Course Catalog 2008-2009 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Heikki Mattila

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1

Requirements

Approved research paper, case exercise and exam. Each student is expected to write a research paper and give an oral presentation at course seminar. The paper will be carried out individually by each student. Each phase of the exercise in individually commented on and approved by the lecturer. Evaluation for the grade will be based 60% on exam, 30% on research paper and 10% on paper presentation.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

The student will understand how an international fashion supply chain operates from production to retail. The critical success factors and success measures will be outlined in detail. Brand building and management will be discussed.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Sourcing and purchasing strategies.
2.	Critical success factors and success measures.
3.	Purchase planning by using sourcing matrix. The importance of lead time.
4.	Supply chain modelling.
5.	How to build and enhance brand value throughout the fashion supply chain.

Evaluation criteria for the course

Approved research paper, case exercise and exam. Each student is expected to write a research paper and give an oral presentation at course seminar. The paper will be carried out individually by each student. Each phase of the exercise in individually commented on and approved by the lecturer. Evaluation for the grade will be based 60% on exam, 30% on research paper and 10% on paper presentation.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Apparel Merchandising - The Line starts Here	Rosenau, J., Wilson, D.					Suomi
Book	Purchasing and Supply Chain Management	Weele, A.					Suomi
Book	Quick Response: Managing the Supply Chain to Meet Consumer Demand	Bob Lowson, et al					English
Book	The outerwear market in the EU - 2006	CBI					Suomi
Other literature	Research papers	students					English
Other literature	The global apparel value chain	UNIDO					English
Summary of lectures	Fashion Logistics	Heikki Mattila					English

Correspondence of content

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1		Lectures Practical works	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	06.08.2008
Modifier	Maritta Suoniemi