Indian Institute of Management Nagpur

Supply Chain Management

Instructor: Jishnu Hazra

Course Objectives:

Supply chain management (SCM) is the entire process of materials and products moving into,
through and out of the firm. Supply chain activities-- communication, inventory management,
warehousing, transportation and facility location, have been performed since the start of commercial
activity. SCM costs can be as high as 40% of total value added in some industries like petroleum
and chemicals. Firms have started focusing on SCM as a source of competitive advantage. The
objective of this course is to provide students with tools by which they can analyze supply chain in
different industries.

Session-wise details in Page 2

Methodology:
The course will consist of mixture of lectures and cases. The cases will be discussed in the class.
Each group will submit one case.

Performance Evaluation: The weightage for the three components are given below.

Cases 20% (Group Evaluation)

Supply Chain Game 30% (Group Evaluation)
End-Term 30% Open text-book/lecture notes;
Class Participation 20%

Each group will submit 2 case assignments. Allocation of cases to groups will be done in the
second week.

Attendance Policy: As per IIMN rule.

Text Book: Supply Chain Management by Chopra, Meindl and Kalra (6th Edition)

Supply Chain Games: Details about the games will be given to you at a later date.

Course Outline in next page.

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Class Date Topics Case-studies for
class discussion
1 Information Sharing and Supply Chain Coordination Barilla
Readings: Chapter 10 of Text
2 Inventory in Supply Chain: Understanding the key
inventory-related levers to improve the performance
of supply chains
Readings: Chapters 12, 13 of Text
3 Sourcing Contracts between Buyers and Suppliers:
Readings: Chapter 15
Optional: Procurement Risk Management (PRM) at
HP
4 Matching Supply and Demand for Short life-cycle Wills Lifestyle
Products;
Readings: Chapters 12, 13 of Text
5 Sourcing Perspective from a Supplier’s Angle:
Moving up the Manufacturing Value Chain; Benefits
and risks of outsourcing;
6 Procurement: Pricing Models in Procurement; Auction
versus Fixed price
Readings: Section 15.5 of Text
7 (Continued) Procurement: Pricing Models in Procurement
Procurement; Auction versus Fixed price Auction (caselet)
8 Service Supply Chain: Transportation Network
Design: Hub and Spoke versus Direct Route;
Examples from the Airline Industry
Reading: Skim Chapter 13 of Text
9 Sourcing Contracts between Buyers and Suppliers Konys (caselet)
(continued): Long-term Contracts, Spot contracts and
Options Contracts
10 Service Supply Chain: Internet Retailing; Evolution of
Online Retailing Business; Service Delivery and
Distribution;
Offline Supply Chain Game (Requires approximately 4
hours: offline); will be played at the end of first day
and de-briefing on the third day
Note: If there is 9 sessions then session 5 will be
deleted

Each session is 90 minutes.

Total Contact hours: 15 hours (if 10 sessions).

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