IME - 492 – Supply Chain Management - 3 Credit Hours

Course Title (with code) IME - 492 - Supply Chain Management

Credit Hours 3
Faculty (Name) Mechanical Engineering
Contact (Ph:& email) 0333-4116538; sessionalsime@gmail.com
Office Hours Tuesday 10 AM -12 PM, Thursday 10 AM -12 PM
Course Description:(Course Aim/Objective and Course Contents
Aims/Objectives:
1. To impart knowledge about the importance of SCM concepts and practices.
2. To build an understanding of the various tools and techniques used for assessing Supply Chain Requirements.
3. To learn about the Emerging Concepts and concerns in Supply Chain.
Contents:
1. Fundamentals of SCM: The era of Physical Distribution Management, the Concept of Supply Chain, Bullwhip
Effect, Information for Supply Chain Management.
2. Decision Making in SCM: Network Optimization Models, Outsourcing, Facility Location, Performance
Measures in SCM.
3. Logistics: Modes of Transportation, Inter Modal Transpiration, LTL, Shippers, Reverse Logistics.
4. Customer Focus in Supply Chain: Achieving Customer Satisfaction Objectives.
5. International Supply Chain Management: Global Issues & Trends

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

CLO No. Description Domain and level of Mapping

Learning* with PLO

CLO1 Understand the evolving needs, role of physical distribution in

local/global perspectives and key concepts in Supply Chain C2 PLO-6
Management.

CLO2 Examine the concepts of Operational Integration, Communication,

C4 PLO-3
and Network Optimization Models for Supply Chain Integration.

CLO3 Understand the role of logistics and reverse logistics for achieving
C2 PLO6
customer satisfaction objectives.

*C = Cognitive; P = Psychomotor; A = Affective; PLO-6 Engineer & Society; PLO-3 Design & Development.
Text Books (include publisher’s details and year of publication)
Recommended Books:
1. Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management: An Essential Guide for 21 st Century Managers by Kenneth B.
Ackerman, 2007, ISBN: 0979597609.
2. Supply Chain Management & Reverse Logistics by Harald Dyckhoff, Richard Lackes, Joachim reese, Springer
Science 7 Business Media Publishers, 2013, ISBN:3540248153.
3. Introduction to Supply Chain Management Technologies by David Frederick Ross, CRC Press, 2016.
4. Logistics & Supply Chain Management by Martin Christopher, 5 th Edition, Pearson Publisher, UK, 2016, ISBN:
1292083824.
Assessment Tools with Weightage:
Assignment No.1 (Presentation) = 15%
Assignment No.2 (CEP) =15%
Mid Term = 30%
Final Exam= 40%
Tentative Weekly Lecture Plan
Week Description of topics CLOs
Introduction to the Course Objectives & CLOs - Reference Books - Course Plan – OBE
1 1
Requirements - Scope of the Subject- CEP Discussion
2 Importance of Supply Chain 1
3 Concepts of Supply Chain 1
4 Supply Chain Techniques 2
5 Supply Chain Techniques 2
6 Presentations 1
7 Presentations 1
8 CEP Performance Review 2
9 Mid Term Exams 1-2
10 Concepts of Logistics & Reverse Logistics 3
11 Logistics Modes 3
12 Presentations 3
13 Presentations 3
14 Role of Customer in Logistics 3
15 CEP Submissions 2
16 Final Term Exams 2-3

Assessment Rubrics (R) for Assignment No.1

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Description

X X X A B C D F
Comprehensive
Incomplete
Organized
Majority Fairly Many aspects missing
1 Contents Progressively All found
addressed addressed missed important
Elaborated
information
Discussed in
Extremely Not Nothing
2 Delivery alignment with Well Fair
well impressive relevant found
the contents
use of related
Made best Made Satisfactor
3 Vocabulary technical Inappropriate Inappropriate
use better use y
vocabulary
Book, journal, Any
References Some
4 article, websites combination Found few Few or None None
& Citations mentioned
etc. exists
Marks Distribution: 1(4), 2(4),3(4),4(3).

Assessment Rubrics (R) for Assignment No.2

R. No. Title Description Grading Policy & Criteria

X X X A B C D F
Comprehensive
Incomplete
Organized
Majority Fairly Many aspects missing
1 Contents Progressively All found
addressed addressed missed important
Elaborated
information
Framework/
Formula
systematically
Incomplete
explained and
Majority Fairly Many aspects missing
2 Solution related All found
addressed addressed missed important
Calculations /
information
applications
clearly
documented
Conclusion
drawn from
results like result Incomplete
meanings, Majority Fairly Many aspects missing
3 Comments All found
relation with addressed addressed missed important
theory, any information
predictions based
on results.
Book, Journal, Any
References Some
4 Article, Websites combinatio Found few Few or None None
& Citations mentioned
Etc. n exists
Marks Distribution: 1(4), 2(4), 3(4),4(3).