Research seminar "Supply chain Management of an industrial enterprise"

2024/2025

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

6

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Course type:

Compulsory course

When:

2 year, 1, 2 module

Instructor

Zolotukhina, Irina

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with modern concepts and principles of functioning of a modern industrial enterprise with respect to strategic procurement and supply chain management and to develop students’ analytical and decision-making skills related to strategic procurement and supply chain management.Within the framework of the course the following topics will be offered to students: role of strategic procurement and supply chain management in an industrial enterprise, logistics integration and coordination, cross-finctional conflicts in logistics process.

Learning Objectives

• The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with modern concepts and principles of functioning of a modern industrial enterprise with respect to strategic procurement and supply chain management and to develop students’ analytical and decision-making skills related to strategic procurement and supply chain management. Within the framework of the course the following topics will be offered to students: role of strategic procurement and supply chain management in an industrial enterprise, logistics integration and coordination, cross-finctional conflicts in logistics process.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate deep knowledge and critical understanding of theories, principles, concepts and methodologies of supply chain management of the manufacturing enterprise.
• Understand the challenges of uncertain economic environment in order to discuss ongoing research while using various concepts from the materials offered in the course.
• Plan and perform independent research projects in the area of supply chain management applying the advanced concepts of the strategic procurement management, lean principles and operational excellence.
• examine and critically appraise quantitative tools relevant in order to explore the strategic procurement management

Course Contents

• Introductions and practicalities of taking the course
• Key role of supply chain at a manufacturing enterprise
• S&OP, production planning and supply chain management
• Transport logistics. Role of LLP
• Finished product. Localization. Customs
• Warehousing and inventory management
• Internal logistics
• Supplier relationship management
• Methods of procurement quality management
• Procurement processes. Evaluation of the effectiveness of procurement

Assessment Elements

• In-class regular tasks
• Exam

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 2nd module
  0.7 * Exam + 0.3 * In-class regular tasks

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Ribas, I., Lusa, A., & Corominas, A. (2019). A framework for designing a supply chain distribution network. International Journal of Production Research, 57(7), 2104–2116. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2018.1530477

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Villena, V. H. (2019). The Missing Link? The Strategic Role of Procurement in Building Sustainable Supply Networks. Production & Operations Management, 28(5), 1149–1172. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.12980

Authors

• Миронова Алена Геннадьевна
• SOLOVEVA EKATERINA EVGENEVNA