SUPPLY CHAIN COMPETITIVENESS

Course Code: Course Objective:

With increasing competition and lesser product differentiation, companies are focusing on supply chain management to achieve competitive advantage. The course aims to familiarize students of modern systems and procedures in supply chain management. Also, to develop their closer and better understanding of logistics activities & their criticality in managing efficient supply chain. Use of information technology and internet will be highlighted so as to enable students to design supply chain for competitive advantage. Best practices in Supply Chain Management will be studied across industries with special focus on retailing sector.

MMS 408

Credit Units: 03

Course Contents:
Module I: Supply Chain Overview Soil-to-dustConcept of supply chain. Need & importance of integrated supply chain. Building blocks of supply chain network. , Supplier Network Development, Make-or-buy Module II: Logistics Management Systems Concept, Objectives & Scope, The System Elements, International Transportation Issues, Warehousing, Inventory Management, Packaging and Unitization Issues, Communication and Control, Centralized and Decentralized Logistic Management, Third Party Logistics (3PL), Multimodal Transport Operator (M.T.O.) Global Shipping. Module III: Supply Chain Management & Function From domestic to global supply chains, Demand Volatility, Bullwhip Effect, Vertical Integration Issues, Strategic, Operational & tactical decisions in supply chain management. Integrating the concepts with other functions of Management Module IV: Supply Chain Performance & Design Performance measurement- techniques & tools, Sand Cone Model importance & implementation. Information technology in managing supply chain. Issues influencing Supply chain design- logistical, management & product related, competition & technology related. Supply Chain optimization. Module V: Best Practices in Supply Chain Management Benchmarking supply chain management. Manufacturing, warehouse or transportation practices. Technology, material handling & Outsourcing decisions. Global Standards. Supply Chains in various industries. Module VI: Retail Supply Chain Management Challenges faced by Indian retail sector. FMCG & perishible product requirements. VMI, POS & EDI. Cross docking & warehousing issues. Reefers & the cold chain. Reverse logistics. Live project to be undertaken starting with conception of idea to final execution. Case studies Latest emerging trends and practices.

Examination Scheme:
Components Weightage (%) C 10 A 5 CT 15 EE 70

Text & References:

Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation: Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindel, Prentice Hall of India, 2002 Logistics and Supply Chain Management: G Raghuram, N Rangaraj