Course Outline: Supply Chain Management (OM2002)

Area: Operations Management | Credit: 3

Programme: PGDM | Duration: October 2022-January 2023| Term: V
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Instructor(s) Name : Dr. Rohit Singh
Email : r.singh@imi-k.edu.in
Phone (Extn no.) : 03366529609
Meeting Hours : Mon – Fri: 10:0 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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PART 1
INTRODUCTION
The Subject dealt with providing the strategic framework to analyse the design, planning and
operations decision within supply chain that helps clarify supply chain goals and identify
managerial actions that improve supply chain performance. The content includes elements of
supply chain; demand forecasting, network design, inventory management and performance
Measurement. This course will expose students to the challenges involved in managing supply
chains and understand the complexity of inter-firm and intra-firm coordination.

COURSE OBJECTIVES (CO)

The course aims at providing insights into:

1- To describe the fundamentals of Supply Chain Management and its applications

2- Develop a sound understanding of the important role of supply chain management in
today’s business environment
3- To demonstrate importance of supply chain in the Business Operations
4- To analyze the application of various supply chain concepts in the Industry.
5- To evaluate performance measures for Supply Chain Networks in organizations
6- Understand the application and limitations of simple decision rules in the context of
supply chain analysis in the real world and effectively communicate the relevance of
supply chain problems and solutions to the business leaders
The course on SCM covers the manufacturing and services sector such as Automotive, FMCG
Healthcare and Retail etc.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLO)

At the end of this course, students would be able to:
CLO1 – Understand the concept of supply chain management in manufacturing as well as
service sectors (PLO1)

CLO2 – Analysing and visualising the design of upstream and downstream supply chain
(PLO3)

CLO3 – Evaluating the performance of supply chain management functions (PLO2)

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COURSE CONTENT
 Introduction- Overview of supply chain management
 Achieving strategic fit
 Designing of supply chain network
 Inventory Management & MRP
 Warehousing
 Transportation and Distribution
 Performance Measurement
 Pricing

PRESCRIBED TEXT BOOK

[CK]: Supply Chain Management by Chopra and Kalra, Pearson, 7th edition

OTHER READINGS AND REFERENCES

Books

1- Simchi-Levi, D, Kaminsky, P, Simchi-Levi, E and Shankar, R, Designing and Managing

the supply Chain - concepts, strategies and case studies, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi. (3rd
Edition)
2-Stephen Chapman, Tony Arnold, Ann gatewood and Llyod Clive, Introduction to Materials
management" Pearson, 8th Edition
3- Donald Bowersox, David Closs, Bixby Cooper and John Bowersox, Supply Chain
Logistics management, Magrawhill Education, 4th Edition
4-R.H. Ballou and Samir K Srivastava, Business Logistics / Supply Chain Management,
5th Edition, Pearson Education India, 2012.
5- R. Monczka, R. Trent, and R. Handfield, Purchaing and Supply Chain Management,
3rd Edition, Thomson India, 2007.

Journals
1. SCM: An International Journal (Emerald)
2. International Journal of Operations and Production Management (Emerald)
3. Journal of Operations Management (Wiley)

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 POLICY ON PLAGIARISM:
Plagiarism of any kind and to any extent would attract penalties. The assessment would be
‘zero’ for that particular component, with no further opportunity to improve. Repetition of the
offence would result in failure in the subject.

ASSESSMENT SCHEME AND WEIGHTAGE:

{a} MID-TERM & END-TERM

Weightage Duration (in CLO

Evaluation Open/close Book
(%) minutes) Tested

End-Term 40 90 Open CLO3

{b} OTHER ASSESSMENTS

Sl. Unit of
Evaluation Item Weight Time CLO
No. Evaluation
Assignment on
1 Inventory Individual 10% 6th Session -
Management
Quiz
2 Individual 20% 10th Session -
7,11,15 & 18th
3 Presentation. Group 10% CLO1
Session
Project Report
4 Group 20% 20th Session CLO2
Submission

PART 2: SESSION PLAN

Session. Topics Pedagogy Reading
[CK]: Chapters 1
Case: What is Supply Chain
Introduction to Supply Chain Lecture and
1 Management? By Matt Drake
Management Discussion
(HBS No. BEP088-PDF-
ENG)

Lecture and
2 Achieving Strategic Fit [CK]: Chapters 2
Discussion

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3 supply chain drivers and Matrix Discussion [CK]: Chapters 3

Vendor Selection and

4 Management Discussion [CK]: Chapters 15

[CK]: Chapters 11
Introduction to Deterministic ` Lecture and Case: Scientific Glass
5
Inventory Management Discussion Incorporated: Inventory
Management (Brief case
Uncertainty in Inventory
Lecture and
6 Management [CK]: Chapters 12
Numerical exercise
Assignment on Inventory Management (10%)

7 Student Evaluation Group Presentation

Material Requirement Planning Read: handouts provided to

8 Exercise
student
Designing Distribution
9 Lecture and exercise [CK]: Chapters 4
Network

10 Network Design Lecture and exercise [CK]: Chapters 5

Quiz (20%)
Student Evaluation
11 Group Presentation

Read: handouts provided to

12 Introduction to Warehousing
student
Warehouse Selection and Read: handouts provided to
13
Optimization student

14 Transportation and Distribution [CK]: Chapters 14

Student Evaluation
15 Group Presentation

Performance Measurement of Read: handouts provided to

16 supply Chain student
Pricing and Positioning
17 [CK]: Chapters 16

Student Evaluation
18 Group Presentation
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 Project
19 Discussion

Project
20 Discussion

Submission of Project Report in Session 20

PART 3: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

* Project Details –
The project topic will be allocated to the student groups; the project will be based on supply
chain issues that organisations might be facing or study of contemporary happenings in supply
chain domain. Project will be completed in three phases
Phase one: Introduction and need of the study, Problem Formulation
Phase two: Relevant literature study and reporting, Data collection
Phase 3 : Analysis, Results, Discussion and report writing.

PLO MAPPING FOR THE COURSE

Addressed CLO
by No.
PLO# Program Objective
Course?
(Yes / No)
Application of Fundamentals
PLO1 Traits: Demonstrate application of functional / conceptual knowledge Yes CLO1
to business situations
Problem Identification and Solution
PLO2 Traits: Demonstrate ability to identify a problem, critically assess Yes CLO3
various alternatives and suggest appropriate solution

Integrative Thinking
Traits: Demonstrate ability to identify inter-linkages among functional
PLO3 Yes CLO2
areas within an enterprise and assess the impact of external
environment on its performance

Effective Communication
PLO4 Traits: Demonstrate proficiency in Oral and Written Communication No -

Ethical Responsibility
PLO5 Traits: Demonstrate awareness and assess impact of ethical behavior No -
on business
Leadership
PO6 Traits: Demonstrate capability to take leadership role in a business No -
situation