BUU44680 Global Supply Chain Management
(10 ECTS)
Lecturer:
Conor Dowling
Phone: 085 161 0357
Email: conor.dowling@tcd.ie
Office Hours: By arrangement
Module Description:
This module begins by exploring the fundamental concepts underpinning supply chain management in contemporary manufacturing and services operations.
Learning Outcomes:
Having successfully completed this module, the student will be able to:
- Draw on the concepts and theories covered in the module as lenses for better understanding how modern global supply chains operate and may be optimised
- Collaborate with fellow students in researching these applications of supply chain concepts
- Articulate how these concepts apply in a variety of business settings
- Analyse the impacts on global supply chain design and operations of currently topical issues such as sustainability, globalisation, and technological advances
- Assess data available on the web and learnings offered in academic literature as resources providing deeper insights into global supply chain design and management.
Textbook and Readings:
Required core course textbook:
Chopra, S. & P. Meindl, Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation. (Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd, 2015) 6th edition
General Supplemental Readings:
Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management, 5th Edition, Bozarth and Handfield, Pearson 2019
Assessment:
Semester 1:
- Group Project: Case Study Analysis and Presentation (20%)
- Individual: Critical Discussion (25
Semester 2:
- Group Project: Focus Area Analysis and Presentation (20%)
- Individual Examination: (35%)