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Operations: economics & strategy
MGT-528
Lecturer(s) :
Weber Thomas AloisLanguage:
English
Summary
Supply-chain management within a firm is concerned with the flow of goods and services from firms to consumers. This course provides an overview of the economic drivers and technological possibilities for designing a successful supply-chain strategy, especially in view of information flows.Content
Readings and cases are used to discuss the following topics:
1. Origin and Scope of Supply-Chain Management
2. Supply-Chain Coordination
3. Strategic/Tactical/Operational Decisions
4. Performance Metrics
5. Inventory Management: Basics
6. Dealing with Risk
7. Information Sharing and Enabling Information Technologies
8. Cooperation and Relational Contracts
9. Sourcing Decisions and Contracting
10. Recent & Special Issues
Keywords
Economic Models, Operations, Strategic Management
Learning Prerequisites
Important concepts to start the course
Basic calculus & economics & statistics
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must be able to:- Realize strategic significance of operational decisions
- Create a dynamic strategic plan
- Develop structural insights
- Solve basic quantitative models
- Construct performance metrics
- Optimize operational decisions in the presence of uncertainty and competition
- Transpose concepts to concrete application (project)
Transversal skills
- Set objectives and design an action plan to reach those objectives.
- Use a work methodology appropriate to the task.
- Communicate effectively with professionals from other disciplines.
- Assess one's own level of skill acquisition, and plan their on-going learning goals.
- Collect data.
- Make an oral presentation.
- Write a scientific or technical report.
- Access and evaluate appropriate sources of information.
Assessment methods
Continuous assessment combining:
20% Homework
40% Team project
40% Take-home exam (during the official winter exam session)
Resources
Bibliography
Reading bulkpack
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In the programs
- SemesterFall
- Exam formWritten
- Credits
4 - Subject examined
Operations: economics & strategy - Lecture
3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Semester
- SemesterFall
- Exam formWritten
- Credits
4 - Subject examined
Operations: economics & strategy - Lecture
3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Semester
- SemesterFall
- Exam formWritten
- Credits
4 - Subject examined
Operations: economics & strategy - Lecture
3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Semester
- SemesterFall
- Exam formWritten
- Credits
4 - Subject examined
Operations: economics & strategy - Lecture
3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Semester
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Lecture
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- Autumn semester
- Winter sessions
- Spring semester
- Summer sessions
- Lecture in French
- Lecture in English
- Lecture in German