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Specialization (SP) Module 4: Supply Chain Management and Case Studies

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Specialization (SP) Module 4: Supply Chain Management and Case Studies
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Business Administration, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2012
Module code: BBWL-534
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
4V (4 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
5
Semester: 5 or 6
Mandatory course: no
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Written exam and composition with presentation (90 minutes / Weighting 1:1 / Can be repeated semesterly)

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Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

BBWL-534 Business Administration, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2012 , optional course
BBWL-534/634 (P420-0147, P420-0148) Business Administration, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2016 , optional course
BBWL-2020-532 (P420-0147, P420-0148) Business Administration, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2020 , semester 5, optional course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 105 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
BBWL-410 Production, Logistics and Purchasing (Operations Management)


[updated 04.09.2012]
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Thomas Korne
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Thomas Bousonville
Prof. Dr. Steffen H. Hütter


[updated 04.09.2012]
Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this module students will be able to:
 
- name and explain the drivers for supply chain management,
- explain the benefits of cooperation across company boundaries,
- understand supply chain management as the management of cross-company processes,
- describe specific forms of cooperation in trade,
 
- understand the (information) technological principles of efficient supply chain management and use them in a professional discussion,
- apply quantitative methods to (re)design a supply chain.
- analyze a relevant problem in a larger context and solve it using the right tools.
 
 
Learning outcomes/soft skills:
 
 
 
Delegating tasks when working on the case study in a team; adherence to deadlines, presenting case study results in a target group-oriented manner


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Module content:
Submodule: Supply Chain Management
 
- Introduction to supply chain management
- Subject matter and examples
- Bullwhip effect and beer game
- Inter-company process management
- Supply chain processes, SCOR model
- Supply chain management in retail
- ECR, VMI, CPFR
- Case study on vendor managed inventory (VMI)
- Information technology and SCM
- Internet, basic software architectures for distributed applications
- EDI, e-business, logistics portals
- Network planning in supply chains
- Models for network planning
- Case study on network-related production program planning
- Advanced planning systems (APS)
 
 
Submodule: Case studies
 
- Identifying the problem, developing solutions,
  evaluating alternatives, presenting and documenting results in a target group-oriented manner
- Current topics in logistics (e.g. dimensioning KANBAN control loops for
 
  consumption-oriented, multi-level production)


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Teaching methods/Media:
Lecture, discussions, case studies, use of software to solve linear optimization models (e.g. Excel Solver)
Case study work in groups, presentations
  

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Recommended or required reading:
- Werner, H.: Supply Chain Management, 3., vollst. überarb. u. erw. Aufl.,
  Wiesbaden 2008.
- Chopra, S., Meindl, P.: Supply Chain Management, 4. Aufl., Upper Saddle River
  NJ 2010.
- Simchi-Levi, D., Kaminsky, P., Simchi-Levi, E.: Designing and Managing the
  Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies and Case Studies, 3. Aufl., Boston 2008.
- Stadtler, H., Kilger, C.: Supply Chain Management and Advanced Planning, 4.
  Aufl., Berlin Heidelberg 2008.
     

[updated 02.01.2019]
 
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