Operations and Logistics Management

Uitgebreide vaknaam	Operations and Logistics Management
Leerdoelen	Upon completion of the course the students are able to: 1. Describe and analyze supply chains of products and services. 2. Identify logistics decision problems in the processing and distribution of goods and services, logistics-related costs, objectives, and constraints. 3. Discuss logistics control problems, global logistics, and integration of logistics activities. 4. Evaluate supply chain performance, manufacturing processes and facility layout strategies, understand strategic sourcing and bullwhip effect among with other critical phenomena along with their possible solutions in supply chain management. 5. Design and assess operations processes using qualitative and quantitative approaches (e.g., waiting-line models and deterministic performance estimation). 6. Critically analyze classic academic articles in the field of operations and supply chain management (at a basic level). 7. Write group reports and give presentations about case studies related to models and real-life problems in operations and and logistics decision-makings.
Omschrijving	Nowadays, no organization operates in isolation: contemporary organizations are part of (often global) networks of suppliers, producers, distributors, retailers, and consumers that make up a'supply chain'. The fundamental objective of this course is to help students understand the role of companies in such a network consisting of (international) suppliers and buyers. The main topics treated are supply strategy, outsourcing, characteristics of both service and manufacturing operational processes, distribution and after sales operations, and the various decision-making processes concerned with these topics. In addition to these aspects, a number of decision support tools will be introduced which are used to assess the supply chain performance and analyze and design flows of goods and services. Hence, this course intends to provide basic knowledge of operations and global supply chains management.
Uren per week	4
Onderwijsvorm	gecombineerde hoor-/werkcolleges, hoorcolleges, werkcolleges
Toetsvorm	schriftelijk tentamen met meerkeuzevragen, schriftelijk tentamen met open vragen (and group and individual assignment. The group assignment consists of reviewing papers + cases (report and presentation))
Vaksoort	bachelor
Coördinator	dr. X. Tong
Docent(en)	dr. X. Tong , C. Xiao, BSc.
Verplichte literatuur	Titel Auteur ISBN Prijs Operations and Supply Chain Management: The Core , 4th edition, 2016, McGraw-Hill Education, New York. Jacobs, F. Robert, Richard B.Chase 9781259549724 ca. €  40,00 Some additional articles (t.b.a.) Various
Entreevoorwaarden
Opmerkingen	Secretary Operations, Room: 5411-0632, Phone: +31(0)50 3637491, email: secr.operations.feb@rug.nl
Opgenomen in	Opleiding Jaar Periode Type BSc Economics and Business Economics/E&BE  ( Business Economics) 2 semester I b verplicht Courses open to Exchange Students (BSc)  ( Courses open to Exchange Students (BSc) without limited access) 2 semester I b keuze