MODULE/ COURSE/ Supply Chain Engineering (INME 4101) NCQF 8

UNIT TITLE
LEVEL

CREDITS VALUE 12 PRE-REQUISITES None COMPONENT TYPE Core

(FUNDAMENTAL/
CORE/ ELECTIVE)

PURPOSE OF THE The aim of this module is to fundamentally present most of the major tasks performed by industrial engineers, and
MODULE the tools that support these tasks in terms of industrial supply chain engineering. The focus is on the organizational
processes, for which these tasks are needed, and the terminology used to describe the tasks, tools, and processes
involved. Look at the whole physical distribution system, financial analysis and trade-off scenarios to arrive at the
best or lowest system cost, integrated logistics management, coordination between the outbound and inbound
logistics systems for increased efficiency and, perhaps, improved customer service through SC performance
measurement systems.
Coverage: Supply Chain Network, Demand Management & Forecasting, Inventory Management, Manufacturing
Flow Management, Supply Chain Integration, Customer & Supplier Relationship Management Process, Supply Chain
Performance Measurement & KPIs, Transport & Logistics.

MODULE This module brings about an understanding of the global dimensions, distribution network design and the role of
OBJECTIVES logistics in Supply Chains (SCs). Learners experience and appreciate the process of sourcing materials and services,
producing goods and services, demand management, order management, inventory management and customer
service in recent times; SC performance measurement and financial analysis, SC technology in managing information
flows, strategic challenges, change for SCs and aligning SCs.
Specific exit learning outcomes are:
● ELO 1: Demonstrate knowledge and ability to creatively apply systematic approach in solving convergent and divergent
supply chain engineering problems.
● ELO 2: Apply knowledge of mathematics, basic science and engineering sciences from first principles to solve complex
supply chain related problems.
● ELO 3: Demonstrate competence to creatively design and synthesise modern and efficient logistics and supply chain
systems.
● ELO 5: Critically create, select, and apply appropriate engineering methods, skills and tools, including those based on
information technology for solving supply chain problems.
 ● ELO 6: Communicate engineering solutions for logistics and supply chain effectively, orally and in writing, with
engineering audiences and the community at large.
● ELO 7: Demonstrate critical awareness of the impact of engineering activity on the social, industrial and physical
environment.

ASSESSMENT (i) Quizzes, (ii) Tests, (iii) Laboratory Practical (iv) Project report (v) Presentation (vi) Assignment (vii) Classroom
STRATEGIES observation

MODULE LEARNING OUTCOME TOPICS AND SUB-TOPICS TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES

LO1: Principles of Supply Chain LO1A: Supply chain management (i) Lecture (ii) Tutorials (iii) Laboratory
Management Define a Supply Chain practical (iv) Project based learning (v)
⮚ An Overview of Supply Chains; Identify upstream and downstream Inquiry-based learning (vi) Conceptual
⮚ Global Dimensions of Supply Chains members of a supply chain
mapping (vii) Case study (viii) Collaborative
⮚ The Management of Supply Chains Supply chain mapping
Identify Global Dimensions of supply chains learning/Group discussion (ix) Problem
⮚ “Green” Supply Chains solving (x) Reading assignment
Demonstrate knowledge of supply chain
⮚ Information Technology: A Supply processes (Sourcing Raw Materials,
Chain Enabler Producing Goods and Supply Chain
⮚ Supply Chain Integration Services)
⮚ Supply Chain Management (SCM) Demonstrate knowledge of IT as an enabler
Software of modern integrated supply chains
Managing supply chain through SCM
software
Demonstrate application of integrated
supply chains in (Determining appropriate
levels of outsourcing, Managing
procurement, Managing suppliers, Managing
 customer relationships, Being able to quickly
identify problems and respond to them,
Managing risks)

Application of “Green” concept in

sustainable “Green” Supply Chains
LO2: Role of Logistics in Supply Chains LO2A: Logistics and the Supply Chain (i) Lecture (ii) Tutorials (iii) Laboratory practical
⮚ Identify and explain logistics Definitions and Concepts of Logistics and (iv) Project based learning (v) Inquiry-based
definitions and concepts that are Supply Chain learning (vi) Conceptual mapping (vii) Case
relevant to managing the supply Supply chain: structure and tiering
study (viii) Collaborative learning/Group
chain. Map out multi-tiered supply chains for goods
discussion (ix) Problem solving (x) Reading
⮚ Identify how supply chains compete in and or/ services
assignment
terms of time, cost and quality.
⮚ Supply Chain Network Design (Omni- LO2B: Material flow and information flow
Channel Network), Identify Material flows in supply chains
⮚ Show how different supply chains Identify Information flows in supply chains
may adopt different and distinctive Draw flow diagrams to illustrate material and
strategies for competing in the information flows in multi-tier supply chains
marketplace.
LO2C: Competing through logistics
Identify and explain Hard objectives
Identify and explain Supportive capabilities
Identify and explain Soft objectives
Identify and explain Order winners and
qualifiers
Apply concepts of competing through
logistics in supply chains

LO2D: Logistics Strategy

Differentiating strategies
Defining ‘strategy’
Aligning strategies
LO3: Demand and /or Order Management LO3A: Demand Management Forecast & (i) Lecture (ii) Tutorials (iii) Laboratory practical
and Customer Services Plans (iv) Project based learning (v) Inquiry-based
⮚ Distribution – Managing Order Fulfilment Describe and explain Demand learning (vi) Conceptual mapping (vii) Case
Operations Management, applications in fulfilment of study (viii) Collaborative learning/Group
⮚ Forecasting for DM customer services discussion (ix) Problem solving (x) Reading
⮚ The Strategic Role of Forecasting in Distinguish Dependent vs Independent
assignment
Supply Chain Management Demand
⮚ Components of Forecasting Demand Describe and explain the Strategic Role of
⮚ Application of Forecasting Methods Forecasting in Supply Chain
Management
Identify Components of Forecasting Demand

LO3B: Forecasting Methods – Qualitative

& Quantitative Models
Describe and explain Qualitative methods
Discuss appropriate application scenarios
for qualitative models.

Time series methods

Computing: Simple moving average,
weighted moving average, Exponentially
Smoothed Forecast, Adjusted
Exponentially Smoothed Forecast, Linear
Trend Line, Forecast with Seasonal
Adjustments,

Measuring Forecasting
Accuracy with MAD
Comparison of Forecasts
Developing a Tracking Signal
Developing a Linear Regression Forecast
Developing a Multiple Regression Forecast

Forecasting with spreadsheet

Applications of Supply Chain Simulation and
Optimization Software
LO4: Managing Inventory in the Supply LO4A: Importance of Inventory Control (i) Lecture (ii) Tutorials (iii) Laboratory practical
Chain Define Inventory Management (iv) Project based learning (v) Inquiry-based
⮚ Demonstrate the importance of inventory Demonstrate the importance of inventory learning (vi) Conceptual mapping (vii) Case
control management and control
study (viii) Collaborative learning/Group
⮚ Apply ABC analysis in inventory control Analyse inventory using ABC method
and management. Apply ABC analysis method in making discussion (ix) Problem solving (x) Reading
⮚ Use the economic order quantity (EOQ) Inventory Decisions assignment
to determine how much to order.
⮚ Compute the reorder point (ROP) in LO4B: Economic Order Quantity
determining when to order more Finding the EOQ
inventory. Determining How Much to Order
⮚ Handle inventory problems that allow Sensitivity Analysis with the EOQ Model
quantity discounts or non-instantaneous
EOQ Without the Instantaneous Receipt
receipt.
Assumption
⮚ Apply the concept of safety stock.
⮚ Describe the use of material requirements
planning in solving dependent-demand
LO4C: Reorder Point
inventory problems. Finding the EOQ
⮚ Discuss just-in-time inventory concepts to Sensitivity Analysis with the EOQ Model
reduce inventory levels and costs. Determining the Optimal Production
⮚ Discuss enterprise resource planning Quantity
systems. Quantity Discount Models

LO4D: Use of Safety Stock

Implementing Safety Stock
Calculating Lead Time Demand and
Standard Deviation
Calculating Annual Holding Cost with Safety
Stock
Marginal Analysis with Discrete
Distributions

LO4E: Dependent Demand: The Case for

Material Requirements Planning
Develop a bill of materials (BOM).
Construct materials structure tree.
 Construct a gross material requirements
plan.

LO4F: Just-in-Time Inventory Control;

The Kanban System
Describe and explain JIT philosophy
Discuss applicability of JIT in different supply
chains
Implementing JIT inventory control using a
manual procedure called kanban.

LO4G: Overview of Enterprise Resource

Planning ERP
Discuss transition from MRPI/MRPII to ERP
Demonstrate application of ERP systems
in seamless inventory management and
control
Demonstrate importance of the Inventory
Control module in ERP
LO5: Supply Chain Performance LO5A: Dimensions of supply chain (i) Lecture (ii) Tutorials (iii) Laboratory practical
Measurement performance metrics (iv) Project based learning (v) Inquiry-based
⮚ Understand the scope and Definitions and Concepts of supply chain learning (vi) Conceptual mapping (vii) Case
importance of supply chain performance measurement
study (viii) Collaborative learning/Group
performance measurement. Developing supply chain metrics,
discussion (ix) Problem solving (x) Reading
⮚ Explain the characteristics of good Discuss four major performance categories,
Discuss methods for classifying supply assignment
performance measures.
⮚ Discuss the various methods used to chain metrics,
measure supply chain costs, service,
profit, and revenue. LO5B: Supply chain performance
measurement models
⮚ Develop performance measurement
Describe and explain the performance
system for specific supply chains
measurement models;
⮚ Understand the basics of an income Demonstrate application of the
statement and a balance sheet. performance measurement models;
● Cash velocity
 ⮚ Demonstrate the impacts of supply ● Balanced Scorecard (BSC)
chain strategies on the income ● SCOR
statement, balance sheet, profitability,
● The logistics scoreboard
and return on investment.
● Activity Based Costing (ABC)
● Economic Value Added (EVA)
Apply quantitative tools to show how supply
chain metrics can be linked to the financial
performance of the organization.
LO6: Logistics and Transportation in LO6A: Logistics and Supply Chain (i) Lecture (ii) Tutorials (iii) Laboratory practical
Supply Chain Definitions and Concepts (iv) Project based learning (v) Inquiry-based
⮚ Contemporary Logistics Scope Trade specialists: freight forwarders, learning (vi) Conceptual mapping (vii) Case
⮚ Logistics Parties – 1PL, 2PL, 3PL, customs house brokers, export packers, and study (viii) Collaborative learning/Group
4PL export management and trading companies.
Landed cost: (1) transportation cost and discussion (ix) Problem solving (x) Reading
⮚ Transportation Modes assignment
duty, and (2) governmental charges such as
value added tax (VAT) and import duty.

PRESCRIBED RESOURCES FOR LEARNERS (Textbooks and other resources)

1. Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective, 10th Edition (2016), by John J. Coyle, C. John Langley, Robert A Novak and Brain J.
Gibson (Authors)

RECOMMENDED READING, REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY (Textbooks and other resources)

1. Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Creating Value-Adding Networks, 3rd Edition (2005) by Martin Christopher (Authors)
LIST OF REQUIRED RESOURCES (facilities, equipment, tools, etc) FOR DELIVERY OF THE MODULE

Resources
● Technology enhanced classrooms
● E-Learning platforms (Blackboard, Turnitin)
● Video conferencing (Zoom, Google Meet)
● Social media (Google Apps, WhatsApp, Messenger, Email)
 ● University Library

The following computer laboratory and software are needed to deliver this module:
● Computer lab with Supply Chain Simulation and Optimization Software e.g. AnyLogistix®
● Microsoft Excel Solver or any spreadsheet analytics
● Technician conversant with modelling and simulation of supply chain systems
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION (e.g details of teacher student ratio or class size)

⮚ Lecturer: PhD holder in Industrial Engineering with B. Eng. in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; legible to be registered or
registered by the Engineering Registration Board (ERB) of Botswana; accredited by the Botswana Qualifications Authority (BQA) to
train at NCQF level higher than level 3.

⮚ Teaching instructors supporting the academic lecturers hold [Link]. (Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering).

⮚ External moderators are BQA accredited.

⮚ Required: technician(s) conversant with modelling and simulation of supply chain systems.