Bu 825 Outline Fall 2013

Administrative information

Taught by: Peruvemba S. Ravi Office : P3044Email: [email protected] Phone: (519) 884-0710 Ext. 2674Office hours: By appointment

Required materials

(i) A laptop computer with Microsoft Excel and the Excel Solver add-in loaded onto the computer.

(ii) “Supply Chain Management,” 5th edition, by Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl, Prentice Hall, Publication Year: 2012. (Either the hardcopy or the e-textbook version may be used.) (E-textbook available at http://www.coursesmart.com/supply-chain-management-strategy-planning/sunil-chopra-peter-meindl/dp/9780132743969)

Course objectivesThis course has two main objectives:

(i) To study the mathematical tools used to model supply chains, and(ii) To develop an understanding of key supply chain concepts and terminology.

Performance Evaluation

Assignments (group or individual) 35%Comprehensive literature review or research paper (individual) 20%Final exam (comprehensive) 45% Missed classes (-25%

X number of missed classes)

Literature review or research paper

Each student will write a research paper or will conduct a comprehensive review of the literature relating to a topic assigned by the professor.

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WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITYMaster of Business Administration

Fall 2013BU825: Supply Chain Management

Final Exam

The final exam may include one or more of the following: true/false questions, multiple-choice questions, questions requiring short answers, quantitative problems that must be solved ‘by hand’, and quantitative problems requiring the use of Excel. The material in the assigned chapters will be tested on the exams.

Special Needs

Students with disabilities or special needs are advised to contact Laurier’s Accessible Learning Centre (extension 3086) for information regarding its services and resources. Students are encouraged to review the Calendar for information regarding all services available on campus.

Tentative class schedule

Week 1: Chapter 1: Understanding the Supply Chain Chapter 2: Supply Chain Performance: Achieving Strategic Fit and Scope Chapter 3: Supply Chain Drivers and Metrics

Week 2:Mathematical tools: Linear Programming, Integer Programming, Decision Trees, Probability Concepts

Week 3:Mathematical tools: Linear Programming, Integer Programming, Decision Trees, Probability Concepts

Week 4:Chapter 4: Designing Distribution Networks and Applications to Online Sales (assigned for self-study)Chapter 5: Network Design in the Supply Chain

Week 5:Chapter 6: Designing Global Supply Chain Networks

Week 6:Chapter 7: Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain

Week 7:Chapter 8: Aggregate Planning in a Supply Chain

Week 8:Chapter 9: Sales and Operations Planning: Planning Supply and Demand in a Supply ChainChapter 10: Coordination in a Supply Chain (assigned for self-study)

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Week 9:Chapter 11: Managing Economies of Scale in a Supply Chain: Cycle Inventory

Week 10:Chapter 12: Managing Uncertainty in a Supply Chain: Safety Inventory Week 11:Chapter 13: Determining the Optimal Level of Product Availability

Week 12:Chapter 14: Transportation in a Supply Chain

Week 13:Literature review dueChapter 15: Sourcing Decisions in a Supply ChainChapter 16: Pricing and Revenue Management in a Supply Chain

Final Exam: Date: to be announced

Academic and Research Misconduct

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Students should refer to disciplinary procedures available from deans' offices and the University Secretariat.

See: http://www.wlu.ca/calendars/section.php?cal=3&s=471&ss=2046&y=51

Students may avail of the services listed below.

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