INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT LUCKNOW

POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME

COURSE OUTLINE

PGP I (Sections A & F) TERM III

Supply Chain Management Academic Session: 2010-11

Instructors: Profs. Sushil Kumar (pre Mid-Term) / Samir K. Srivastava (post Mid-Term)

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES

The course is designed with the following objectives:

1. To acquaint students with all relevant activities associated with the Supply Chain Management and

its role in business.

2. To familiarize students with quantitative and computer based approaches to Material Planning &

Control, together with their practical applications and limitations.

3. To make students aware of contemporary approaches to designing and managing Supply Chain

systems.

SOURCE BOOKS

Text Book:

T1. Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl, Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning & Operation, Latest

Edition, Pearson Education India.

T2. Jay Heizer and Barry Render, Operations Management, 9th

Edition, Pearson Education India.

Reference Books:

1. D.N. Burt, D.W. Dobler, and S.L. Starling, World Class Supply Management, 7th Edition, Tata

McGraw-Hill, 2007.

2. R. Monczka, R. Trent, and R. Handfield, Purchaing and Supply Chain Management, 3rd Edition,

Thomson India, 2007.

3. R.J. Tersine, Principles of Inventory and Materials Management and Inventory Systems, 3rd

Edition,

North Holland, 1988.

4. Janat Shah, Supply Chain Management, Pearson Education India, 2009

5. A K Dutta, Materials Management, 2nd

Edition, Prentice Hall of India, 1998.

6. R.H. Ballou and Samir K Srivastava, Business Logistics / Supply Chain Management, 5th Edition,

Pearson Education India, 2008.

7. D. Simchi-Levi, P. Kaminsky, and E. Simchi-Levi, Designing and Managing the Supply Chain, 2nd

Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2005.

8. Arjan J. Weele, Purchaing and Supply Chain Management, 4th Edition, Thomson Learning, 2005.

EVALUATION

Quizzes/Assignments: 30%

Mid-Term Examination: 30%

End-Term Examination: 40%

SESSION DETAILS

There will be twenty sessions each of 90 minutes’ duration.

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No.

Session

No.

Topics Reading

(Text Book)

1 1 Supply Chain Management: Introduction T1: Ch. 1,3

T2: Ch. 10

2 2 Co-ordination in Supply Chains: The Bullwhip Effect T1: Ch. 17

T2: Ch. 10

3 3 Materials & Inventory Management; Introduction to Inventory

Concepts; Purpose, Costs

T2: Ch. 11

4 4 Independent Demand Systems: Deterministic Models, EOQ T1: Ch. 10

T2: Ch. 11

5 5 Independent Demand Systems: EPQ, Discount Models T1: Ch. 10

T2: Ch. 11

6 6 Independent Demand Systems: Probabilistic Models T1: Ch. 11

T2: Ch. 11

7 7 Inventory Control: Selective Inventory; Inventory Control

Policies

T2: Ch. 11

8 8 Dependent Demand Systems: Material Requirements Planning

(MRP)

T2: Ch. 13

9 9 MRP Characteristics and Lot Sizing Techniques T2: Ch. 13

10 10 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP) T2: Ch. 13

MID-TERM EXAMINATION

11 11 Logistics: Importance and Issues T1: Ch. 13

T2: Ch. 10

12 12 Transportation Modes, Networks and Tradeoffs;

Transshipment

T1: Ch. 13

T2: Part 4-C 13-14 13-14 Supply Chain Network Design and Facility Location T1: Ch. 5

T2: Ch. 7 15 15 Sourcing in SCM: Make-Buy Decisions; Outsourcing/ Off-

shoring

T2: Ch.

10,11

T1: Ch. 14 16 16 Replenishment Approaches, Vendor Managed Inventory,

T1: Ch.4, 17

T2: Ch. 10S

17-18 17-18 Lean Operations and Supply Management T2: Ch. 15

19 19 Role of Information and Technology in SCM, Procurement

through Electronic Commerce

T1: Ch. 16, 17

20 20 Emerging Trends in Supply Chain Management and

Contemporary Issues.

T2: Ch. 10

TERM-END EXAMINATION