Strategic Aspect of Supply Chain Management – Supply Network Design

4 Operational and Tactical Issues in Supply Chain Management
5 Information management for Supply Chain Management
6 Performance measurement and evaluation in Supply Chain Management
7 Assignment
Detailed Session Plan

Lecture Main Area Subject Area

1& 2 Introduction to Supply Chain
Management
3 Purchasing Management
4 Strategic aspect of Supply
Chain Management
5 Operational and tactical Issues Entry strategy
in Supply Chain Management
Introduction to global operations
Internationalization process
Management orientation toward international
operations
Supply Chain Management
Introduction to purchasing
Buy locally or internationally
Globalization and purchasing
Supply network
Supply Network design
Import and Export Operations issues
Distribution issues

New dimension of SCM

6 Operations and Distribution Issues around import and export aspects
Issues in Supply Chain Information management
Management

Assessment

Assignments 50%

Group/Individual Assignments

Final Examination 50%

Recommended Readings

Wisner Joel D, Leong G. Keong, Tan Keah-Choon Principles of Supply Chain Management: A
Balanced Approach Thomson South-Western

Other readings will be announced in due course.