GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (Global Program)
Year II (Semester IV) (W.E.F. January 2014)
ELECTIVE SUBJECTS
Subject Name: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM)
Subject Code : 2840005
1. Course Objective: The main aim of the course is to acquaint students to basics of
supply chain management on planning, replenishment and execution. The approach of this
course is practical and contemporary in nature. It emphasizes on understanding the
contemporary and cutting edge supply chain management practices by study of
fundamentals of Supply Chain Management.
2. Course Duration: The course duration is of 36 sessions of 75 minutes each, i.e. 45
hours.
Course
Content:
Module
No:
Module Content
No. of
Sessions
Introduction and Strategic View: Meaning, Role of
supply
chain management, Supply chain strategy and performance
measures, Supply Chain Drivers and Metrics, Outsourcing
Make or Buy
Managing Material Flow: Inventory Management,
Production Planning and Scheduling, Transportation,
Network Design and Operations, Distribution Networks
Marks (70
Externa
l exam)
17
17
Managing Material Flow: Inventory Management,
Production Planning and Scheduling, Transportation,
Network Design and Operations, Distribution Networks
Managing Information Flow: Demand Forecasting,
Supply Chain
Data
Management,
Information
Technology in Supply Chain Management
18
II
III
IV
Supply Chain Innovations: Supply Chain Integration,
Supply
Chain Restructuring, Agile Supply Chains, Pricing
and
Practical
Module:
Revenue Management
, Global Supply Chain
18
(20 Marks
of CEC
Internal
Evaluation)
(Project Work/Assignment/Presentation on Supply Chain of
Selected Industry/Firm)
4. Teaching Methods: Following pedagogical tools will be used for teaching the course:
a) Case discussions.
b) Discussion on issues and techniques
c) Projects/Assignments/Quiz/Class Participation, etc.
5. Evaluation:
A
Projects/ Assignments/ Quizzes/ Individual or group
Presentation/ Class participation/ Case studies etc
Mid-Semester Examination
End Semester Examination
Weightage 50 marks
(Internal Assessment)
Weightage 30 marks
(Internal Assessment)
Weightage 70 marks
(External Assessment)
6. Text Books:
Sr.
No.
T1
Author
Publisher
Edition
Supply Chain Management:
Text and Cases
Pearson
Education
Latest edition
T2
Sinha Amit, Herbert Supply Chain Management
Kotzab
Tata
McGraw
Hill
2011
T3
Chopra Sunil,
Meindle Peter and
Kalra D. V.
Pearson
Education
Fourth Edition
Shah Janat
7. Reference Books:
Name of the Book
Supply Chain Management:
Strategy
Planning
and
Operation
2011
Sr.
Author
No.
R1 Sarika Kulkarni
Name of the Book
Supply Chain Management
Publisher
Edition
Tata
McGraw-Hill
Latest Edition
R2
Coyle, Bardi, Longley
The management of Business Thomson
Logistics
A
supply Press
Chain Perspective
R3
Donald J Bowersox, Supply
Chain
Dand J Closs, M
Management
Bixby
Coluper
R4
Wisner, Keong Leong Principles of Supply Chain Thomson
and Keah-Choon Tan
Management
A Balanced Press
Approach
Logistics Tata
McGraw-Hill
Latest Edition
Latest Edition
Latest Edition
8. List of Journals/Periodicals/Magazines/Newspapers, etc.
Supply Chain Journals and Articles published in India and internationally may be referred
9. Session Plan:
Session no.
1
Topic
Meaning, Role of supply chain management
2-3
Supply chain strategy and performance measures
4-5
Supply Chain Drivers and Metrics
6-7
Outsourcing Make or Buy
8-9
Inventory Management
10
Production Planning and Scheduling
11-12
Transportation
13-14
Network Design and Operations, Distribution Networks
15-17
Demand Forecasting
18-19
Supply Chain Data Management
20-21
Information Technology in Supply Chain Management
22-23
Supply Chain Integration
24
Supply Chain Restructuring
25
Agile Supply Chains
26-28
Pricing and Revenue Management , Global Supply Chain
29-36
Practical Module:
(Project Work/Assignment/Presentation on Supply Chain of Selected
Industry/Firm)
