JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives:

• To understand the basic concepts and role of Logistics and supply chain management in business.
• To understand the supply chain drivers and its role in redefining value chain of Firms.
• To develop skills for planning, designing and operations of supply chain Management.
• To know about the various parties in logistics, strategies and outsourcing aspect.
• To understand the Supply chain management systems and its integration with enterprise resource planning and Customer Relationship Management.

Course Outcomes:

• The fundamentals of elements and functions of supply chain.
• To know about the stages and process of supply chain, its drivers and best practices.
• To apply performance management tools, issues and challenges of global supply chain management.
• To analyze the warehouse facilities, parties in logistics.
• Analyze the linkage between Supply chain management and CRM, green Supply chain management practices.

UNIT - I: Logistics

Evolution, Objectives, Components and Functions of Logistics Management, Distribution related Issues and Challenges; Gaining competitive advantage through Logistics Management, Transportation- Functions, Costs, and Mode; Network and Decision, Containerization, Cross docking.

UNIT - II: Supply Chain

Concepts, Objectives of a Supply Chain, Stages of Supply chain, Value Chain

Process, Cycle view of Supply Chain Process, Key issues in SCM, logistics & SCM, Supply Chain Drivers and obstacles, Supply chain strategies, strategic fit, best practices in SCM, Obstacles of streamlined SCM.

UNIT - III: Supply Chain Performance

Bullwhip effect and reduction, Performance measurement: Dimension, Tools of performance measurement, SCOR Model. Demand chain management, Global Supply chain- Challenges in establishing Global Supply Chain, Factors that influences designing Global Supply Chain Network.

UNIT - IV: Warehousing

Concept and types, Warehousing strategy, Warehouse facility location & network design, Reverse logistics, Outsourcing: Nature and concept, Strategic decision to Outsourcing, Third party logistics (3PL), Fourth party logistics(4PL), Fifth Party logistics (5PL), Sixth Party Logistics (6PL).

UNIT - V: Supply Chain and CRM

Concepts, Linkage, IT infrastructure used for Supply Chain and CRM, Functional components for CRM, Green supply chain management, Supply Chain sustainability.

Suggested Readings:

• Chopra, Sunil, Meindl, Peter and Kalra, D. V.; Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning
• 1. and Operation; Pearson Education.
• Altekar, Rahul V.; Supply Chain Management: Concepts and Cases; PHI Learning Reference.
• Ballou, Ronald H.; Supply Chain Management; Pearson Education.
• Sahay, B.S.; Supply Chain Management; Macmillan.
• Ballou, R.H. Business Logistics Management. Prentice-Hall Inc.
• Bowersox D.J. Closs D. J, Logistical Management, McGraw-Hill, 1996 BBA SEMESTER – III