Supply Chain Management

Course Code:

465131

Course Outline:

Learning objectives:

To provide a thorough understanding of the concepts and challenges in supply chains and manufacturing systems.
To develop the modeling skills and management tools applicable to supply chain systems.
To learn tactics and strategies for system improvement as part of supply chain management.

Course outline:

Introduction and overview	1 weeks
The Extended Enterprise	2 weeks
Forecasting	2 weeks
Inventory control	2 weeks
Aggregate planning	1 week
Materials Requirement Planning	1 week
Just In Time (JIT)	1 week
Operations scheduling	1 week
Theory of Constrain (TOC)	1 week
Network logistics	1 week
Supply chain strategy	1week

References

Ritzman, Krajewski, Klassen. Operations Management: Strategy and Analysis, 6th ed. Prentice Hall, 2002
Simchi-Levi, David, Philip Kaminsky, and Edith Simchi-Levi. Designing and Managing the Supply Chain. 2nd ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 2003
Nahmias, Steven. Production and operations analysis, 5th ed. McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2005.
Chase, Richard B. Operations management for competitive advantage / Richard B. Chase, F. Robert Jacobs, Nicholas J. Aquilano, 10th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2001

Grading Policy:

An-Najah Staff