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Course description

Title of the Teaching Unit

Supply Chain Management

Code of the Teaching Unit

22GE010

Academic year

2024 - 2025

Cycle

Number of credits

5

Number of hours

60

Quarter

1

Weighting

Site

Anjou

Teaching language

English

Teacher in charge

GRISAY François

Objectives and contribution to the program

The objectives of this Supply Chain Management course are
• To give the students a global view of the Supply chain within the company
• To provide the students with a global understanding of the structure of supply chain across whole industries
• To make the students aware of the importance of Supply Chain Management, and its impact on the environment
• To teach them the concepts and techniques to be able to analyse and optimize a supply chain

Competency Goals :

CG 1 Disciplinary Knowledge
CG2 Operational
CG3 Responsible
CG6 Communicate orally and in writing in several languages

Prerequisites and corequisites

The students should have basic knowledge in Operational Research and Macro Economy

Content

• Supply Chain Strategy
• (Out)sourcing & procurement
• Lean six sigma
• Bottleneck: Theory of constraints
• Transportation & Supply Chain Network Design
• Bullwhip effect: Supply chain coordination
• Forecasting
• Supply Chain planning
• Inventory Management
• Issue Based Problem Solving
• Importance of IT in Supply Chain
• Complexity of different Supply Chains
• Impact of Supply Chain on Sustainability

Teaching methods

• Lectures
• Case studies
• Site visits
• Conferences

Assessment method

1. Final written exam (50%)
2. Moodle homeworks (20%)
3. Extra course activity (30%):
> or 3A. Brussels Management Challenge: Participation to all cases, result on Supply Chain Management case, inscription with STEM student (+ 20%)
> or 3B. Site visit + picture, maturity assessment, analysis (Source, Make, Deliver, Plan, …), proposed improvement initiatives, and quantified environmental impact

References

• Basics of Supply Chain Management – APICS
• Supply Chain Management - Sunil Chopra & Peter Meindl