Course: Supply Chain Management

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- An-Najah National University
  
  Faculty of Graduate studies
  
  Course name:Supply Chain Management
  
  Course number:465131
  
  Instructors: Dr. Mohammed Othman
  
  __________________________________________________________
  
  Course Description and Objectives
  
  Supply chain management is unique and, to some degree, represents a paradox because it is concerned with one of the oldest and also the most newly discovered activities of business. Supply chain activities - inventory management, warehousing, sourcing, communication, transportation, and facility location - have been performed since the start of commercial activity. It is difficult to visualize any product that could reach a customer without logistical support. Yet it is only over the last few years that firms have started focusing on logistics and supply chain management as a source of competitive advantage. There is a realization that no company can do any better than its supply chain. This becomes even more important given that product life cycles are shrinking and competition is intense. Supply chain management today represents a great challenge as well as a tremendous opportunity for most firms.
  
  Other terms that have recently appeared in the business jargon are demand chain, value chain, and value stream. We will use the phrase supply chain management to cover all these ideas.
  
  In this course we view the supply chain from the point of view of a general manager. Logistics and supply chain management is all about managing the hand-offs in a supply chain - hand-offs of information, product, or funds. The design of a supply chain is critically linked to the objectives of the supply chain. Our goal in this course is to understand how supply chain design and planning decisions impact the performance of the firm as well as the entire supply chain. The key will be to understand the link between supply chain structures and logistical capabilities in a firm or supply chain.
  
  Learning Outcomes and Competencies
  
  Teach students fundamental problem areas of “Supply Chain Management” and, to introduce the relation between planning and control activities, as well as issues related to SCM design.
  
  Teach approaches that utilize mathematical modeling and optimization to solve problems and emphasize the importance of solving a planning and control problem analytically.
  
  Be able to use different techniques and modern planning tools for engineering practice
  
  Be able to work in a team and confident in presenting and defending his work
  
  Textbook:
  
  Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operations by S. Chopra and P. Meindl (C&M), 5^th Edition.(2012)
  
  For Full outline click here
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Topic 1
Chapter One :Understanding the Supply Chain
- Introduction:
  
  In this chapter, we provide a conceptual understanding of what a supply chain is and the various issues that need to be considered when designing, planning, or operating a supply chain. We discuss the significance of supply chain decisions and supply chain performance for the success of a firm. We also provide several examples from different industries to emphasize the variety of supply chain issues that companies need to consider at the strategic, planning, and operational levels.
  
  Objectives:
  
  Discuss the goal of a supply chain and explain the impact of supply chain decisions on the success of a firm.
  
  Identify the three key supply chain decision phases and explain the significance of each one.
  
  Describe the cycle and push/pull views of a supply chain.
  
  Classify the supply chain macro processes in a firm.
  
  Plan:
  
  First:Study the following presentation
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  Introduction to Supply Chain Management File
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  Introduction to Supply Chain Management File
- Second:Watch the following video: What is Supply Chain Management?
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Topic 2
Chapters Two and Three: Supply Chain Performance and Drivers
- Introduction:
  
  In these chapters, we define supply chain strategy. We introduce the three logistical drivers- facilities, inventory, and transportation- and the three cross-functional drivers-information, sourcing, and pricing-that determine the performance of any supply chain. We discuss how these drivers are used in the design, planning, and operation of the supply chain.
  
  Objectives:
  
  Explain why achieving strategic fit is critical to a company's overall success
  
  Identify the major drivers of supply chain performance.
  
  Discuss the role of each driver in creating strategic fit between the supply chain strategy and the competitive strategy.
  
  Plan
  
  First : Study the following presentaion
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  Supply Chain Performance File
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  Supply Chain Performance File
- Second:Watch the following video to understand Cross-Docking Concept
- Forum
  
  Cross-Docking Forum
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Topic 3
Chapter Five: Network Design in the Supply Chain
- Introduction:
  
  In this Chapter, we focus on the fundamntal questions of facility location, capacity allocation, and market allocation with designing a supply chain network. We identify and discuss the various factors that influence the facility location, capacity and market allocation decisions. We then establish a framework and discuss various solution methodologies for network design decisions in a supply chain.
  
  Objectives:
  
  Understand the role of network design in a supply chain
  
  Identify factors influencing supply chain netwwork design decisions
  
  Develop a framework for making network design decisions
  
  Use optimization for facility location and capacity allocation decisons
  
  Plan:
  
  First: Review basic facility locations cencepts by reading the following slides (self study)
- File
  
  Introduction to facility Location File
- Second: Study the following presentaion
- File
  
  Network Design in the Supply Chain File
- Third: Use Excel Solver to optimize the facility location Models
- File
  
  Network Optimization Models File
- Forum
  
  Comment on the video Forum
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Topic 4
Chapter Seven: Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain
- Introduction:
  
  In this Chapter, we explain how historical demand information can be used to forecast future demand and how these forecasts affect the supply chain. We describe several methods to forecast demand and estimate the forecast's accuracy. We then discuss how these methods can be implemented using Microsoft Excel.
  
  Objectives:
  
  Understand the role of forecasting for both an enterprise and a supply chain
  
  Identify the components of a demand forecast
  
  Forecast demand in a supply chain given historical demand data using time-series methodologies
  
  Analyze demand forecasts to estimate forecast error
  
  Plan:
  
  First: Study the following presentation slides
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  Chapter 7 Forecasting File
- Second:Use Excel worksheets to practise the forecasting methods
- File
  
  Examples 1 - 4 Chapter 7 File
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  Tahoe Salt example forecasting File
- Third:watch the following video
  
  Fourth: Submit your solution for managing growth at sportstuff. Case Study see page 150 in the textbook attached below...
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  https://drive.google.com/file/d/15_Y9fewkke1mPwTW6TM1FHWyjpvrOg_m/view?usp=sharing
- Assignment
  
  Assignment 1
  
  Teamwork, Due date June 30 at 5 pm
  
  Submit your file using WORD software only
  
  No late submission is allowed!!
- Quiz
  
  Quiz 1
  
  موعد الاختبار يوم الاحد 12 يوليو 2020, الساعه 4:00 عصرا
  
  وزن الامتحان 15 علامة, مدة الامتحان 15 دقيقة, 10 نقاط اختيار من متعدد
  
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Topic 5
Chapter Eight: Aggregate Planning in a Supply Chain
- Introduction:
  
  In this Chapter, we discuss how the aggregate planning methodology is used to make decisions about production, outsourcing, inventory, and backlogs in a supply chain. We identify the information required to produce an aggregate plan and outline the basic trade-offs that must be made to create an optimal aggregate plan. we also describe how to formulate and solve an aggregate planning problem using Microsoft Excel.
  
  Objectives:
  
  Identify the decisions that are best solved by aggregate planning
  
  Understand the importance of aggregate planning as a supply chain activity
  
  Describe the information needed to produce an aggregate plan
  
  Formulate and solve basic aggregate planning problems using Microsoft Excel.
  
  Plan:
  
  First: Study the following presentation slides
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  Chapter 8 Aggregate Planning File
- Second: Watch the following video
- رابط محاضرة الزووم 28 يونيو
  
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Topic 6
Chapter Nine: Sales and Operations Planning
- Introduction:
  
  In this chapter, we build on the knowledge we gained from Chapter 8 and continue to expand our scope beyond the enterprise to the supply chain as we deal with predictable variability of demand. We also discuss how demand may be managed to counter predictibale variability through the use of price and promotion to maximize overall profitability of a supply chain.
  
  Objectives:
  
  Manage supply and demand to improve synchronization in a supply chain in the face of predictitable variability.
  
  Use sales and operations planning to maximize profitability when faced with predictable variability in a supply chain
  
  Plan:
  
  First:Read Chapter 9
  
  Second:Study the following presentation
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  Chapter 9 Sales and Operations Planning File
- File
  
  Excel File
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Topic 8
Chapter Eleven: Managing Economies of Scale in a Supply Chain: Cycle Inventory
- Introduction:
  
  Cycle inventory exists because producing or purchasing in large lots allows a stage of the supply chain to exploit economies of scale and thus lower cost. the presence of fixed costs associated with ordering and transportation, quatity discounts in product pricing, and short-term discounts or promotions encourages different stages of a supply chain to exploit economies of scale and order in large lots. In this chapter, we study how each of these factors affects the lot size and cycle inventories whithin a supply chain. Our goal is to identify mangerial levers that reduce cycle inventory in a supply chain without raising cost.
  
  Objectives:
  
  Balance the appropraite costs to choose the optimal lot size and cycle inventory in a supply chain.
  
  Understand the impact of quantity discounts on lot size and cycle inventory
  
  Plan:
  
  First: Read Chapter 11 from the textbook
  
  Second: Study the following presentation
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  Chapter 11 File
- رابط محاضرة 5 يوليو 2020
  
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- Assignment
  
  Case Study CH9 Assignment
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Chapter Twelve: Uncertainty in a Supply Chain: Safety Inventory
- Introduction:
  
  In this chapter, we discuss how safety inventory can help a supply chain improve product availability in the presence of supply and demand variability. We discuss various measures of product availability and how managers can set safety inventory levels to provide the desired product availability. We also explore what managers can do to reduce the amount of saftey inventory required while maintaining or even improving product availability.
  
  Objectives:
  
  Understand the role of safety inventory in a supply chain
  
  Identify factors that influence the required level of safety inventory
  
  Utilize Managerial levers available to lower safety inventory and improve product availability.
  
  Plan:
  
  First: Study the following presentation
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  Ch12 File
- File
  
  Ch13 File
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- Assignment
  
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Topic 10
The First Week of Presentations
- All teams should present their case study as follows:
  
  Teams 1-3: Sunday July 26, 2020 from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
  
  Teams 4-6: Wednesday July 29, 2020 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
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  Teams List File
- Please submit your final report by Sunday July 26 at 3 pm
- Assignment
  
  Final Report Assignment
Topic 11
Final Exam
- محدث: بعد تعليمات مجلس العمداء
  
  Final Evaluations will be conducted using two methods:
  
  1. Case study (Group) (25%) due date July 26 (3:00 pm)
  
  2. Online Quiz 2 (Individual) (15%) on Sunday August 9th @3:00 pm (chapters: 1, 2, 3, 9,11,12,13)
  
  3. One problem (Individual) (10%): Sunday August 9th@ 4:00 pm
  
  Let me know in case you have any comments
- Quiz
  
  QUIZ 2
  
  This quiz is 10 questions for 30 minutes, please make sure to be ready, textbook, etc
  
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- Assignment
  
  Final Problem Assignment
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Topic outline

General

An-Najah National University

Faculty of Graduate studies

Course name:Supply Chain Management

Course number:465131

Instructors: Dr. Mohammed Othman

__________________________________________________________

Course Description and Objectives

Other terms that have recently appeared in the business jargon are demand chain, value chain, and value stream. We will use the phrase supply chain management to cover all these ideas.

Textbook:

Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operations by S. Chopra and P. Meindl (C&M), 5th Edition.(2012)

For Full outline click here

Topic 1

Chapter One :Understanding the Supply Chain

Introduction:

Objectives:

Discuss the goal of a supply chain and explain the impact of supply chain decisions on the success of a firm.

Identify the three key supply chain decision phases and explain the significance of each one.

Describe the cycle and push/pull views of a supply chain.

Classify the supply chain macro processes in a firm.

Plan:

First:Study the following presentation

Topic 2

Chapters Two and Three: Supply Chain Performance and Drivers

Introduction:

Objectives:

Explain why achieving strategic fit is critical to a company's overall success

Identify the major drivers of supply chain performance.

Discuss the role of each driver in creating strategic fit between the supply chain strategy and the competitive strategy.

Plan

First : Study the following presentaion

Second:Watch the following video to understand Cross-Docking Concept

Topic 3

Chapter Five: Network Design in the Supply Chain

Third: Use Excel Solver to optimize the facility location Models

Topic 4

Chapter Seven: Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain

Introduction:

Objectives:

Understand the role of forecasting for both an enterprise and a supply chain

Identify the components of a demand forecast

Forecast demand in a supply chain given historical demand data using time-series methodologies

Analyze demand forecasts to estimate forecast error

Plan:

First: Study the following presentation slides

Second:Use Excel worksheets to practise the forecasting methods

Third:watch the following video

Topic 5

Chapter Eight: Aggregate Planning in a Supply Chain

Introduction:

Objectives:

Identify the decisions that are best solved by aggregate planning

Understand the importance of aggregate planning as a supply chain activity

Describe the information needed to produce an aggregate plan

Formulate and solve basic aggregate planning problems using Microsoft Excel.

Plan:

First: Study the following presentation slides

Second: Watch the following video

Topic 6

Chapter Nine: Sales and Operations Planning

Introduction:

Objectives:

Manage supply and demand to improve synchronization in a supply chain in the face of predictitable variability.

Use sales and operations planning to maximize profitability when faced with predictable variability in a supply chain

Plan:

First:Read Chapter 9

Second:Study the following presentation

Topic 7

Topic 8

Chapter Eleven: Managing Economies of Scale in a Supply Chain: Cycle Inventory

Introduction:

Objectives:

Balance the appropraite costs to choose the optimal lot size and cycle inventory in a supply chain.

Understand the impact of quantity discounts on lot size and cycle inventory

Plan:

First: Read Chapter 11 from the textbook

Second: Study the following presentation

Topic 9

Chapter Twelve: Uncertainty in a Supply Chain: Safety Inventory

Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operations by S. Chopra and P. Meindl (C&M), 5^th Edition.(2012)