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DEPARTMENT - BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

COURSE PACK
for
SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN AND MODELLING - MBA545L

MBA545L -  SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN AND MODELLING

Total Teaching Hours For Semester : 30 No

of Lecture Hours/Week : 3

Max Marks :
100
3

Course Description and Course Objectives:

Course Description: This course is offered as a functional elective in the fifth trimester for LOS Students. The focus of this course is introducing quantitative techniques for
taking supply chain decisions and designing of the supply chain. The approach is to consider supply chains as a system with number of entities that interact in a complex
manner. To facilitate decision making in such systems, the course presents mathematical models and optimization techniques that form the tool kit for supply chain design and
decision making.

Course Outcomes

Course Learning Outcomes: On having completed this course student should be able to:

CLO1 Relate to the concepts of systems approach and dynamic nature of supply chain planning and decision making

CLO2 Make use of optimization techniques for supply chain related decision making

CLO3 Design supply chain networks using mathematical modelling

CLO4 Analyse supply chain performance through modelling and simulation of supply chains using Arena Simulation Software

CLO5 Apply analytical techniques for determining effective solutions to problems associated with supply networks.

Unit-
1
Hours:3

Introduction to Supply Chain Engineering (SCE)

Meaning of Supply Chain Engineering. Introduction to mathematical modelling of physical systems. Supply chain decisions. Supply Chain Performance (efficiency,
responsiveness, risk).

Unit-
2
Hours:8

Network Design in Supply Chain

The role of network design in Supply Chain. Factors influencing supply chain network design decisions. Framework for Network Design Decisions. Models for Facility
location, Transportation model - Mathematical modelling and solving using MS Excel.

Capacitated Plant Location Model, Gravity Location Models, Allocating demand to production facilities, Locating Plants and Warehouses Simultaneously. Quantitative
modelling and solving using MS Excel for the above conditions.

Unit-
3
Hours:8

Supply Chain Modeling and Simulation using Rockwell Arena

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Introduction to Rockwell Arena Software. Simulation Modeling and concepts. Continuous and discrete simulation. Steps involved carrying out the simulation study.
Components of a simulation model (Entities, Resources, Control Logic, Statistics). Modeling and simulation of a simple manufacturing system. Modeling and simulation of
material flow in a supply chain. Analyzing simulation results.

Unit-
4
Hours:6

Managing Uncertainty and product availability in Supply Chains

The role of safety inventory. Determining the level of safety inventory. Impact of supply uncertainty and aggregation on inventory. Managing uncertainty through
postponement. Impact of replenishment policies. Cost of overstocking and cost of under stocking.

The importance of level of product availability. Evaluating optimal level of product availability.

Solutions using MS Excel.

Unit-
5
Hours:5

Supplier Selection Models and Methods

Supplier selection problem, supplier selection process. Sourcing strategy-Criteria for selection. Multi-criteria ranking methods for supplier selection, Ranking of Suppliers –
Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP).

Essential References:

Essential references:

1. Sunil Chopra and Dharam Karla (2019). Supply chain management: strategy, planning and operation (7th ed). Pearson Education, India.
2. Ravi Ravindran and Donald Warsing, Supply Chain Engineering: Models and Applications (2013), CRC Press

Recommended References:

Recommended references:

1. Simchi-Levi, D., Kaminsky, P, Simchi-Levi, E., and Shankar, R. (2019). Designing and managing the supply chain: Concepts, strategies, and cases (3e). McGraw-Hill
Education India, New Delhi.
2. Coyle J.J., Langley Jr. C.J.,Novack R.A. and Gibson B.J. (2016). Managing supply chains-A logistics approach ( 10thed). Cengage Learning.
3. Shah, J. (2016). Supply chain management: Text and Cases (2e). Pearson Education India.

Evaluation Pattern

Assessment Outline:

This subject is assessed at the department level.

Sl.No Particulars Weightage

1 Departmental Assessment* 95
2 Attendance** 05
Note: * Refer to course plan for details of assessment.

** Refer to Students Handbook for particulars

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