Supply Chain Management (Production and Operations Management 1), PO19 und PO24

Lecture information

5 ECTS, 3 SWS, Presence performance: 60 hours, Own performance: 90 hours, German, Examination number: ZFB 40023 (ZFB 93411)

Description

Supply Chain Management covers the design and management of interconnected, value-adding processes across company boundaries, with the goal of meeting the actual demands of the end customers. In this lecture, quantitative models and methods for planning and optimising supply chains and corporate networks are introduced and applied to case studies of practical relevance. A particular focus is placed on managing uncertainty in planning and on strategies for enhancing the resilience of value chains.

Contents:

  • Enterprise networks and supply chains
  • Reduction of the bullwhip effect by means of coordinated information processing
  • Increasing supply chain efficiency by means of product and process design
  • Incorporating sustainability into supply chain management
  • Planning under uncertainty
Learning goals

The students

  • know the different aspects and functions of supply chain management and are able to classify them,

  • know the organisation of supply chains and the SCOR model,

  • can identify and analyse the causes of the bullwhip effect and suitable countermeasures,

  • can analyse measures to increase efficiency in SCM via product and process design,

  • can apply planning methods under uncertainty and interpret the results.
Advance performance
none
Information link
www.uni-due.de/pom/index_en.php
Comment

Examination requirements:

  • Regular attendance of the lecture and exercises with independent preparation and follow-up work

  • Solving exercises in the Moodle platform for self-study

  • Literature study

In the Master's program in Industrial Engineering, the Chair of Business Administration and Production Management offers two lectures and a seminar. For the study profile "Production Management," all three courses (totaling 15 ECTS) must be chosen. The lectures Supply Chain Management (SCM - POM 1) and Plant and Energy Industry (AEWi - POM 2) are designed so that they can also be taken by students from other Master's programs in the Faculty of Engineering as elective business administration modules in any order.

For students according to PO24, the SCM course is offered with 5 ECTS and 3 contact hours per week (SWS).

For students according to PO19, the SCM course will be offered for the last time in the summer semester of 2025 with 4 ECTS. Starting from the winter semester of 2025/26, the lectures SCM (POM 1) and Plant and Energy Industry (POM 2) will each comprise 5 ECTS.

 
Literature

  • Lecture notes: Supply Chain Management

  • Thonemann, U.: Operations Management. 3. Auflage, Pearson Studium 2015

  • Chopra, S.; Meindl, P.: Supply Chain Management – Strategie, Planung und Umsetzung, Pearson Prentice Hall 2014

  • Chopra, S.: Supply Chain Management, Global Edition., Pearson Prentice Hall 2019
Assigned courses

  • M.Sc. Industrial Engineering (all specializations), (Elective Subject)

  • M.Sc. Automotive Engineering & Management (all specializations), (Elective Subject)

  • M.Sc. Logistics Engineering, (Elective Subject)
Elective catalogues

  • Interdisciplinary elective

  • Business Administration Elective Catalogue

 

Advisor

Jonas Wesseling, M.A.

Moodle

Link to the moodle course