CCD334 Supply Chain Management Syllabus:
CCD334 Supply Chain Management Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To understand the importance of supply chain management
To learn decisions in supply chain management for gaining competitive advantage
To design supply chain networks to enhance supply chain performance
To plan demand based on inventory and supply
To understanding the role of logistics in supply chain performance
UNIT I INTRODUCTION
Supply Chain – Fundamentals, Evolution, Role in Economy, Importance, Decision Phases, Enablers & Drivers of Supply Chain Performance; Supply chain strategy; Supply Chain Performance Measures.
UNIT II SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK
Distribution Network Design – Role in supply chain, Influencing factors, design options, online sales and distribution network, Distribution Strategies; Network Design in supply chain – Role, influencing factors, framework for network design, Impact of uncertainty on Network Design.
UNIT III PLANNING DEMAND, INVENTORY AND SUPPLY
Managing supply chain cycle inventory and safety inventory – Uncertainty in the supply chain ,Analyzing impact of supply chain redesign on the inventory, Risk Pooling, Managing inventory for short life-cycle products, multiple item -multiple location inventory management; Pricing and Revenue Management.
UNIT IV LOGISTICS
Transportation – Role, Modes and their characteristics, infrastructure and policies, transport documentation, design options, trade-offs in transportation design, intermodal transportation. Logistics outsourcing – catalysts, benefits, value proposition. 3PL, 4PL, 5PL, 6PL; International Logistics -objectives, importance in global economy, Characteristics of global supply chains, Incoterms.
UNIT V SUPPLY CHAIN INNOVATIONS
Supply Chain Integration, SC process restructuring, IT in Supply Chain; Agile Supply Chains, Legible supply chain, Green Supply Chain, Reverse Supply chain; Supply chain technology trends – AI, Advanced analytics, Internet of Things, Intelligent things, conversational systems, robotic process automation, immersive technologies, Block chain.
TOTAL:45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO1: Understanding of supply chain fundamentals
CO2: Ability to design supply chain networks to enhance supply chain performance
CO3 : Ability to plan demand based on inventory and supply
CO4: Understanding the role of logistics in supply chain performance
CO5: Awareness of innovations for sustainable supply chains
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Chopra, Sunil, Meindl, Peter and Kalra, D. V.; Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning and Operation; Pearson Education, 2015.
2. Altekar, Rahul V.; Supply Chain Management: Concepts and Cases; PHI Learning, 2005.
REFERENCES
1. Sunil Chopra, Peter Meindl and DharamVirKalra, Supply Chain Management-Strategy Planning and Operation, Pearson Education, Sixth Edition, 2016.
2. Janat Shah, Supply Chain Management – Text and Cases, Pearson Education, 2009
3. Ballou Ronald H, Business Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Pearson Education, 5thEdition, 2007.
4. David Simchi-Levi, Philip Kaminsky, Edith Simchi-Levi, Designing and Managing the SupplyChain: Concepts, Strategies, and Cases, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2005.
5. Pierre David, International Logistics, Biztantra, 2011.