November 26, 2020

ICFAI University - Supply Chain Management

 Supply Chain Management

 

PRINCIPLES OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT


Supply Chain Management – An Overview: Definition, Components of a Supply Chain, The Concept of Supply Chain Management (SCM), Supply Chain Management – Schools of Thought, SCM Processes, Factors Driving the Evolution of SCM, Objectives of SCM.

Understanding the Supply Chain.


SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING AND DESIGN


Supply Chain Integration: Nature of Supply Chain Integration, Factors Driving Supply Chain Integration, Role of Organizational and Channel Support, Elements of Supply Chain Strategy, Framework for Supply Chain Integration, Benefits and Barriers.

Supply Chain Performance: Achieving Strategic Fit and Scope.

Supply Chain Drivers and Obstacles.


Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain: Forecast Components, Forecasting Approaches, Steps Involved in Demand Forecasting Process, Forecasting Techniques, Measures of Forecast Error.

Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain.

Managing Demand and Supply in a Supply Chain: Aggregate Planning and its Role in a Supply Chain, Aggregate Planning Process, Managing Predictable Variability in a Supply Chain.

 Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain.

Aggregate Planning in the Supply Chain.


Facility Network Design: Factors Influencing Facility Network Design Decisions, Facility Network Design Decision Process, Models for Facility Network Design and Capacity Allocation.


Designing the Distribution Network in a Supply Chain.

Network Design in the Supply Chain.

Network Design in an Uncertain Environment.


SUPPLY CHAIN PROCESSES


Purchasing and Supply Chain Management: Activities of the Purchasing Department, Evolution of the Purchasing Function, Selecting and Managing Suppliers, JIT Purchasing.


Manufacturing in a Supply Chain Context: Intrafirm Production, Interfirm Production, Supply Chain Production.


Inventory Management: Role of Inventory in a Supply Chain, Definitions, Cost of Carrying Inventory, Basic Inventory Management Decisions, Inventory Decisions in a Supply Chain.

Managing Economies of Scale in the Supply Chain: Cycle Inventory.

Managing Uncertainty in the Supply Chain: Safety Inventory.


Managing Transportation in a Supply Chain: Role of Transportation in a Supply Chain, Participants in Transportation Decisions, Costs, Modes of Transport, Transportation Network Design and Trade-offs, Transportation Analysis Decisions.

Transportation in the Supply Chain. 


Warehousing: Functions of Warehousing, Activities and Alternatives, Factors to be Considered in Warehousing Strategy, Planning and Managing a Warehouse.


Returns Management: Reverse Logistics, Need for Returns Management, Returns Management Processes, Disposition Options, Challenges in Returns Management, Use of Information Technology in Returns Management.


Customer Service in a Supply Chain: Elements of Customer Service, Approaches to Develop a Customer Service Strategy, Creating Differential Advantage, Impediments to Implementing an Effective Customer Service Strategy, Use of Technology in Customer Service.

Determining Optimal Level of Product Availability.


Order Fulfillment: Process, E-Fulfillment vs. Traditional Order Fulfillment, Responsive Order Fulfillment, Order Fulfillment Systems.


SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION


Cooperation and Coordination in a Supply Chain: Bullwhip Effect, Partnering in Supply Chain Management, Obstacles in Supply Chain Coordination, Managerial Levers to Achieve Coordination, Designing Effective Supply Chain Partnerships.

 Coordination in the Supply Chain.


Role of Outsourcing in a Supply Chain: Reasons for Outsourcing, Deciding What to Outsource, The Outsourcing Process, Issues in Outsourcing, Areas of Outsourcing, Advantages and Disadvantages, Outsourcing Practices.

 Sourcing Decisions in a Supply Chain.


Measuring Supply Chain Performance: Supply Chain Performance Measurement, Framework for Developing Supply Chain Metrics, Performance Metrics and Measures, Requirements for Designing an Ideal SCPM System, Approaches to SCPM, Setting Performance Targets.


Information Technology in a Supply Chain: Value of Information Flow, Use of Information, Changing Role of Information Technology in a Supply Chain, IT Solutions for SCM, Supply Chain Management Software, Process of Implementing an IT Enabled SCM System.

Information Technology and the Supply Chain.


E-Business and the Supply Chain: Impact of the Internet on Supply Chain, Impact of E-Business on the Supply Chain, Types of E-Business Applications, Implementing the E-Business Proposition.

e-business and the Supply Chain.

Financial Flow in a Supply Chain: Components of Financial Flow in a Supply Chain, Automating Financial Flow in a Supply Chain, Integrating Material and Financial Flows in a Supply Chain.



I. BUILDING A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK TO ANALYZE SUPPLY CHAINS.

1. Understanding the Supply Chain.

2. Supply Chain Performance: Achieving Strategic Fit and Scope.

3. Supply Chain Drivers and Obstacles.




II. DESIGNING THE SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK.

4. Designing the Distribution Network in a Supply Chain.

5. Network Design in the Supply Chain.

6. Network Design in an Uncertain Environment.


III. PLANNING DEMAND AND SUPPLY.

7. Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain.

8. Aggregate Planning in the Supply Chain.

9. Planning Supply and Demand in the Supply Chain: Managing Predictable Variability.


IV. PLANNING AND MANAGING INVENTORIES IN A SUPPLY CHAIN.

10. Managing Economies of Scale in the Supply Chain: Cycle Inventory.

11. Managing Uncertainty in the Supply Chain: Safety Inventory.

12. Determining Optimal Level of Product Availability.



V. SOURCING, TRANSPORTING, AND PRICING PRODUCT.

13. Sourcing Decisions in a Supply Chain.

14. Transportation in the Supply Chain. 

15. Pricing and Revenue Management in the Supply Chain.


VI. COORDINATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN.

16. Coordination in the Supply Chain.

17. Information Technology and the Supply Chain.

18. e-business and the Supply Chain.


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