This document outlines a course on Strategic Supply Chain Management taught by Dr. Gopalan Uppiliappan. The course aims to examine supply chain management principles and practices in various sectors. It will consider inter-organizational relationships from multiple perspectives and how they relate to internal operations. The course will use case studies, lectures, group work and simulations. Students will be evaluated based on attendance, class participation, a group project, individual assignments and a final exam. The course will cover topics like operations fundamentals, demand and supply characteristics, inventory strategies, supply chain integration, and correlations between supply chain and financial management.

1. PGPM Flex
Batch : 2015-2017
Facult
y
Dr. Gopalan Uppiliappan Term
Course
Strategic Supply Chain
Management
Credits
About the Instructor:
Astute Operations / Finance / Supply Chain Professional with 17 years of experience in handling
Manufacturing / Finance / Supply Chain / Greenfield Projects.
Hands-on in terms of handling complicated businesses that are diversified nature including FMCG /
Oil & Gas/ Energy / Infrastructure & Consulting
Engineer from IIT and an PGDM from IIM Bangalore with a doctorate in Supply Chain.
g_uppli@yahoo.com
No. of contact hours:
Introduction:
This course is for those looking to start a career in Supply Chain Management, but lack the basic
background, for those working with people in Supply Chain Management and want to understand
their daily challenges better, or for are fascinated by how this network of customers and suppliers
really works.
Course Objective and Scope:
This module, then, examines the principles and practices of supply chain management, and
examines supply chain management in a variety of sectors and contexts, in from consumer goods
markets to business-to-business services. It also looks at supply chain management critically, as just
one manifestation of the more general issue of trans-organisational operations management. Most of
the time will be spent considering inter-organisational relationships from various perspectives, but it
will also be necessary to understand how they relate to matters within the organisation. For
example, adopting Just-in-Time supply requires Just-in-Time approaches to be adopted within the
firm, and vice versa. In contrast to many other modules in the programme, this is largely qualitative
in nature, and draws on a number of disciplines within and beyond management. Academically, the
module develops an understanding of core operations concepts and develops students’ ability to
place operations concerns in a wider theoretical context, and also, through the integral use of case-
study teaching methods, to apply operations and supply concepts to complex problem situations. In
terms of careers, awareness of supply chain issues will open the door to a wide range of jobs in both
public and private sectors.
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2. PGPM Flex
Batch : 2015-2017
Facult
y
Dr. Gopalan Uppiliappan Term
Course
Strategic Supply Chain
Management
Credits
Course Contents:
• Operations fundamentals and operations strategy
• Supply chains and supply networks
• Characteristics of demand and supply
• Supply chain capacity and inventory strategies
• Dynamic behaviour of supply chains: flexibility and the bullwhip effect
Enterprise systems in SCM: MRP, ERP and beyond
Supply chain integration Capabilities
• Inter-organisational relationships: TCE, RBV, Trust and Power
Innovations in supply networks: servitisation, systems integration, service supply chains
Pedagogy
1. Case-study
2. Lecture Session
3. Group Work
4. Simulation Exercise
Course Materials:
Text Book:
EVALUATION COMPONENTS :
Components of Evaluation for the Course
Percentage Distribution for the
Component
Attendance 10
Class participation 20
End Term 30
Group-project 30
Individual Assignments 10
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3. PGPM Flex
Batch : 2015-2017
Facult
y
Dr. Gopalan Uppiliappan Term
Course
Strategic Supply Chain
Management
Credits
Total 100
4. DETAIL SESSION OUTLINE –
Session No-1
Session Title Fundamentals of Supply Chain & SCOR
Reading Material
Additional Reading
Case Title
Pedagogy Lecture, Case-study
Session No-2
Session Title Operations Management & Strategic Sourcing – Vendor- Customer
Continuum Model, MRP Models
Reading Material
Additional Reading
Case Title
Pedagogy Lecture, Case-study
Session No-3
Session Title Strategic Supply Chain, Delayed Differentiation, & Component
Commonality, Integrated Logistics Model of Excellence
Reading Material
Additional Reading
Case Title
Pedagogy Lecture, Case-study
Session No-4
Session Title Supply chain integration
Capabilities, Inter-organisational relationships: TCE, RBV, Trust
and Power, Innovations in supply networks: servitisation, systems
integration, service supply chains
Reading Material
Additional Reading
Case Title
Pedagogy Lecture, Case-study
Session No-5
Session Title Characteristics of demand and supply & Supply chain capacity and
inventory strategies
Reading Material
Additional Reading
Case Title
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4. PGPM Flex
Batch : 2015-2017
Facult
y
Dr. Gopalan Uppiliappan Term
Course
Strategic Supply Chain
Management
Credits
Pedagogy Lecture, Case-study
Session No-6
Session Title SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT : INTEGRATING PEOPLE
AND TECHNOLOGY FOR SERVICE EXCELLENCE (FMCG
Experience)
Reading Material
Additional Reading
Case
Pedagogy Lecture, Case-study
Session No-7
Session Title Supply Chain Transformation & Optimization of Cost through
Supply Chain Synergies
Inventory Optimization, MOQ, Economies of Scale & Scope
Reading Material
Additional Reading
Case Title
Pedagogy
Session No-8
Session Title USE METRICS TO DRIVE PERFORMANCE – Supply Chain
Performance & Deliverables
Reading Material
Additional Reading
Case Title
Pedagogy Lecture, Case-study
Session No-9
Session Title Supply Chain – Correlation with Financial Management (Working
Capital Cycle Optimization thro’ effective Supply Chain Strategies.
Reading Material
Additional Reading
Case Title
Pedagogy Lecture, Case-study
Session No-10
Session Title Overview & Review of 9 Sessions
Reading Material
Additional Reading
Case Title
Pedagogy Lecture, Case-study
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5. PGPM Flex
Batch : 2015-2017
Facult
y
Dr. Gopalan Uppiliappan Term
Course
Strategic Supply Chain
Management
Credits
5

6. PGPM Flex
Batch : 2015-2017
Facult
y
Dr. Gopalan Uppiliappan Term
Course
Strategic Supply Chain
Management
Credits
5