Principles of Supply Chain Management

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• communicate in writing or orally (ideas, knowledge, arguments or proposals) with brevity and clarity.
• demonstrate the ability to persuade, convince and argue effectively;
• manage time and tasks effectively in the context of individual study and group work activities and take responsibility for carrying out agreed tasks;

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• recognise the key roles of design and quality in all their aspects;
• engage in problem solving techniques and supply chain design for different business criteria;
• discuss the nature and management of operational systems;
• design appropriate quality, service and operational systems;
• identify appropriate performance indicators to effect improvement, monitoring and control of company operations.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• improving the efficiency and effectiveness of customer service delivery.
• structural choices in the design of operational systems;
• the identification of areas for cost savings through the reduction and elimination of non-value adding activities;
• utilising the principles of quality including Total Quality Management (TQM) and 6 Sigma approaches;

• Principles and evolution of quality, TQM, Lean, and 6 Sigma;
• Production planning and control;
• Transportation optimisation;
• Inventory and capacity management and control;
• Chain structures for different business drivers;
• Reverse supply chains;
• Advances in IT systems – ERP, Advanced Planning Systems (APS) and supply chain planning software, Enterprise Integration technology;
• Communication within supply chains;
• Green Logistics.

Learning activities include:

• Lectures
• Use of on-line materials
• An individual assignment reflecting on the lessons learned
• In-class case study/problem solving activities
• Private study

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Coursework assignment(s)

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Assignment 1: Formative feedback will be offered to the students as a stage-gate to assignment writing (e.g. upon identifying a topic and the relevant literature). Assignment 2: Formative feedback will be offered to the students as a stage-gate to assignment writing (e.g. upon completion of an analysis of professional roles, assessment of their motivation, competencies and behaviours).
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.