BA4021 Supply Chain Management Syllabus:
BA4021 Supply Chain Management Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
To help understand the importance of and major decisions in supply chain management for gaining competitive advantage.
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, Blockchain.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
1. Understanding of supply chain fundamentals
2. Ability to design supply chain networks to enhance supply chain performance
3. Ability to plan demand based on inventory and supply
4. Understanding the role of logistics in supply chain performance
5. Awareness of innovations for sustainable supply chains
REFERENCES:
1. Sunil Chopra, Peter Meindl and Dharam VirKalra, 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, 5th Edition, 2007.
4. David Simchi-Levi, Philip Kaminsky, Edith Simchi-Levi, Designing and Managing the Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies, and Cases, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2005.
5. Pierre David, International Logistics, Biztantra, 2011.