W546 – Supply Chain Management - Planning of Supply Chains

Module
Supply Chain Management - Planning of Supply Chains
Supply Chain Management - Planning of Supply Chains
Module number
W546 [IB-BA V06.2]
Version: 4
Faculty
Business Administration
Level
Bachelor/Diplom
Duration
1 semester
Turnus
Summer semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ingo Gestring
ingo.gestring(at)htw-dresden.de

Lecturers

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ingo Gestring
ingo.gestring(at)htw-dresden.de

Teaching language(s)

English

ECTS credits

5.00 Credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

4.00 SWS (2.00 SWS Lecture | 2.00 SWS Seminar)

Self-study time

90.00 hours

Pre-requisite(s) for the examination
Not specified
Examination(s)

Written examination
Examination duration: 90 min | Weighting: 100 % | Tested in English language

Teaching form

Lecture and exercise with case studies, quantitative tasks and business simulation game

Media type

75% face -to-face lecture, 25% online (self-learning)

Teaching content / structure

1. Fundamentals of procurement

2. Make-or-buy decisions 

3. Porcurement processes

4. Cost Analysis

5. Procurement strategies

6. Quoting procedure

7. Supplier Relationship Management

8. Risk Management and Sustainability in Supply Chain Management

9. Supply Chain concepts

Qualification objectives

Basic knowledge about methods and tools in supply chain management

The student can

  • analyse the customer needs and calculate the future demand
  • analyse and calculate  the material supply
  • create a procurement strategy in terms of numbers of suppliers and local und global sourcing
  • analyse and evaluate procurement processes
  • define methods for supplier-customer co-operation
  • analyze and implement basic methods of supply chain risk management and sustainable concepts
  • define, analyze and inprove logistics networks
Special admission requirement(s)
Not specified
Recommended prerequisites

Fundamentals of logistics/ supply chain management

Continuation options
Not specified
Literature

Patrick Jonsson: Logistics and Supply Chain Management, McGraw Hill, 2008

John McKeller: Supply Chain Management Demystified, McGraw-Hill, current edition

Colin Scott, Henriette Lundgren, Paul Thompson: Guide to Supply Chain Management, Springer, current edition (e-book)

A. J. Van Weele: Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, Cengage Learning, 2010

Current teaching resources

Webportal "Opal"-

Notes
Not specified