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Supply Chain Management (English language)34187/4114/1819/1/70
Study guide

Supply Chain Management (English language)

34187/4114/1819/1/70
Academic year 2018-19
Is found in:
  • International Curriculum, programme stage 2
This is a single course unit.
Study load: 3 credits
Weight: 3,00
Total study time: 75,00 hours
Possible deadlines for learning account: 01.12.2018 () or 15.03.2019 ()

Organisation of education

Teaching Activities, Learning Activities, Assessment Activities
Lecture12,00 hours
Self-study51,00 hours
Seminar12,00 hours
Supervised independent work
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).
Re-sit exam: is possible.
It is not possible to enrol in this course unit under
  • exam contract (to obtain a credit).
  • exam contract (to obtain a degree).
Special admission is required to enrol in this course unit under credit contract.
Co-ordinator: Wallays Piet
Language course: No
Languages: English
Scheduled for: Semester 1 or Semester 2

Objectives

Students acquire knowledge in managing the goods flow. They must be able to recognize, formulate and analyse the basic management processes as demand, production, procurement, inventory & distribution.

Contents

Supply chain management
• Concepts + Customer Order Decoupling point + Sales&Operations Planning
• Independent vs dependant demand

Demand management
• techniques of forecasting
• Forecast accuracy criteria

Stock management
• Stock models and replenishment systems
• The ABC classification

Purchase management
• optimal sourcing strategies

Procurement management
• Evolution in supplier collaboration
• Main production planning and ATP
• Just in Time

Distribution management
• Distribution networks

Sales and Operations Planning
• Success practices

Formulating optimal distribution network

Order of enrolment

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Final objectives

can organize, plan and control the goods and information flow of a company: development, procurement, production, distribution, return flows (domestic and international)

Teaching methods

  • Learning dialogue
  • Practice session