Risk Track : Global Suply Chain Management

ECTS : 3

Description du contenu de l'enseignement :

This course introduces the supply chain concept and is dedicated to familiarizing the students with the Supply Chain operations, issues, trends, and challenges in a VUCA environment. In addition, as this course is international-business development oriented, it shows the tight links between international strategy, value creation and supply chain strategy through examples of global supply chains.

This course is organised in a workshop to allow students to integrate supply chain approach into a business development strategy. From the Dyntech case, students will focus on one specific supply chain issue and submit a continuous improvement plan aligned on the international business strategy of the company. 

Compétence à acquérir :

Objectives

• Have an end-to-end understanding of a global and customer-centric Supply Chain 
• Understand cross-functionality issues within the frame of a continuous improvement approach (process analysis and interrelationships between processes)
• Understand planning and forecasting issues (Demand Planning)
• Understand both internal and external risks issues (FMEA analysis)
• Understand how the supply chain can be turned into a competitive advantage for companies operating on international markets

Learning Outcomes

• Have command of the basic knowledge required to understand Supply Chain operations, planning and future challenges (4.0 Revolution)
• Be able to define and formalize supply chain strategic goals and objectives with a Kaplan matrix
• Be able to understand, produce and analyze a Supply Chain map 
• Be able to synchronize a business development strategy with a supply chain strategy
• Be able to identify competitive drivers in the international supply chain
• Be able to formalize and submit a continuous improvement plan of supply chain processes with a view to international business development

Mode de contrôle des connaissances :

The project team and its members will be assessed as follows

-  All works produced by the Project Team are assessed (written and oral work). This covers the tools and the final report (continuous improvement plan)

-  The individual engagement in the project activities is also assessed as well as the individual performance during the project submission (oral)

-  The individual REX is assessed

Bibliographie, lectures recommandées :

·  Logistics and Supply Chain Management – Creating Value, adding networks – de Christopher Martin

·  Operations Management in Supply Chain – Decisions and Cases – Schroeder, Meyer Goldstein, Rungtusanatham - 6th edition - – Recommended –

·  http://www.supplychainquarterly.com/whitepapers/ - white papers

·  Supply chain dive operations website – free newsletter