Syllabus for Supply Chain Management

MBA Syllabus for Supply Chain Management

BLOCK I
Building a strategic framework to analyse supply chains. Understanding the supply chain – Supply chain performance: Achieving Strategic fit and scope – Supply chain Drivers and Obstacles.

BLOCK II
Planning demand and Supply in a supply chain. Demand forecasting in a supply chain – Aggregate planning in a supply chain – Planning Supply and Demand in a supply chain: Managing predictable variability.

BLOCK III
Planning and managing inventories in a supply chain. Managing Economies of scale in a supply chain: Cycle inventory – Managing uncertainty in a supply chain: Safety Inventory – Determining Optimal level of product availability.

BLOCK IV
Transportation, Network design and Information technology in a supply chain. Transportation in a supply chain – Facility decisions: Network Design in a supply chain – Information Technology in a supply chain.

BLOCK V
Coordinating a supply chain and the role of E-business. Coordination in a supply chain – E-business and the supply chain – Financial evaluation of supply chain decisions.

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