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Supply Chain Management (SCM) syllabus
Dr. Husam Arman
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Outline
My CV briefly What about you? Ground rules Syllabus ….
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My CV
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What about you?
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Ground rules 1. Please switch off our phones when in class. 2. Arrive on time3. Keep our presentations to agreed upon
lengths4. In general be courteous to others 5. ….
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Syllabus
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ILO’s
• A thorough understanding of the concepts and challenges in supply chains and manufacturing systems.
• Students will be equipped with state-of-the-art concepts, methods, techniques and tools to allow them to contribute towards the competitiveness of industrial organizations worldwide.
• Able to develop models and use management tools applicable to supply chain systems.
• Able to exploit tactics and strategies for system improvement as part of supply chain management.
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Major topics
• SCM and achieving a Strategic Fit• SCM drivers and metrics• Distribution network in a SC• Forecasting and Inventory control• Aggregate planning and Materials Requirement
Planning• Lean and TOC perspective• ERP • Transportation and sourcing decisions in a SC• IT in SC8/23/2009
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References• Text book: Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl. Supply
Chain Management: Strategy, Planning and Operation. 4th edition. Prentice-Hall, Inc., 2010
• Additional references; – Krajewski & Ritzman, Operations Management: Strategy
and Analysis, 6th ed. Prentice Hall, 2002 – Simchi-Levi, David, Philip Kaminsky, and Edith Simchi-Levi.
Designing and Managing the Supply Chain. 2nd ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 2003
– Nahmias, Steven. Production and operations analysis, 5th ed. McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2005.
– Chase, Richard B. Operations management for competitive advantage / Richard B. Chase, F. Robert Jacobs, Nicholas J. Aquilano, 10th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2001
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Grading policy
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First Exam 25%
Second Exam 25%
Individual project 10%
Final Exam 40%
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