13MEE22 - SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

INTRODUCTION
Supply Chain, Objectives & Stages, power of SCM - Process views of a supply
chain (3-23) - Strategic planning, achieving a strategic fit in a supply chain and
factors affecting the strategic fit - Value chain, supply chain flow lines -
Understanding a product, Product life cycle (27-40), Fishers classification of
products - Effective and efficient supply chain - case studies on products.

SUPPLY CHAIN PROCESS

Forecasting in supply chain, forecast error distribution order quantity and
reorder point characteristics & components of forecasting - time series methods
of forecasting, (67-97) Demand Management in MPC - MTS - ATO - MTO.
Inventory, role of cycle inventory, economies of scale to exploit fixed costs,
Economies of scale to exploit quantity discounts, Short term discounting and
trade promotions Managing multi-echelon cycle inventory - Bullwhip effect -
Product substitution, Postponement.(135-177)

PRODUCT PROCUREMENT & TRASPORTATION

Procurement process, EOQ - Sourcing in a supply chain - deciding factors for
in-house or outsourcing - Supplier selection - auctions and negotiations, risk
management in sourcing Freight management, Transportation networks, Milk
run, Cross Docking, tailored transportation, 3PL - 4 PL, Risk management in
transportation. (261-301)

DESIGNING A SUPPLY CHAIN

Supply chain drivers - Supply chain performance measures - SCOR Model -
Network design in a supply chain, factors influencing design, Framework for
network design network, models for facility location and capacity allocation –
(303-334). Uncertainty in network design - Discounted cash flow analysis,
Decision trees in evaluating network design - Distribution, factors influencing
distribution, design options for a distribution network.

IT IN SUPPLY CHAIN
Lean Supply Chain, agile supply chain, Dynamic supply chain design, Impact of
technology on SCM, Key trends in SCM, IT in supply chain coordination, IT in
supply chain design - MRP, ERP, CRM, ISCM - Performance metrics.
Discussion on supply chain adopted by primary industrial sectors and case
studies.

TEXT BOOK
1. Ayers J., “Hand Book of Supply Chain Management”, The St. Lencie Press/
APICS Series on Resource Management, 2000.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Burt N.D., Dobler. W.D. and Starling L.S., World Class Supply Chain
Management, The Key to Supply Chain Management”, Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Company Limited, 2005.
2. Chopra S., Meindl P. and Kalra, D.V., “Supply Chain Management, Strategy,
Planning and Operation”,Pearson Education, Inc., 2008
3. Fredendall D.L. and Hill E., “Basics of Supply Chain Management”, The St.
Lucie Press / APICS Series on Resource Management, 2001.
4. Monczka R., Trent R. and Handfield R., “Purchasing and Supply Chain
Management”, 3rd edition, Thompson Learning Inc., 2007.
5. Sople V.V, “Supply Chain Management”, Pearson Education, 2012
6. Vollmann T.E., Berry L.W., Whybark D.C. and Jacobs, R.F., “Manufacturing
Planning and Control for Supply Chain Management”, Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Company Limited, 2008.