LOG3632 Supply Chain and Global Logistics ManagementBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs MATHEMATICSGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
MATHEMATICS
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
LOG3632 Supply Chain and Global Logistics Management Fall 3 0 3 7
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Prof. Dr. YAVUZ GÜNALAY
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ÖZGÜ TURGUT
Prof. Dr. SELİM ZAİM
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: The goal of supply chain management is to link the marketplace, the distribution network, the manufacturing process and the procurement activity in such a way that customers are serviced at higher levels and yet at a lower total cost. The role of logistics in using service levels to segment markets, exploring appropriate measures to assess logistics productivity and service performance. This course provides information on auditing logistic systems and describes how greater responsiveness in the supply chain can be achieved through lead time reduction.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. Analyzes how logistics capabilities and supply chain excellence can help companies gain a competitive advantage. It will also look at the relationship between logistics and financial performance.
II. Explains which customer value can be created and delivered through the supply chain. The theme will be demand-driven and responsive supply chain strategies.
III. Analyzes the need to understand the 'costs-to-serve'. Issues such as customer profitability analysis and benchmarking will be discussed.
IV. Discusses the concept of the agile supply chain and the building blocks of the agile paradigm.
V. Analyzes time compression including the search for ways in which non-value adding time can be removed from the pipeline.
VI. Examines the ideas of supply chain risk and vulnerability and explores ways in which supply chain resilience can be improved.
VII. Examines the fundamental business transformations that are required to enable supply chain integration to become a reality.
VIII. Examines the characteristics of effective supply chains.

Course Content

1st Week: Logistics & Competitive Strategy
2nd Week: Logistics & Customer Value
3rd Week: Measuring Logistics Costs and Performance
4thWeek: Creating the Agile Supply Chain
5thWeek: Strategic Lead-Time Management
6thWeek: Strategic Lead-Time Management
7thWeek: Managing the Global Pipeline
8thWeek: Managing the Global Pipeline
9thWeek: Managing Networks and Relationships
10thWeek: Managing Networks and Relationships
11thWeek: Overcoming the Barriers to Supply Chain Integration
12thWeek: Overcoming the Barriers to Supply Chain Integration
13th Week: Presentation
14th Week: Presentation

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Logistics & Competitive Strategy
2) Logistics & Customer Value
3) Measuring Logistics Costs and Performance
4) Creating the Agile Supply Chain
5) Strategic Lead-Time Management
6) Strategic Lead-Time Management
7) Managing the Global Pipeline
8) Managing the Global Pipeline
9) Managing Networks and Relationships
10) Managing Networks and Relationships
11) Overcoming the Barriers to Supply Chain Integration
12) Overcoming the Barriers to Supply Chain Integration
13) Presentation
14) Presentation

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Supply Chain Management: by S. Chopra and P. Meindl, 4th ed. 2010, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Designing and Managing the Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies and Case Studies by Simchi Levi, Kaminsky, Simchi Levi, 3rd ed. 2008, McGraw-Hill.

Logistics and Supply Chain Management by Martin Christoper, 2004.
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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Quizzes 3 % 15
Midterms 1 % 35
Final 1 % 50
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 40
Quizzes 3 3
Midterms 8 50
Final 8 60
Total Workload 153

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) To have a grasp of basic mathematics, applied mathematics and theories and applications in Mathematics
2) To be able to understand and assess mathematical proofs and construct appropriate proofs of their own and also define and analyze problems and to find solutions based on scientific methods,
3) To be able to apply mathematics in real life with interdisciplinary approach and to discover their potentials,
4) To be able to acquire necessary information and to make modeling in any field that mathematics is used and to improve herself/himself, 4
5) To be able to tell theoretical and technical information easily to both experts in detail and non-experts in basic and comprehensible way,
6) To be familiar with computer programs used in the fields of mathematics and to be able to use at least one of them effectively at the European Computer Driving Licence Advanced Level,
7) To be able to behave in accordance with social, scientific and ethical values in each step of the projects involved and to be able to introduce and apply projects in terms of civic engagement,
8) To be able to evaluate all processes effectively and to have enough awareness about quality management by being conscious and having intellectual background in the universal sense, 4
9) By having a way of abstract thinking, to be able to connect concrete events and to transfer solutions, to be able to design experiments, collect data, and analyze results by scientific methods and to interfere,
10) To be able to continue lifelong learning by renewing the knowledge, the abilities and the competencies which have been developed during the program, and being conscious about lifelong learning,
11) To be able to adapt and transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of mathematics ; such as algebra, analysis, number theory, mathematical logic, geometry and topology to the level of secondary school,
12) To be able to conduct a research either as an individual or as a team member, and to be effective in each related step of the project, to take role in the decision process, to plan and manage the project by using time effectively.