This class exists in these courses :
• IÉSEG > IESEG Degree - Programme Grande École > Semester 2 > 2,00 ECTS

Prerequisites

Students enrolled in this course should have taken introductory courses in Operations Management or have basic knowledge of operations acquired from professional experience or from an internship.

Learning outcomes

- Understand how the global environment impacts managerial decisions
- Demonstrate knowledge of advanced concepts in supply chain development related to everyday business operations
- Evaluate the key drivers of supply chain development and their impact on strategy and on other functions of the company
- Identify improvement opportunities that exist within supply chains in different industries
- Sharpen analytical and problem solving skills necessary to develop solutions for a variety of supply chain management problems and develop an understanding for use of information technology in supply chain optimisation
- Develop the ability to incorporate B2B and B2C electronic commerce in supply chain development and optimisation
- Understand the complexity of inter-firm and intra-firm coordination in implementing programs such as e-collaboration, quick response, jointly managed inventories and strategic alliances

Course description

1. Srategic issues concerning the supply chain
2. Supply chain analysis
3. The development chain
4. The SCOR model
5. Supply chain typology: functional and structural attributes
6. Supply chain risk management
7. Transformation of supply chains

Class type

Class structure

Teaching methods

• Case study
• E-learning
• Interactive class
• Presentation
• Project work
• Research
• Seminar
• Tutorial

Assessment

Class participation (questions on articles/cases), case assignment (group) and written final exam.

Recommended reading

• Schniederjans, Marc J. & Stephen B. LeGrand (2013) Reinventing the Supply Chain Life Cycle: Strategies and Methods for Analysis and Decision Making, Pearson -

Internet resources

• IESEG ONLINE