JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives:

• To provide understanding of the components and processes of supply chain and logistics management as well as the performance drivers of supply chain.
• To impart knowledge on the various functions of logistics management.
• To educate on designing of the supply chain network.
• To clarify the significance of establishing global supply chain.
• To highlight the role of information technology in supply chain.

Course Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• Understand the cyclical perspective of logistics and supply chain process.
• Learn about the distribution, transportation, warehousing related issues and challenges in supply chain.
• Appreciate the significance of network design in the supply chain.
• Gain knowledge of various models / tools of measuring the Supply Chain Performance.
• Appreciate the role of coordination and technology in supply chain management.

UNIT - I: Understanding Supply Chain

Objectives of a Supply Chain, Importance, 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, Green Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Sustainability.

UNIT - II: Logistics

Evolution, Objectives, Components and Functions of Logistics Management,

Difference between Logistics and Supply Chain, Distribution related Issues and Challenges. Gaining Competitive Advantage through Logistics Management, Transportation: Functions, Costs, and Mode of Transportation Network and Decision, Models, Containerization, Cross Docking, Reverse Logistics. Outsourcing: Nature and Concept, Strategic Decision to Outsourcing, Third-party Logistics (3PL), Fourth-party Logistics (4PL).

UNIT - III: Designing the Supply Chain Network

Designing the Distribution Network, Role of

Distribution, Factors Influencing Distribution, Design Options, e-Business and its Impact, Distribution Networks in Practice, Network Design in the Supply Chain, Role of Network, Factors Affecting the Network Design Decisions, Modeling for Supply Chain.

UNIT - IV: 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 influence Designing Global Supply Chain Network.

UNIT - V: Coordination in a Supply Chain

Importance of Coordination, Lack of Supply Chain

Coordination and the Bullwhip Effect, Obstacles to Coordination, Managerial Levels, Building Partnerships and Trust, Continuous Replenishment and Vendor Managed Inventories, Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment. Role of Information Technology in Supply Chain, Supply Chain 4.0.

Suggested Readings:

• IMT Ghaziabad, Advanced Supply Chain Management, Sage Publications, 2021.
• Rajat K. Basiya, Integrated Supply Chain Management, Sage Publications, 2020.
• K Sridhara Bhat, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, HPH,1e,2017.
• Chopra, Sunil, Meindl, Peter and Kalra, D. V., Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planningand Operation; Pearson Education, 6e, 2016.
• Altekar, Rahul V, Supply Chain Management: Concepts and Cases; PHI Learning ,1e,2005.
• Ballou, R.H. Business Logistics Management. Pearson Education, 5e,2014.
• Coyle, Bardi, Langley, The Management of Business Logistics – A Supply Chain Perspective, Thomson Press, 7e,2003.  22 MBA SEMESTER – II