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