MEEN41130 Cases in Supply Chain Design

Academic Year 2022/2023

This is an applied laboratory/practical module, which MUST be taken in conjunction with the 5 ECTS module MEEN40790 Supply Chain Design & Analysis. This means that MEEN40790 is a co-requisite for this MEEN41130 module.

While MEEN40790 Supply Chain Design & Analysis provides the theoretical and analytical foundations, the "Cases in Supply Chain Design" module is designed to apply those concepts in a practical manner to a range of contemporary industrial case studies. This provide students with an opportunity to translate the theory to practice, with particular emphasis on the application of analytical tools and techniques to assist supply chain planning and control decision making.

Students should note that the Alternative Linear Grade Scale will be used for converting marks to letter grades.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

1. Assess an industrial scenario through a case study and determine the key quantitative and qualitative factors that will influence the decision scenario.
2. Demonstrate the application of quantitative tools and techniques to analyse supply chain scenarios and to support decision making.
3. Critique the analytical results of supply chain scenario analysis with a view to improving supply chain management decision making competency.
4. Apply verbal communication through class participation and written communication through submission of case study reports.

Indicative Module Content:

Among the topics that will be covered are case studies relating to supply chain network design and optimisation, supply chain coordination, forecasting and demand planning, requirements planning and inventory management, capacity management, revenue management, enterprise resource planning and supply chain risk and resilience. In addition, students will
learn to apply the advanced analytics features of Microsoft Excel including Solver, Regression, Exponential Smoothing.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Tutorial

6
Laboratories

4
Specified Learning Activities

12
Autonomous Student Learning

24
Online Learning

8
Total

54
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module will make use of the following approaches to teaching and learning:
- This is a lab based module, during which case-based learning will be employed.
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Co-requisite:
MEEN40790 - Supply Chain Design & Analysis


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Presentation: Video Presentation Week 9 n/a Graded No

100

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Written feedback will be provided to students on case study reports: post-assessment Overall class feedback will be provided: post-assessment

Chopra S. & Meindl P., Supply Chain Management Strategy, Planning & Operations, 6th International Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, (editions 1-5 also adequate)
Cachon, G. & Terwiesch, C. Matching Supply with Demand - An Introduction to Operations Management, McGraw Hill (editions 1-4)
Winston W. & Albright, S.C. Practical Management Science, Cengage Learning.
Albright, S.C. & Winston, W. Business Analytics - Data Analysis and Decision Making, 6th Edition, Cengage Learning.
Bozarth C. & Handfield R. Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management, 4th Edition, Pearson (editions 1-3 also adequate)
Watson, M., Lewis, S., Cacioppi, P. & Jayaraman, J., Supply Chain Network Design, FT Press, ISBN-13: 978-0-13-301737-3
Snyder, S. & Shen, Z.-J. M. (2011) Fundamentals of Supply Chain Theory, Wiley, ISBN 978-0-470-52130-4