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LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Paper Code:
MTX-322
Credits:
3
Contact Hours:
45.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
- To provide an understanding of logistics and supply chain management, and its application in business.
- To develop ability to understand the role of Supply Chain Management.
- To enable students to understand and learn the various aspects of Supply Chain Management and their application.
9.00
Unit I:
- Concept, Need, Evolution, Issues involved in developing supply chain management
- Decision phases, process of supply chain
10.00
- Role of Supply Chain Management: Scope and importance, concepts and principles of supply chain management
- Need for an integrated supply chain in the fashion industry, structural design of a fashion supply chain.
- Information and technology in supply chain management,
- SCM enabling technologies: EDI, EPOS, item coding, EFT, activity based costing, etc. The applications of the information and technology for the SCM in the textile industry.
10.00
Unit III:
- Supply chain management decisions
- Marketing decisions: product management strategy, pricing strategy, and promotion strategy.
- Sourcing decisions: value analysis, sourcing options, sourcing priority, and sourcing criteria.
- Logistics decisions: transportation strategy, warehousing strategy and inventory strategy.
9.00
Unit IV:
- Developing and maintaining supply chain relationships
- Conceptual Model of Strategic Alliance/Strategic Network.
- Characteristics of strategic alliances/strategic network in the supply chain.
- Creating and sustaining strategic alliances in supply chain relationships.
8.00
Unit V:
- Contemporary issues in the fashion supply chain management
- SCM practices in the global trade. Sharing risks in inter-organizational relationships.
Essential Readings:
- Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindi : Supply Chain Management (Person Education)
- John.T. Mentzer: Supply Management (Reponse Books)
References:
- Arjan J.Van Wheeler : Purchasing and Supply Chain Management (Thomson Asia)
- Sten EI Ansany & coughian : Marketing channels (Prentice Hall)
- Anurag Saxena, Kaushik Sircar, Supply Chain Management, Jaico Publication House
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