CANCELLED - PTMBA 2021 Logistics & Supply Chain Management
Kurs ID
MBA SCM642
Art des Kurses
PT MBA LV
Wochenstunden
2,0
Semester
HS 2020
Vortragssprache
Englisch
Vortragende/r
Prof. Dr. Carl Marcus Wallenburg
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Kursinhalt
ABOUT THIS CLASS
Logistics has outgrown its former pure functional character focusing only on transportation and warehousing and has become an enabler of global value creation within complex networks. Here, logistics and supply chain management have to potential to provide competitive advantage.
This course provides insights to logistics and supply chain management that allow you to identify state-of-the-art logistics concepts and outlines levers used to design and manage appropriate logistics strategies, distribution networks and supply chains.
OBJECTIVES OF THE CLASS
The course focuses on the following learning objectives:
- Understanding the role of logistics and supply chain management for value creation and competitive advantage
- Understand current challenges in global supply chains
- Understanding fundamental concepts that underlie supply chain management (e.g., manufacturing postponement, logistics postponement, push/pull)
- Assessing different strategies that firms can follow in the context of logistics and supply chain management
- Designing and optimizing distribution networks as driver of an efficient logistics structure given different design options
- Understanding the role of LSPs and logistics outsourcing as strategic option
Termine
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Sunday, 22.11.2020 | 09:15 - 16:45 |
| Saturday, 28.11.2020 | 09:15 - 16:45 |
| Sunday, 29.11.2020 | 09:15 - 16:45 |
| Monday, 14.12.2020 | 23:50 - 23:55 |
Lernerfolge
- Understanding the role of logistics and supply chain management for value creation and competitive advantage
- Understand current challenges in global supply chains
- Understanding fundamental concepts that underlie supply chain management (e.g., manufacturing postponement, logistics postponement, push/pull)
- Assessing different strategies that firms can follow in the context of logistics and supply chain management
- Designing and optimizing distribution networks as driver of an efficient logistics structure given different design options
- Understanding the role of LSPs and logistics outsourcing as strategic option
Literatur
Fisher. 1997. “What is the right supply chain for your product?”.Harvard Business Review.75(2): 105-116.Zara case text7eleven case textSky Deutschland case textLego case text
Lernmethoden
Case studies, lectures, in-class discussion, group work
Art der Prüfung
Performance Points Breakdown
- Class Participation (max. 10%)
- Write-up & presentation (max. 20%)
- Individual Assignment (max. 10%)
- Reflection Note (max.10%)
- Final Exam (open book/take home) (max. 50%)
Umfang
60