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Introduction to Supply Chain Management

Sist oppdatert 08.02.2012 av Maija Heinilä

The aim of the course is to develop an understanding about supply chain management and its key role in developing intra firm and inter-firm relationships.

ECTS credits: 10
Responsible Faculty: Faculty of Technology and Maritime Studies
Semester: Fall
Teaching Language: English
Participants: For students that are pursuing bachelor degrees in the fields of economics, supply chain, logistics, business management and organizational studies.
Prerequisite knowledge: Completion of second year bachelor education in business or related fieds.
Contact: Ms. Stine Bergman Olsson, email: stine.olsson@hive.no

Introduction
The aim of the course is to develop an understanding about supply chain management and its key role in developing intra firm and inter-firm relationships. This course combine firm’ economic perspectives with current value chain issues. The course will covers a broad range of supply chain areas such as supply chain’s economic logic, manufacturing strategy, inventory management, distribution channels and their marketing activities.

Learning outcomes / Aim and objectives
The subject will enable the students to achieve the following learning outcome:

KNOWLEDGE
The student will be able to evaluate the performance of supply chains and their strategic bearing on economic and business related areas.

SKILLS
The students will have skills to understand key supply chain operations and their relevance for economic decisions. Further, the students will have skills to understand how the key supply chain players’ effect economic decisions connect with operational areas such as inventory management, marketing, purchasing, etc.

GENERAL COMPETENCE
The student will understand the basic concepts and key drivers in supply chain management.

Content / Outline Syllabus
•   Introduction to SCM
•   Logistics and SCM
•   Strategic Fit
•   Drives of SCM
•   SCM and Value Creation
•   Future Challenges and Opportunities
•   Case Study

Learning activities / Work Methods / Teaching
•   Lectures
•   Student presentations
•   Exercises
•   Self-study
•   Project (assignment) work in conjunction to the submissions

Assessment /Method(s)
During the subject: Presentation of the compulsory assignment, covering 40 % of the grades.
Final assessment: Three hours individual written examination, covering the remaining 60% of grades.

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