Instructor：Xiaolin Xu
Phone：86-2583621292
E-mail：xuxl@nju.edu.cn
Class：Year 2 undergraduate
Ⅰ.Course Objectives and Demands
Supply Chain Management is defined as the design, operation, estimation and improvement of the systems that create and deliver the firm’s primary products and service. Our objective in this course is to introduce relevant concepts, techniques and methods. In particular, some of the topics covered include: operations strategy, supply chain coordination, inventory management, business process reengineering, mass customization, and waiting line management etc. The course relies on a combination of case discussions, lectures, readings, and assignments. To pursue the course objective most effectively, students will have to prepare the assigned cases, readings, and discuss them in class.
Ⅱ.Main Reference Books
1. Required Materials
Harvard Cases and Harvard Business Review
2. Reference Books
Matching supply with demand: an introduction to operations management. Gerard Cachon and Christian Terwiesch. The 2nd edition
Designing and Managing the Supply Chain. David Simchi-lvei, Philip Kaminsky, and Edith Simichi-levi. The 3rd edition
Ⅲ.Credits, Teaching Hours and Teaching Methods
Each course contains 12 lessons, 2 credits (3 hours per week).
Method: Lecture based plus game, case discussion and industrial speakers' presentation
Ⅳ.Grading
1、Attendance: 20 %
2、Class Participation: 20 %
3、Final Exam: 60 %
Ⅴ.Course Content and Time
| Session | Time | Location | Course Content | Note |
| 1 | Teaching Points：Introduction to OM Reading Materials：Vedio on OR/MS by INFORMS Content or Case Needed to Preview： | |||
| 2 | Teaching Points：Match of Supply with Demand (I) Reading Materials： Content or Case Needed to Preview: Tamago-ya of Japan: delivering lunch boxes to your work, 2007, Stanford GBS case | Newsvendor model | ||
| 3 | Teaching Points：Match of Supply with Demand (II) Reading Materials：Sport Obermeyer Ltd., 2006, HBS case Content or Case Needed to Preview： | |||
| 4 | Teaching Points：Inventory Management (I) Reading Materials： Content or Case Needed to Preview： | EOQ model/ JIT production | ||
| 5 | Teaching Points：Inventory Management (II) Reading Materials： Content or Case Needed to Preview： | Safety Stock Model | ||
| 6 | Teaching Points：Postponement Strategy Reading Materials：Hewlett-Packard Co.: DeskJet Printer Supply Chain-case A, 2004, Stanford GBS case Content or Case Needed to Preview：Note on postponement, 2006, Kellogg SOM, note | |||
| 7 | Teaching Points：Bullwhip effect Reading Materials：Barrila Spa (A), 2008, HBS case Content or Case Needed to Preview： | |||
| 8 | Teaching Points：JIT II Reading Materials：Bose corporation: JIT II, University of Virginia, 1995. Content or Case Needed to Preview： | |||
| 9 | Teaching Points：Coordination Reading Materials：Inventory driven cost, Harvard Business Review, March 2005 Content or Case Needed to Preview： | |||
| 10 | Teaching Points：Supply Chain Strategy Reading Materials：Zara: fast fashion, 1996, Harvard Business Case Content or Case Needed to Preview：What is the right supply chain for your product? 1997, HBR article | |||
| 11 | Teaching Points：Revenue Management Reading Materials： Content or Case Needed to Preview： | |||
| 12 | Teaching Points：Waiting Line Management Reading Materials：The psychology of waiting lines, 1984, HBS note Content or Case Needed to Preview： | Little's law, Big formula, Small formula |
Note: 1. Students are not permitted to take the final exam if they are absent from class for 1/3 of the teaching hours. And the course must be retaken.
2. The type of final exam is determined by the instructor of each course.
