Overordnede kursusmål
Global markets, short product life cycles and high expectations
from customers require effective supply chain management in order
for business enterprises to maintain a competitive advantage.
Supply chains are complex networks consisting of suppliers,
manufacturers, distributors, retailers, etc., that collaborate in
bringing a product or service to the customer. Activities within
supply networks have to be well coordinated and integrated in order
to be able to reduce costs and improve customer service. The
purpose of this course is to build intuition into the essential
tools and concepts for designing and managing the supply chain
effectively.
Læringsmål
En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:
- Explain fundamental terminology and concepts in supply chain
management
- Identify the sources of tradeoffs and inefficiencies in supply
chains
- Distinguish between cost-efficient and responsive supply
chains
- Summarize the importance of supply chain coordination and
integration
- Apply fundamental managerial insights to the design and
management of supply chains
- Perform quantitative and qualitative evaluations of decision
making problems in supply chains
- Apply the main quantitative tools used in supply chain planning
and design
- Analyse case studies in supply chain management
Kursusindhold
Inventory management and forecasting
Supply chain coordination and integration
Sales and operations planning (S&OP)
Supply contracts
Vendor managed inventory (VMI)
Advanced planning and optimization
Production and outsourcing strategies
Distribution network design
Selected case studies & games
Spreadsheet based analyses and problem solving
Guest lecture from industry
Litteraturhenvisninger
Simchi-Levi, Kamisky & Simchi-Levi (2008). Designing and
managing the supply chain – Concepts, strategies and case studies,
3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill
Sidst opdateret
01. maj, 2018
