This document outlines a course on supply chain and logistics management. The course covers key topics like supply chain planning, transportation, inventory management, risk pooling, information technology, strategic alliances, and international issues. It consists of 10 modules taught over 48 hours using lectures, case studies, games and a project. Students will learn concepts and frameworks to understand supply chain integration and coordination.

1. Supply Chain And Logistics Management
Credit 3 (48 hrs) sessions
INTRODUCTION:
OBJECTIVES: 1) Concept of supply chain management: Integrated view of Planning,
Purchasing, Warehousing, Transportation, Distribution functions 2) Understanding of Logistics
3) Importance Supply Chain Management in different kinds of industries 4) Impact of
Information Technology & Internet.
COURSE CONTENTS:
Module Contents Session Hours
I Introduction: What is a Supply Chain ?– Decision (4hrs)
Phases in a supply Chain - Process view of a Supply
Chain – The importance of supply Chain flows –
Competitive and Supply Chain Strategies –
Achieving strategic fit – Expanding strategic scope -
Global Optimization – Managing Uncertainty – Why
Supply Chain Management – Key Issues in Supply
Chain Management – supply chain drivers and
obstacles
II Transportations, facility decisions and network (4hrs)
design in supply chain:
The role of transportation - factors affecting the
transportation decisions - modes of transportation -
design options for transportation network – trade
offs in transportation design, tailored
transportation- routing and scheduling in
transportation – role of facility decisions in supply
chain - factors influencing network design decisions -
models for facility location and capacity allocation -
making network design decisions in practice.
III Inventory Management and Risk Pooling: (8hrs)
Introduction – Single Warehouse Inventory– The
Economic Lot Size Model – The Effect of Demand
Uncertainty – Supply Contracts – Multiple Order
Opportunities – Continuous Review Policy – Variable
Lead Times – Periodic Review Policy – Risk Pooling –
Centralized Versus Decentralized Systems –
Managing Inventory in the Supply Chain – Practical
Issues – Forecasting – Judgment Methods – Market
Research Methods – Time-Series Methods – Causal
Methods – Selecting the Appropriate Forecasting
Technique.
IV The Value of Information: Introduction – The (4hrs)
Bullwhip Effect – Quantifying the Bulllwhip Effect –

2. The Impact of Centralized Information on the
Bullwhip Effect – Methods for Coping with the
Bullwhip Effect - Effective Forecasts – Information
for the Coordination of Systems – Location Desired
Products – Lead-Time Reduction – Information and
Supply Chain Trade-offs – Conflicting Objectives in
the Supply Chain – Designing the Supply Chain for
Conflicting Goals.
V Supply Chain Integration: Introduction – Push, Pull (4hrs)
and Push-Pull Systems – Push-Based Supply Chain –
Pull-Based Supply Chain – Push-Pull Supply Chain –
Identifying the Appropriate Supply Chain Strategy –
Implementing a Push-Pull Strategy – Demand-Driven
Strategies – The Impact of the Internet on Supply
Chain Strategies –Distribution Strategies – Direct
Shipment – Cross-Docking – Transshipment –
Centralized Versus Decentralized Control – Central
Versus Local Facilities.
VI Strategic Alliances: Introduction – A Framework For (4hrs)
Strategic Alliances – Third-Party Logistics – Retailer-
Supplier Partnerships – Types of RSP _ Requirements
for RSP – Inventory Ownership in RSP – Issues in RSP
Implementation –Steps in RSP Implementation -
Advantages and Disadvantages of RSP –Distributor
Integration – Types of Distributor Integration –
Issues in Distributor Integration.
Procurement and Outsourcing Strategies:
Introduction – Outsourcing Benefits and Risks – A
Framework for Buy/Make Decisions - E-Procurement
– A Framework for E-Procurement.
VII International Issues in Supply Chain Management: (4 hrs)
Introduction – Global Market Forces – Technological
Forces – Global Cost Forces – Political and Economic
Forces – Risks and Advantages of International
Supply Chains – Risks – Addressing Global Risks –
Requirements for Global Strategy Implementation –
Issues in International Supply chain Management –
International versus Regional Products - Local
Autonomy Versus Central Control – Miscellaneous
Dangers – Regional Differences in Logistics – Cultural
Differences – Infrastructure – Performance
Expectation and Evaluation -Information System
Availability – Human Resources.
VIII Coordinated Product and Supply Chain Design: (8 hrs)
Design for Logistics – Economic Packaging and
Transportation _ Concurrent and Parallel Processing
– Standardization – Selecting a Standardization
Strategy – The Push-Pull Boundary – Supplier
Integration into New Product Development – The
Spectrum of Supplier Integration – Keys to Effective
Supplier Integration –Technologies and Suppliers –
Mass Customization –- Making Mass Customization

3. Work – Mass Customization and Supply Chain
Management.
IX .Information Technology For Supply Chain (8hrs)
Management: Introduction – Goals of Supply Chain
Information Technology – Standardization –
Information Technology Infrastructure – Interface
Devices – Communications- Databases – System
Architecture – Electronic Commerce – Electronic
Commerce Levels – Supply Chain Management
System Components – Integrating Supply Chain
Information Technology – Stages of Development –
Implementation of ERP and DSS – “Best-of-Breed”
Versus Single-Vendor ERP Solutions.
Decision-Support Systems For Supply Chain
Management: Introduction – The Challenges of
Modeling – Structure of Decision-Support Systems –
Input Data – Analytical Tools – Presentation Tools –
Supply Chain Decision-Support Systems
X Project
PEDAGOGY: Lecture+ Case Method+ Games + Project (One or two students/Team)
TEXT BOOK(S) : Designing & Managing Supply Chain : Concepts, Strategies &
Case Studies by David Simchi-Levi, Ravi Shankar, McGraw Hill
REFERENCE BOOK(S): Supply Chain management by Sunil Chopra, Peter Meindel,
Pearson Education
ADDITIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES: Beer Game, Risk Pooling Game, Guest
Lecture, Industry Visits Guiding Students on Project work