Description
Description:
This course covers the major issues in supply chain management, including: definition of a supply chain; role of inventory; advanced production-inventory models; supply contracts; bullwhip effect and information sharing; vendor-managed inventories and other distribution strategies; third-party logistics providers; managing product variety; information technology and supply chain management; international issues.
Lab and Tutorials:
The course requires practice and problem solving training during tutorials.
Literature:
• Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl “Supply Chain Management Strategy, Planning, And Operation”, Fourth Edition
