Sup­ply Chain Op­er­a­tions and Strategy

Course content

The course focuses upon typical problems in manufacturing and service companies. During a series of seminars, the complexity of the management of a firm's supply chain, its daily operations, and strategic implications for competitiveness in the long term will be explored, analyzed and discussed. The course does not concentrate on a single issue, but discusses various themes and problems. Strategic as well as operational managerial activities will be analyzed.

Management of Supply Chain Operations and Strategy is oriented towards examining the configurations of interrelations between strategy and organization, and the supporting activities and technologies that make them work on a day-to-day basis. In order to deliver optimal solutions to the customers (be business-to- business and/or business-to-consumer) the scope of operations and supply chain management spans the entire set of internal and external processes.

The course’s development of personal competences:

The course will aid in the development of students ability to articulate theories as well as to use tools and methods to solve real problems in Supply Chain Operations and Strategy for organizations.