GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Course Brief Description

Number of credits: 2 ECTS
Course period: 4 semester / 2 classes (1lecture + 1seminar) per week
Language of Instruction: English

Instructor: Irina Burlakova

Name of the Institute Graduate School of Economics and Management
Office Phone: +7-343-375-97-85
E-mail: ivburlakova1@gmail.com

Course description
This course is developed in order to provide general information about supply chain
management.
Prerequisites
References
Core reading
1. Bowersox, D. J. Supply Chain Logistical Management, The McGraw-Hill Irwin
Series, 2002 ― 656 р.
2. Chopra S., Meindl P. Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operations.
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2007 ― 536 р.
3. Hugos M. Essentials of Supply Chain Management. Hoboken, New Jersey: John
Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003. 254 p.
4. Lambert D., Stock J., Ellram L. Fundamentals of Logistics Management. Boston:
MA: Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 2002 ― 611 p.
5. Pawar K. Developments in logistics and supply chain management. – Palgrave
Macmillan, 2016. –295 p.
Recommended reading
1. Дыбская В.В., Зайцев Е.И., Сергеев В.И., Стерлигова А.Н. Логистика.
Логистика. Инте-грация и оптимизация логистических бизнес-процессов в
цепях поставок: учебник для MBA; под редакцией В.И. Сергеева. Москва:
Эксмо, 2014 ― 940 с.
2. 6. Управление цепями поставок: перевод с 5-го английского издания / под ред.
Дж. Гаттор-ны; науч. ред. изд. на рус. яз. В. И. Сергеев. — Москва: ИНФРА-М,
2013. — 669 с.
3. 7. Сергеев В. И. Логистические системы мониторинга цепей поставок: учеб.
пособие / В. И. Сергеев, И. В. Сергеев. — М.: ИНФРА-М, 2003. — 169 с.
4. 8. Кристофер М. Логистика и управление цепочками поставок. Как сократить
затраты и улучшить обслуживание потребителей = Logistics and Supply Chain
Management. Strategies for Reducing Cost and Improving Service / М. Кристофер ;
[пер. с англ. В. И. Ку-зина ; под ред. В. С. Лукинского]. — СПб. [и др.] : Питер,
2004. — 315 с.
5. Гаврилов Д.А. Управление производством на базе стандарта MRP II. 2-е изд.
¬― СПб.: Пи-тер, 2008. ― 416 с.
 6. В. В. Щербаков, А. В. Мерзляк, Е. О. Коскур-Оглы. Автоматизация бизнес-
процессов в ло-гистике: стандарт третьего поколения. - М.: Питер, 2016 .— 464
с.
7. Корпоративная логистика. 300 ответов на вопросы профессионалов./ Под ред.
В.И. Сергее-ва. – 2012.
8. Практикум по логистике: Учеб. пособие / Под ред. Б.А. Аникина. – М.:
ИНФРА-М, 2009. – 276 с.

Course outline
Lecture 1. The definition of Supply Chain Management.
Lecture 2. Automation in supply chain management.
Lecture 3. Planning demand and supply in a supply chain: demand forecasting.
Lecture 4. Planning demand and supply in a supply chain: production planning.
Lecture 5. Supply Chain network design. Regional facility configuration problem.
Lecture 6. Supply Chain network design. Choosing plant location. Transportation problem.
Lecture 7. Supply Chain business process design.

Learning and Teaching

There will be seven 1-hour lectures, six 1-hour class seminars, and one 1- class control work
which will provide knowledge on core concepts of supply chain management. Students are
advised to read compulsory reading in advance before each lecture.
Lectures. Participating in the lectures is essential part of the course. All enrolled students are
therefore expected to participate in all lectures and read all assigned papers.
Seminars. The course requires active student participation in seminars. Students are expected to
do exercises on forecasting, production planning and supply chain network design
during and after class (homework).
Assignments
Group case discussion. A working group of students (depending on the number of students in
the class but not more than four students in a group) will have to prepare a short 5 minutes report
on a case of supply chain failure/success. 20 minutes are given for preparation, 25 for group
speech. Student are welcome to use internet sources.
Group presentation. A PowerPoint (or Prezi, or OpenOffice) presentation of 10 -15 slides
prepared by a working group (depending on the number of students in the class but not more
than four students in a group) on the topic of SCM automation. Presenters are expected to
demonstrate the functions which help to automate supply chain management process in a chosen
software product.
Control work consists of a multiple choice test of 10 questions that deal with terms, ideas, and
facts covered during the previous weeks and a short (not exceeding 250 words) written answer to
one of two questions based on material covered within the previous weeks.
2 home works consisting of problems to solve using MS Excel (forecasting, production
planning)
Final examination will be for a duration of 1 ½ hours. The examinations will include one
theoretical question and one problem to solve. Theoretical questions are associated with material
covered in the text and the seminars and will be provided in open-ended questions. Problems are
similar to the ones solved during seminars and given as home works.
This course adopts a 100-point system for final marking. The six elements (active attendance,
research project, colloquium, mid-term exam, final exam and group presentation) in the
aforementioned integrated marking scheme are given points. A final mark is determined by the
summing-up of the points as follows.
Criteria Points K Score

Homework 50 1

Control work 50 1

Current work (Homework + mid-term exam) 50+50 0,4 40

Final Exam 100 1

Intermediate control 100 0,6 60

Subtotal 1 (current + intermediate) 40+60 0,7 70

Work at seminars 100 1

Subtotal 2 100 0,3 30

TOTAL (Subtotal 1+Subtotal 2) 70+30 1 100

Grading
ECTS Grade Points Russian grade
A 100-91 points “excellent”:   100–80 points
B 90-81
C 80-71 “good”:          79– 60 points
D 70-61
F: failed less than 60 points: failed “satisfactory”: 59–40 points
“unsatisfactorily”: failed, less than 40 points