Supply Chain Planning

Readings

Required readings for the course are from the following text:

[SKS] = Simchi-Levi, David, Philip Kaminsky, and Edith Simchi-Levi. Designing and Managing the Supply Chain. McGraw Hill/Irwin, 2007. ISBN: 9780073341521.

SES #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Introduction and course overview	Prepare: “Case: Meditech Surgical.” In [SKS], pp. 18-25. “Introduction to Supply Chain Management.” Chapter 1 in [SKS], pp. 1-17. Optional Chopra, Sunil, and Peter Meindl. “Understanding the Supply Chain.” Chapter 1 in Supply Chain Management. 3rd ed. Prentice Hall, 2006, pp. 3-26. ISBN: 9780131730427.
2	Inventory models	“Inventory Management and Risk Pooling.” Chapter 2.1-2.4 in [SKS], pp. 30-51. Optional Nahmias, Steven. “Inventory Control Subject to Uncertain Demand.” Chapter 5 in Production and Operations Analysis. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2000, pp. 265-313. ISBN: 9780072417418. Hopp, Wallace, and Mark Spearman. “Inventory Control: From EOQ to ROP.” Chapter 2 in Factory Physics. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2000. ISBN: 9780256247954. Chopra, Sunil, and Peter Meindl. “Planning and Managing Inventories in a Supply Chain.” Part IV in Supply Chain Management. 3rd ed. Prentice Hall, 2006, pp. 249-383. ISBN: 9780131730427. Kimball, George E. “General Principles of Inventory Control.” Journal of Manufacturing and Operations Management 1, no. 1 (1988): 119–130.
3	Inventory systems	Prepare: “Case: Steel Works, Inc.” In [SKS], pp. 27-29.
4	Supply chain inventory models	“Inventory Positioning and Logistics Coordination.” Chapter 3.3 in [SKS], pp. 95-103.
5	Supply chain and postponement	Prepare: “Case: Reebok NFL Replica Jerseys: A Case for Postponement.” In [SKS], pp. 172-177. “The Value of Information.” Chapter 5 in [SKS] pp. 143-178.
6	Supply contracts I	“Supply Contracts.” Chapter 4 in [SKS], pp. 123-139.
7	Supply contracts II and procurement strategies	“Procurement and Outsourcing Strategies.” Chapter 9 in [SKS], pp. 267-308.
8	Supply chain integration I	“Supply Chain Integration.” Chapter 6 in [SKS], pp. 179-208.
9	Supply chain and product design	“Coordinated Product and Supply Chain Design.” Chapter 11 in [SKS], pp. 331-364.
10	Supply chain modeling and optimization at Intel
11	Supply chain and safety stock placement	Prepare: “Case: Dell Inc.: Improving the Flexibility of the Desktop PC Supply Chain.” In [SKS], pp. 179-187. Billington, Corey Gianpalolo Callioni, Barrett Crane, John D. Ruark, Julie Unruh Rapp, Trace White, and Sean P. Willems. “Accelerating the Profitability of Hewlett-Packard’s Supply Chains.” Interfaces 34, no. 1 (2004): 59-72.
12	Supply chain integration II