Supply Chain Management (MEC 6009)

KALASALINGAM UNIVERSITY (Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education) Anand Nagar, Krishnankoil 626 190. DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

COURSE PLAN ODD SEMESTER - (2011-2012)

Subject : Supply Chain Management (MEC 6009) Course/Semester : M.Tech. (CAD/CAM) / I & B.Tech. (Honors) Name of the Staff : Mr P.Pitchipoo 1) Pre-requisite: Basic knowledge in Production Management. 2) Objectives: To develop the understanding of the concepts of Supply Chain Management To make awareness of research in Supply Chain Management 3) Learning outcome and end use: Students can gain the following: a. Knowledge in Supply Chain Management components b. Decision Making in sourcing and inventory c. Application of IT in Supply Chain Management Text Book 1. Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl. Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation, Third Edition, Pearson Education, 2007. References 1. N. Viswanadham and Y. Narahari. Performance Modeling of Automated manufacturing Systems. Prentice Hall of India, 1998. 2. R.B. Handfield and E.L. Nochols, Jr. Introduction to Supply Chain Management. Prentice Hall, 1999. 3. Hartmut Stadtler and Christoph Kilger. Supply Chain Management and Advanced Planning., fourth edition, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2008. Web Resources: 1. http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/engineering-systems-division/esd-273j-logistics-and-supply-chainmanagement-fall-2009/lecture-notes/ 2. http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/courses/IIT-MADRAS/Management_Science_II/Pdf/3_6.pdf 3. https://sites.google.com/a/limkokwing.edu.kh/indira/operations-management/op-lecture-notes 4. http://www.supplychainmanagement.in/ 5. http://www.supplychainonline.com/

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Unit I. BASICS Introduction and importance of Supply Chain definition of 2 Supply Chain Management Building blocks of a supply chain network 2 Business processes in supply chains 2 Types of supply chains and examples 1 Supply chain drivers 2 Unit II : SUPPLY CHAIN INVENTORY MANAGEMENT Strategic, tactical, and operational decisions in supply chains Supply chain performance measures Supply chain inventory management Demand forecasting Impact of uncertainty of supply in safety inventory Managing safety inventory in multi echelon supply chains Bullwhip effect. Unit III : SOURCING DECISION IN SUPPLY CHAIN Role of sourcing In-house sourcing and outsourcing Third party logistics. Supplier relation Procurement processes Risk management in sourcing Unit IV: TRANSPORTATION IN SUPPLY CHAIN Role of transportation Transportation modes Design option for a transportation network Trade off in transportation design. Unit V : SUPPLY CHAIN AUTOMATION IT enabled supply chains role of IT in forecasting Role of IT in inventory management Role of IT in procurement Role of IT in transportation Customer relationship management ERP and supply chains Supply chain automation Supply chain integration. 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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Seminar Topics: Sourcing decision in supply chain Transportation in supply chain

Assignment Topics: Managing safety inventory in multi echelon supply chains Bullwhip effect

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Supply chain integration and automation Supplier selection strategies Supply chain performance measures

Case Study Implementation of Supply Chain Management in an industry 6) Test Portions: Examination Sessional I Sessional II End Semester
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