SCM: Definition –Objectives –Evolution –Importance -Issues involved in developing SCM Framework-Types.SCM activities -Constituents -Organisation.
Supply chain Integration-Stages-Barriers to internal integration-Achieving Excellence in SCM Dimensions of Supply Chain Excellence-Forces influencing SCE Emotions, Physical and Financial Supply Chains-Check list for Excellence.
Purchasing and Supply Management: Introduction-importance, Objectives. Purchasing process; purchasing & other functions-Purchasing and integrated logistics interfaces-Types of purchases-Purchasing partnerships-Materials sourcing-JIT purchasing.
Outsourcing in SCM: Meaning -Need-Outsourcing risks-outsourcing process - outsourcing in SCM-New opportunities in SCM outsourcing-Myths of SCM outsourcing.
Performance Measurement in SCM: Meaning-Advantages of performance measures-The benefits of performance measurement-Measuring SCM: Supplier performance measurement-Parameters for selecting suppliers.
Reference Book:
David J. Bloomberg, Stephen LeMay& : Logistics, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt Ltd., Joe B. Hanna New Delhi, 2003 2. Donald J. Bowersox & David J. Closs : Logistical Management, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd, New Delhi,2004. 3. Satish C. Ailawadi& Rakesh Singh : Logistics Management, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt Ltd., New Delhi, 2005 4. Donald Waters : Logistics. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2004 KrishnaveniMuthiah : Logistics Management &World Sea borne Trade, Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai, 1999 5. SarikaKulkarni : Supply Chain Management, Tata Mc-Ashok Sharma Graw Hill Publishing Co Ltd., New Delhi, 2004.
Text Book:
1. Chopra Sunil and Peter Meindl( 2001), Supply Chain Management: Strategy, planning and operation,Prentice Hall,Englewood cliffs, New Jersey.
