Supply Chain Management

Overview:

logistical management, logistics and overall strategy, impact on service and cost, renaissance and its contributors, objectives of LM, the logistics function, improving effectiveness of logistics management

Review:

Review of contributory factors for logistics, logistics integration, operating objectives, life cycle support, barriers to internal integration , performance cycles, operating uncertainty

Customer Service:

Customer focus, customer service definition, service capability, customer expectations, value addition

Supply chain 1:

relationships and their importance, structure, economic aspects, channel relationships,

Supply chain 2:

Supply chain integration, international issues, Customer value, information technology for SCM, aspects of risk, power and leadership

Global Logistics:

Global dimensions and optimization, barriers, challenges, imports and exports, global operating levels, global economics, introduction to global supply chain

Logistics Information & Functionality:

Logistics information and functionality, role, design and application, principles of logistics information, planning and coordination operations, impact of information technology

Review of forecasting:

Review of forecasting, approaches, techniques, errors and measurement

Review of Inventory Functionality:

Review of inventory functionality and principles, types and inventory related definitions, inventory carrying cost, EOQ, uncertainty and its handling

Inventory Management:

Inventory management, policies and control, methods for fulfilling inventory needs, management process, methods for improved inventory management

Transportation:

Transportation functionality and principles, planning, transport infrastructure, transportation formats, product design and product tracking

Transportation Management:

Transportation management, basic economics and pricing, costs, pricing, rating, decision making

Warehouse management:

Warehouse management - storage functionality and principles warehousing alternatives strategy -- planning operations
Material planning and handling handling and storage requirements considerations Systems for handling Information directed system

Packaging:

Consumer and industrial packaging damage protection material handling efficiency Channel integration

Logistics System Design:

Logistics system design salient aspects logistics reengineering and procedure time based logistics and control techniques

Logistics Location Patterns:

Logistics location structure warehouse location patterns transportation economies inventory economies formulating logistical strategy

Logistics Administration:

Logistics administration organization and stages issues and challenges concepts having logistical significance managing change -- Relevance of information technology in supply chain

Note:-

One session each would be utilized for midterm examination, quizzes, revision of theory, questions and answers.

Reference:1) Logistical Management by Boversox and Closs -- Tata McGraw Hill, Ed 2000 or later, (B & C)

2) Designing and managing the Supply Chain

by Simchi Levi and Kaminsky-Tata McGraw Hill, Ed 2004 or later, (S & K)

3) Supply Chain Management Concepts and cases

by Kulkarni and Sharma -Tata McGraw Hill, Ed 2004 or later, (K & S)

4) International Logistics

by Wood, Barone, Murphy and Wardlow -TMH, Ed 2002 or later, (WBM & W)

5) Production and Operations Management by Adam and Ebert -- Prentice Hall (A & E) Ed 2000 or later,

6) Production and Operations Management by SN Chary -- Tata McGraw Hill, (S N C) Latest Ed,

7) Production and Operations Management by LC Jhamb EPH, latest ed, (L C J )

8) Operations Management for Competitive Advantage

by Chase, Jacobs and Aquilano -- Tata McGraw Hill, -Ed 2003 or later, (CJ & A)