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AM301908

Logistics and SCM (Supply Chain Management)

Credits 7.5
Level Third-year courses, level III
Course start Autumn 2017
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Examination arrangement Written examination

About

About the course

Course content

- The logistics and SCM concept
- Global supply chains
- Logistics and customer value
- Relationships and strategies within supply chains
- Logistics activities - transport, inventory and materials handling
- Purchasing and procurement
- SCM, complexity and vulnerability
- Responsiveness, integration and profitability in the supply chain

Learning outcome

Knowledge:
- Master core terminology within logistics and supply chain management
- Identify and describe various logistics challenges
- Explain how logistics and supply chain management can be used to to enhance a company's competitive advantage
- Account for various strategies within logistics and supply chain managment

Skills:
- Use course insight to describe complexity and vulnerability in the supply chain

Learning methods and activities

Teaching methods:
Lectures, group assignments, case presentations and discussions.

   
Mandatory assignment:
One mandatory group assignments must be approved prior to the written exam.

Passed mandatory exercise is valid for later continuation exams.

Compulsory assignments

  • Mandatory assignments

Further on evaluation

4 hours individual written exam

Required previous knowledge

None

Course materials

J. Mangan, C. Lalwani: Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management, John Wiley & Sons (2016), ISBN: 9781119117827
Martin Christopher: Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Financial Times Press (2016), ISBN: 9781292083797

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
AM305918 4 sp
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Economics and Administration

Contact information

Course coordinator

  • RICHARD GLAVEE-GEO

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

NTNU School of International Business

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Written examination
Grade: Letters

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2017

Written examination
Weighting 100/100 Date 2017-12-12 Time 09:00 Duration 4 timer Place and room Not specified yet.

Re-sit examination - Spring 2018

Written examination
Weighting 100/100 Date 2018-05-09 Time 09:00 Duration 4 timer Place and room Not specified yet.

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