Courses persons responsible
Jorma Mäntynen

Lecturers
Sari Mäenpää

Lecturetimes and places
Per I: Friday 10 - 14, FA217

Implementations

	Period 1	Period 2	Period 3	Period 4	Period 5	Summer
Lecture	4 h/per	-	-	-	-	-
Seminar	-	8 h/per	-	-	-	-

(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
The aim of the course is to help the students to understand the principles of modern supply chain and supply network and the importance of them to a company¿s business operations and competitiveness. The course introduces students to the basic concepts of supply chain and the theory and methods of managing supply chains.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	The basic principles and concepts of a modern supply chain or supply network.
2.	The principles of network planning and supply chain alliances.
3.	The impact of the Internet and information technology in general on supply chain strategies and customer value.

Requirements for completing the course
Lectures, written seminar work and seminar presentation

Evaluation criteria for the course

Prerequisites
Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

Distance learning

- In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
- In compiling teaching material, particularly for online use or other electronic media

- Contact teaching: 30 %
- Distance learning: 70 %
- Proportion of a student's independent study: 0 %

Scaling

Methods of instruction	Hours
Lectures	12
Seminar reports	58

Study materials	Hours
D. Simchi-Levi, P.Kaminsky & E. Simchi-Levi. Managing the Supply Chain. The definitive guide for business professional.	30
Total sum	100

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Last modified	29.06.2006
Modified by	Markus Pöllänen