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            BA17E47                   SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT                                      LT P C
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            OBJECTIVES


            To understand the scope and practice of supply chain management

            UNIT I      INTRODUCTION                                                                      9

            Supply  chain  management  -  importance,  objectives  and  drivers.  Strategy  -  planning,  selecting  proper
            channel, performance measurement. Outsourcing- Make versus buy approach - sourcing strategy

            UNIT II     MANAGING FLOWS                                                                    9

            Planning Networks  - Distribution Network Design  -  Role - Factors Influencing Options, Value Addition,
            Supply Chain Network optimization models
            UNIT III   INVENTORY AND WAREHOUSING                                                          9


            Inventory Management - objectives, bullwhip effect, control - Probabilistic inventory models, Risk pooling,
            Vendor  managed  inventory,  Multi-echelon  inventory.  Warehousing  Functions  -  Types  -  Site  Selection  -
            Virtual Warehouse

            UNIT IV RECENT TRENDS                                                                                                                        9

            Supply Chain Integration - Coordinating the supply chain. . SC Restructuring - SC Mapping - SC process
            restructuring, IT in Supply Chain - Agile Supply Chains - Reverse Supply chain, Agro Supply Chains

            UNIT V   ORGANISATION AND CONTROL                                                                  9

            Organisation  Structure  –  need  and  development.  Organizational  -  Choices,  Orientation  and  positioning.
            Interfunctional  and  Interorganisational  management  -  alliances  and  partnerships,  Control  –  Process
            framework, system details, information, measurement and interpretation.

            OUTCOMES

                1.  Students will be able to know the basics of supply chain management
                2.  Emphasize the importance of supply chain networks
                3.  Enabling students to learn inventory management and warehousing
                4.  Students will understand the recent trends in chain management
                5.  Highlighting the importance of organizational management and its real time implications with
                    different industrial case studies
            TEXTBOOKS

            1. Ronald H. Ballou and Samir K. Srivastava, Business Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Pearson
            education,Fifth Edition
            2. Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl, Supply Chain Management-Strategy Planning and Operation,
            PHI Learning / Pearson Education, 2007.


            REFERENCES

                1.  Bowersox Donald J, Logistics Management – The Integrated Supply Chain Process,Tata McGraw
                    Hill,2010




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