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BMGT43290

Academic Year 2024/2025

Building Sustainable Supply Chain Advantage (BMGT43290)

Subject:
Business Management
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
8
Module Coordinator:
Dr Enrico Secchi
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module is designed to provide the students with an understanding of operations and supply chain management. Every organisation has the complex task of coordinating people, technology, information and materials to achieve its goals. Think of all the tasks and resources involved in the fulfilment of an order placed on an online shopping website or of what is required for the success of relief efforts after a major calamity. Operations and supply chain management is the science and art of designing and implementing the processes that create and deliver the goods or services provided by an organisation.The topics of this class encompass a wide variety of subjects relevant to the decisions concerning the design, mapping, and analysis of both internal production processes as well as processes that take place outside the organisation, such as the customer journey. In this class, you will be exposed to concepts and techniques useful for the management of procurement, sourcing and inventory, as well as capacity planning, demand management and quality management.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completing this module, students will be expected to be able to:1. Explain the role of operations and supply management within an organisation's strategy;2. Demonstrate an understanding of the main decisions that an operations manager has to face and their implications for the organisation as a whole;3. Apply quantitative techniques in conjunction with qualitative considerations in operations management decision-making;4. Be able to map and analyse a process to identify capacity constraints and other areas of potential improvement;5. Analyse and evaluate the role of suppliers and logistics services and how relationships and processes can be managed to minimise working capital tied up in inventory;6. Apply current theory in Ops and SCM in a competent manner in relation to the analysis of a case.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

48
Autonomous Student Learning

120
Total

192

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The course consists of weekly lectures with reading assignments in every class. It is extremely important that you come prepared to class, having read the assigned material. Rather than spending excessive class time on lecturing, I will assume that you learned what you could from the readings and I will spend class time on discussions and activities aimed at clarifying and deepening your understanding of the issues.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered

Not yet recorded.

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer Yes - 2 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students will receive written and oral feedback on their progress in the class. Both individual and group written feedback will be given for team assignments.

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