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module properties Supply Chain and Closed Loop Management in degree program Master Wirtschaftsinformatik 2021
module number200765
examination number2500516
departmentDepartment of Economic Sciences and Media
ID of group 2522 (Sustainable Production and Logistics Management)
module leaderProf. Dr. Rainer Souren
term winter term only
languageEnglish (and German)
credit points5
on-campus program (h)45
self-study (h)105
obligationelective module
examwritten examination performance, 90 minutes
details of the certificate

Written examination in english as well as german language.

link to Moodle course https://moodle.tu-ilmenau.de/course/view.php?id=1720
teacher

Prof. Dr. Souren und wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter des Fachgebiets

signup details for alternative examinations
maximum number of participants
previous knowledge and experience

Economic Bachelor degree, incl. basics of production management

learning outcome

Students have acquired detailed knowledge of inter- and intra-company production and logistics management in circular economic systems and are able to apply it in supply chain management and analogous issues of closed loop management. They have become familiar with the essential design aspects of long-term customer-oriented product(ion) program planning and have acquired comprehensive knowledge of models for the design of logistical network structures, for site location planning and for the design and planning of different production and material flow concepts and systems. In the lecture courses, they have learned a variety of planning procedures that they can relate to both the outbound route of production and distribution and the return route (collection and reduction processes). Hence, they are able to identify and analyse specific planning task of circular systems. Through exercise course, students have acquired the ability to independently apply the aspects covered in the lecture by means of small exercises and comprehensive case studies. In doing so, they observe comments and advice of the tutor and their fellow students.

content

Part A: Conceptual Framework and Foundations
1. Supply Chain and Closed Loop Management: Introduction to an Important Management Topic
2. Consumers and Products as Key Drivers for Successful SCM
3. Bullwhip Effect and the Beer Game: Why Does Coordination Matter? (Game will be played at the beginning of Exercise Classes)

Part B: Intercompany Network Planning
4. Supply Chain and Closed Loop Network Planning: A Complex Management Task
5. Site Location Planning
6. Transportation Planning
7. Inventory and Routing Decisions in Returnable Container Planning
8. Institutional Aspects: Suppliers and Intermediaries in Sourcing, Distribution and Recovery Networks

Part C: Firm-internal Network and Process Planning
9. Asset Management: Capacity and Layout Planning
10. Assembly Line Balancing
11. Production Control and Material Flow Concepts
12. Recovery Process Planning

media of instruction and technical requirements for education and examination in case of online participation

Lecture and Exercise Course: Power-Point-Slides and hand-written notes via presenter

Materials available via Moodle

literature / references

No single textbook that covers all topics to a sufficient extent, but excerpts from various textbooks as well as journal articles recommended and partly provided via Moodle; details on core literature at the beginning of each chapter.

Important supporting literature:

  • Chopra, S.: Supply Chain Management, 7. ed., Harlow 2019
  • Heizer, J./Render, B./Munson, C.: Principles of Operations Management, 11. ed., Harlow 2021
  • Ivanov, D./Tsipoulanidis, A./Schönberger, J.: Global Supply Chain and Operations Management, Switzerland 2017
  • Jacobs, F.R./Chase, J.B.: Operations and Supply Chain Management, 16. ed., New York 2021
  • Min, H.: The Essentials of Supply Chain Management, USA 2015
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