Course Catalog 2011-2012
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Course Catalog 2011-2012

MOL-9606 Managing Global Supply Chains, 5 cr

Additional information

Suitable for postgraduate studies

Person responsible

Heikki Mattila

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Excercises
Assignment
Seminar
 8 h/per



+10 h/per
 30 h/per
 30 h/per
 4 h/per




 




 




 
MOL-9606 2011-01 Friday 12 - 16, K4441A

Requirements

Approved research paper, case exercise and approved exam. Each student is expected to write a research paper and give an oral presentation at the course seminar. The paper will be personally commented on by the lecturer. A practical sourcing case exercise will be carried out individually by each student. Cases are e-mailed to the lecturer, who will comment on them and approve them. Evaluation for the grade will be based 60% on exam, 30% on research paper and 10% on case exercise.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning outcomes

Once the course has been successfully completed, the student will be able to: Define various drivers for globalization. Classify various sourcing strategies and purchasing methods. Recognize critical success factors in consumer goods supply chain. Apply various success measures for analyzing global value chains. Specify how global value chains can improve their financial performance. Name the main public sector organizations and their roles in global value chains.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Sourcing and purchasing strategies. Critical success factors and success measures. Purchase planning by using sourcing matrix. The importance of lead time. Supply chain modeling. Category management. Purchasing and sourcing methods in outsourcing. Purchase contracts.  Terms of purchasing, payment and delivery. Cost build-up and pricing. Quality assurance and delivery control.   Purchase planning by using sourcing matrix. Roles and strategies of industrialized countries and developing countries in global supply chains. 

Evaluation criteria for the course

Evaluation for the grade will be based 60% on exam, 30% on research paper and 10% on case exercise.

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   Going Global   Kunz, G. Garner, M.   1-56367-368-1          English  
Book   Purchasing and Supply Chain Management   Wheele, A.            English  
Lecture slides     Mattila, H.            English  
Other online content   Research papers by students              English  
Summary of lectures   Fashion logistics   Mattila H            English  
Summary of lectures   Sourcing and purchase management   Mattila H            English  
Online book   Inserting local industries into global value chains and global production networks   UNIDO            English  

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
MOL-9606 Managing Global Supply Chains, 5 cr KMT-6006 Sourcing and Purchase Management, 5 cr +
KMT-6306 Textiles in Global Economy, 4 cr +
KMT-6506 Fashion Logistics and Brand Management, 7 cr
 

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
MOL-9606 2011-01 The course focuses on management of global supply chains by discussing who varoious players operate in international supply chains and how the private and public sector is involved in controlling the operations.   Lectures
Excercises
   
Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  

Last modified14.02.2011