Exploration of the key issues associated with the design and management of industrial Supply Chains
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
Instructor(s)
Assoc. Prof. Murat Ermis
Course Assistant(s)
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Schedule
The course is not offered this semester.
Office Hour(s)
The course is not offered this semester.
Teaching Methods and Techniques
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Principle Sources
Class PowerPoint Presentations: Copies of the PowerPoint slides used during the in-class lectures will not be handed out in class. You will receive them through email in PDF format following a class session.
Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl, Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operations, 7th Edition, Pearson Global Edition, (2018).
Other Sources
Simchi-Levi, D., Kaminsky, P., and Simchi-Levi, E., Designing and Managing the Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies, and Case Studies, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill Education, (2008).
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Understanding the Supply Chain
Oral Presentation
2. Week
Supply Chain Performance: Achieving Strategic Fit and Scope
Oral Presentation
3. Week
Supply Chain Drivers and Metrics
Oral Presentation
4. Week
Risk assessment and decision factors in supplier selection
Oral Presentation
5. Week
Network Design in the Supply Chain
Oral Presentation
6. Week
Designing the Distribution Network in a Supply Chain
Oral Presentation
7. Week
Midterm Exam
8. Week
Supply Chain Coordination
Oral Presentation
9. Week
Scale Economy Management in Supply Chain: Cycle Stock
Oral Presentation
10. Week
Scale Economy Management in Supply Chain: Cycle Stock
Oral Presentation
11. Week
Supply Chain Uncertainty Management: Safety Stock
Oral Presentation
12. Week
Supply Chain Uncertainty Management: Safety Stock
Oral Presentation
13. Week
Determination of the Best Level of the Amount of Product Ready to Hand
Oral Presentation
14. Week
Determination of the Best Level of the Amount of Product Ready to Hand
Oral Presentation
15. Week
Final Exam
16. Week
Final Exam
17. Week
Final Exam
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
30
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
2
15
Project(s)
1
15
Final Exam
1
40
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Knowledge about management processes and management skills
PO-2
Knowledge and application skills related to the methods and competencies required for solving engineering problems
PO-3
Knowledge about developing areas of manufacturing and service sectors
PO-4
Ability to work in multi-disciplinary engineering teams
PO-5
Experience and knowledge of scientific research and publishing within the frame of academic ethics
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Explain the goals and stages of a supply chain, and the impact of supply chain decisions on corporate success, describe the push/pull views of a supply chain process.
LO-2
Describe important factors and risk management methods in supplier selection.
LO-3
Identify the key factors in designing a distribution network, give examples to the strengths and weaknesses of distribution network types and the logistic cost items that should be balanced in distribution.
LO-4
Explain the importance of inventory, and economic order quantity models and aggregation in ordering order.
LO-5
Define the role of safety inventory in a supply chain and explain how to calculate safety inventory level to maintain customer service levels
