Course

OPEN ELECTIVES-UG (Arts , Humanities and Commerce)

Unit 1

SCM: Definition – Objectives – Evolution – Importance -Difference between logistics and supply chain management – decisions involved in supply chain -SCM activities – push/pull supply chain.

Unit 2

Supply chain Integration-meaning – Stages of supply chain integration-Internal and External Integration – barriers of internal integration- global supply chain – value chain – management of supply chain.

Unit 3

Sourcing and Supply Management: Introduction-importance, Objectives. Sourcing process; types of sourcing- global, single and multiple sourcing – role and importance of inventory management- inventory control – meaning – techniques of inventory control.

Unit 4

Outsourcing in SCM: Meaning -Need-Outsourcing risks-outsourcing process -outsourcing -New opportunities in SCM outsourcing-Myths of SCM outsourcing.

Unit 5

Strategic role of the supply chain – strategic partnership – alliances – retail supply chain management – role of logistics in retail supply chain management – customer focus in supply chain- complaint handling – developing a customer service strategy.

Course Objective:

To understand the basic concepts of supply chain management.

Course Outcomes:

The student will be able:

CO1: To understand the basic concepts of Supply Chain Management and its evolution.

CO2: To identify the significance of Supply Chain Integration.

CO3: To describe the types of sourcing and methodologies

CO4: To ascertain the relevance of outsourcing in the supply chain

CO5: To understand the strategic role of the supply chain.

Textbooks:

1. Chopra Sunil and Peter Meindl – Supply Chain Management: Strategy, planning and operation, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs – New Jersey.
2. Bloomberg – Logistics – Pearson
3. Donald Bowersox, David J. Closs – Logistical Management – McGraw Hill

References:

1. Satish Ailawadi – Rakesh Singh – Logistics Management – Prentice Hall of India
2. Donald Waters – Logistics – Palgrave Macmillan
3. Krishnaveni Muthiah – Logistics Management and World Seaborne Trade – Himalaya Publishing House
4. Ashok Sharma, Sarika Kulkarni – Supply Chain Management – McGraw Hill