Introductory description

ES3**-15 Engineering Supply Chain Management

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Module aims

Outline syllabus

This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

1 SCM concepts
2 Business strategy and SCM
3 SCM and Procurement strategies
4 Value and logistics costs
5 Globalisation
6 Outsourcing
7 Supplier selection
8 Lead time reduction
9 JIT, lean and agile
10 Integration
11 Relationships
12 Negotiation
13 Measurement & metrics
14 Application of technology in the supply chain
15 Physical Logistics
16 Improving & developing

Learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

• Identify and apply end-to-end supply chain strategies and principles to ensure alignment of supply chain activities with end customer requirements.. (M14, M15)
• Recognise and recommend supply chain techniques for entities within the global and domestic supply chain to select and maintain effective partnerships and supply chain relationships between tiers within the supply chain. (M9, M13)
• Identify and select suitable supply chain and operations management tools and techniques to manage and improve the performance of the supply chain.. (M13)
• Differentiate and understand how technical enablers and associated physical logistics techniques influence the delivery of end customer requirements. Articulate how these are met from a cost, quality and delivery perspective.(M5, M14)
• Understand the principles of sustainability and the factors contributing to an ethically and environmentally sustainable supply chain with an awareness of regulatory considerations. (M7(D), M8)
• Communicate knowledge and application of the above in appropriate verbal and written formats.

Indicative reading list

Reading lists can be found in Talis

Specific reading list for the module

Subject specific skills

1. Students should be able to demonstrate their ability to visualise, conceptualise and understand typical supply chain systems.
2. Student should be able to devise economically viable and ethically sound sustainable supply chain solutions
3. Students should be pragmatic, taking a logical and practical supply chain wide approach to understand the practical steps necessary for, often complex, supply chain concepts to become reality.
4. Students should demonstrate the ability to seek to achieve sustainable solutions to problems and have strategies for being creative and innovative
5. Students should have the ability to be risk, cost and value-conscious, and aware of their ethical, social, cultural, environmental, health and safety, and wider professional engineering responsibilities

Transferable skills

1. Apply problem solving skills, information retrieval, and the effective use of general IT facilities within the context of supply chain management.
2. Communicate (written and oral; to technical and non-technical audiences) and work with others within a supply chain context.
3. Plan self-learning and improve performance, as the foundation for lifelong learning/CPD
4. Exercise initiative and personal responsibility, including time management, which may be as a team member or leader
5. Demonstrate a growing awareness of the nature of supply chains, business and enterprise in the creation of economic and social value
6. Overcome difficulties by employing skills, knowledge and understanding in a flexible manner
7. Students should have the ability to understand, formulate and operate within appropriate codes of conduct, when faced with an ethical issue
   8)Students should demonstrate and appreciation of the global dimensions of supply chain management, engineering, commerce and communication
8. Students should be professional in their outlook, be capable of team working, be effective communicators, and be able to exercise responsibility and sound management approaches.