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SYLLABUS FOR THE COURSE ME3126D SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Module 1 (13 hours)

Introduction and a strategic view of supply chains: decision phases in a supply chain, process views of
supply chain; enablers of supply chain performance; supply chain performance in India: challenges in
maintaining supply chain in India; supply chain strategy and performance measures, supply chain
performance measures, enhancing supply chain performance; supply chain drivers, framework for
structuring drivers.

Module 2 (13 hours)

Introduction to inventory management: types of inventory, inventory related costs; managing inventories
in a supply chain: single stage inventory control, inventory control policies, impact of service level on safety
stock; transportation strategy: distribution network design options for a transportation network, vehicle
scheduling in transportation.

Module 3 (13 hours)

Network design and operation decisions, framework for network design decisions; facility location and
capacity allocation models: network optimization models, capacitated plant location models, gravity
location models, network operations model, model building using Excel solver; innovations in supply
chains; supply chain coordination: Bullwhip effect, quantifying the bullwhip effect, remedial strategies for
coping with the bullwhip effect.

References

1. J. Shah, Supply Chain Management –Text and Cases. Pearson Education, 2016.
2. S. Chopra and P. Meindel, Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation. Pearson
Prentice Hall of India, 2016.
3. D. S. Levi, P. Kaminsky, E. S. Levi, and R. Shankar, Designing and Managing the Supply Chain:
Concepts, Strategies, and Case Studies. Tata McGraw-Hill, 2008.
4. R. B. Chase, R. Shankar, F. R. Jacobs, and N. J. Aquilano, Operation and Supply Chain
Management. Tata McGraw-Hill, 2010.
5. J. F. Shapiro, Modeling the Supply Chain. Thomson Learning, 2007.

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