COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 4033 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CANSU YILDIRIM

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration (Evening)
Maritime Business Administration (English)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide an understanding of fundamental concepts and terminology used in supply chain management including its evolution, power and conflict between chain members, and supplier selection.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the supply chain in a strategic view.
2   To learn the supply chain process.
3   To explore the main drivers of supply chain.
4   To learn the applications in the supply chain.
5   To define the supply chain metric.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course
2 Logistics
3 Supply Chain Management
4 Logistics vs. Supply Chain Management : A Case Study
5 Evolution of Supply Chain Management
6 Customer Service
7 Customer Service (cont'd) & Midterm 1
8 Distribution Channels
9 Power and Conflict
10 Sourcing Strategies
11 Supplier Selection and Development
12 Supplier Evaluation Strategies
13 Environmental and Ethical Problems in Supply Chain
14 Project Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Chopra, S. and Meindl, P. (2010). Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning and Operation, Prentice Hall.
Cousins, P., Lamming, R., Lawson,B.,Squire,B. (2008).Strategic Supply Management: Principles, Theories and Practice.Prentice Hall
Murphy Jr.,P.R., Wood, D.F. (2011).Contemporary Logistics. Pearson
Van Weele, A.J. (2010).Purchasing and Supply Chain Management. Cengage Learning
Supply Chain Management: An International Journal

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Cooperative and active teaching and learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MD Midterm
2 HW Homework
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MD * 0.30 + HW * 0.20 + FN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MD * 0.30 + HW * 0.20 + BUT * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

One of these subjects will be chosen as term project topic :
- Virtual Teams in Supply Chain
- Humanitarian Supply Chain
- Resilience in Supply Chain
- Innovation / R& D in Supply Chain
- Reverse Logistics
- Retail Logistics in Supply Chain
- Omnichannel Selling in Supply Chain
- Theories Used in Supply Chain
- Cold Chain in Supply Chain

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

cansu.yildirim@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 11.00-12.00 or by appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Reading 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 4 40
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 123

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.23553553535533
LO.33353535533355
LO.45535353555535
LO.53355535335353

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