Course Name	Supply Chain Management
Credits	3
Professor(s)	Name	Hag-Soo Kim
	Affiliation	Dept. of Business Administration

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Objectives

In this course we will study key issues in supply chain management which has been the focus of reengineering in industries to reduce costs and increase responsiveness to changes in the marketplace. The topics will include on the management of material and information flows in multi-stage production-distribution networks, and will provide students with the knowledge and the tools necessary to develop, implement, and sustain strategies for managing supply chain issues.

We will begin reviewing the basics of supply chain, and will focus on the analytical decision support tools as well as on the organizational models that successfully allow

companies to develop, implement and sustain supplier management and collaborative

strategies. Emphasis will be given to understanding change management implications

when executing supplier and collaborative strategies.

MAIN TEXTBOOK and FURTHER READINGS

MAIN TEXTBOOK

Designing and Managing the Supply Chain, 3rd Edition

by David Simchi-Levi, Philip Kaminsky, and Edith Simchi-Levi, McGraw Hill

ADDITIONAL READINGS

The Practice of Supply Chain Management, Springer Verlag

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING

Assignments: Three Home Works

Grading Scheme:

Class Attendance: 10%

Project presentations and Report: 30% - group or individual possible

Midterm Exam: 30%

Final Exam: 30%

COURSE SCHEDULE

Course Outline

Important notice:

As mentioned in the note, students are strongly requested to participate in the class discussion, especially in the case study, by preparing similar cases of companies in Korea or the trend in industries.

All students are required to visit the site 'cafe.naver.com/gsnuscm' on the Web and join the cafe.

The permission to the cafe will be given only to the students enrolled in the class.

All the students are requested to apply to the cafe member in the first week of the class.

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel:772-1522 ;              e-mail: bbhskim@gnu.ac.kr