Information systems in SCM (5 cr)

Objective

You are able to:?
know and appreciate that strategic thinking is important for developing appropriate supply chain strategies that enhance competitive performance?
appreciate the challenges of creating a lean supply chain?
recognise that managing inventories is both a strategic and an operational issue?
explore the link between demand and supply planning?
recognise how lean, adaptive and demand driven supply networks are enabled through IT?

Content

How to recognise different opportunities for time compression in the supply chain and build more agile supply chains?
Why are lean and Six Sigma integral parts of supply chain management?
What are the financial and strategic impacts of managing inventory more effectively?
What are the roles of demand forecasting, demand management and Sales & Operations Planning in the supply chain?
What are the impacts of new technologies and innovation upon supply chain strategies?

Study forms and methods

You are able to:
• Identify the information flow and key types of information requirements in the supply chain
• Understand why collaboration and information visibility is required in the supply chain
• Understand the importance of information and information technology in a supply chain.
• Describe and differentiate among contemporary supply chain information technologies.
• Gather, Interpret and apply supply chain information in key business decision making

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

You can
a) use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
b) evaluate information sources critically
c) work as team members in working life expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field.
d) evaluate operations in customer, user and target group situations.
e) choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.
f) apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations.

Qualifications

Supply chain management 5 ECTS credits